Lisa Stowe
The long-dreaded full-rip Cascadia earthquake has shattered the Pacific Northwest, tearing apart cities, forests, and coastlines-and releasing ancient beings once confined to myth. In thewreckage, humanity struggles to rebuild while these Otherkin prowl the new wilderness, hungry and unbound.Ramon Saura’s niece, Marie, has been taken by a ruthless paramilitary group determined to weaponize their hunt by using her ability to sense the Otherkin. To save her, Ramon ventures intothe fractured landscape, gathering others in need of protection-including a quiet boy carrying a secret that could change everything.Haunted by loss, former teacher Ethan Reynolds retreats deep into the Wild Sky Wilderness in search of peace. But one creature knows Ethan is the key- and knows exactly what will force him back into a world he no longer trusts. Deputy Casey Richards follows the trail of a brutal murder into the mountains, driven by vengeance. What she finds there will push her to the edge of justice and reveal that monsterscome in countless forms... including human.As grief, retribution, and loyalty draw these lives together, the aftershocks open a vast, shadowed rift. Something ancient is stirring-something even the monsters fear.
