Tied to the Tree

A Novel by Marty Moore

Some cries for help were never meant to be answered.

In the mist-drenched forests of Oregon, the campfire stories all end the same way.
A girl, bloodied and bound to a tree.
A cry for help that echoes through the pines.
And the warning whispered by every local who's heard the tale-
If you untie her, you die.

When journalist Allison Reid sets out to investigate a string of missing hikers in the Pacific Northwest, she expects superstition, not evidence. But the deeper she ventures into the woods, the more she discovers that every legend hides a kernel of truth-and some are rooted in something older, darker, and mercilessly alive.

Half ghost story, half psychological descent, Tied to the Tree unspools the haunting folklore of a forest that tests human compassion itself. In a place where mercy means death, and indifference means survival, one question remains:

Would you untie her?