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Some voices should never be answered.
High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a six-man forestry crew takes shelter beneath a suffocating wall of fog. The fire is low. The forest has gone completely still.
Then, from beyond the treeline, a voice calls out.
"Ranger... can you help me?"
At first, it sounds like a man in trouble-lost, injured, desperate for food. But something is wrong. The voice refuses to step into the light. It begs them not to look. Not to follow. Not to see what is speaking.
And it insists it is not alone.
As the night deepens and the fog closes in, isolation gives way to something far worse. The crew begins to realize the voice is not asking for help at all-it is following rules they do not understand.
Michael Leahy, a veteran ranger, is forced to choose between two dangers: the unseen presence beyond the trees... or the only man who refuses to sleep, whispering a single warning:
Do not let it touch you.
Perfect for readers of: Algernon Blackwood • H.P. Lovecraft • modern atmospheric and folk horror