Nicolae_Astrophel
Some secrets are buried for a reason. Others are simply locked away. In the secluded town of Woodland Falls, the house on Roan Hollow Road stands as a monument to silence. For a boy and his mother, it was meant to be a refuge from a fractured past. But they soon discover that the woods are not empty, and the house is not theirs alone.
Every night at the stroke of midnight, a mechanism inside the boys bedroom door triggers. There is no keyhole, or deadbolt on the door, and no logical explanation-only the heavy, rhythmic thud of something demanding entry.
The locals know better than to look toward the heights of Roan Hollow. They've spent generations perfecting the lies required to bury the town's darkest debt. But as the knocking grows more frantic, the boy realizes the barrier isn't just wood and iron; it is the only thing keeping a decades-old hunger at bay.
Driven to the brink by sleep deprivation and the suffocating secrets of Woodland Falls, the boy finally turns the handle. He thought he was opening a door to the truth. Instead, he has unlatched a gateway to a nightmare that doesn't just want to be heard-it wants to invite him in.
Once the knocking stops, the hunt begins.