“Wheaton loads his narrative with shocking moments…the pace continuously escalates, and each of Cecily’s discoveries about her family’s past makes her more determined to understand the curse and to figure out how to survive it…an involving and fast-moving family-ghost thriller…” -- Kirkus Reviews

After witnessing the death of her mother at a young age, Cecily LeClercq grows up hiding herself away in the remote Carolina wetlands. When a stranger arrives from Paris saying a distant, elderly relative is desperate to see her before she dies, Cecily travels to an old chateau deep in the French woods. There she learns of an ancient curse that has consumed generations of her ancestors, personified by a vicious, ghostly wraith who emerges from the forest when the death of a LeClercq is near...

From Mark Wheaton, the bestselling author of EMILY ETERNAL, named one of the Five Best Science Fiction Novels of the Year by the Financial Times.