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A burned-out ER doctor finds the wilderness far more terrifying than the city he left behind in Hayden’s gripping supernatural thriller. Dr. Alder Peony escapes to the remote wilderness of Minnesota, hoping the stillness of snow and trees will quiet his past. The peace does not last. When a green-tailed comet streaks across the sky, the air itself seems to shift. Soon after, a small child arrives at his cabin. Willow Rose, with her eerie presence and unearthly eyes, appears to be bound to the strange cosmic force stirring around them. Protecting her pulls Alder into a confrontation with something older than memory, something lurking in the frozen woods.

The narrative moves between quiet moments of exhaustion and sudden, jarring terror.  The land itself feels awake, the comet a watching presence. Horror seeps in from every corner, but so does a fragile warmth in Alder’s growing connection with Willow and Faith. At its core, the novel explores isolation, redemption, and the fragile bonds that form in crisis. Alder’s struggle with his past runs parallel to the comet’s looming presence, creating a tension between human vulnerability and cosmic indifference. Beneath the horror lies a story about connection and the will to survive.

A tense, eerie thriller that chills, unnerves, and refuses to let go.

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