It's been decades since the first puncture--a bottomless pit, so to speak--appeared in a small upstate New York town. Paige Thornton has grown up around the pit, and aside from the occasional unexplained flares of light, the location itself has always been quiet and has never seemed dangerous. But when a stranger arrives and activity at the puncture begins to escalate, unfamiliar government influencers take an interest in the turn of events and Paige finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a battle not only for her own survival, but the survival of the puncture itself. [[[--This is a work in progress. Rating may change to mature at a future date for possible gore and romantic scenes.--]]]