Cassie McDowell thought her small Minnesota town was safe.
In the 1980s, Lilydale looks picture-perfect, with farms, friendly neighbors, and school crushes. But behind closed doors, Cassie’s parents host strange parties filled with unsettling guests. And something darker prowls the countryside. Boys vanish. When they return, they are not the same, haunted, violent, broken.
Rumors swirl, blame spreads, and the whispers turn dangerous. As fear grips the town, Cassie’s sister becomes the next victim of this terrifying change. Cassie is left desperate to uncover what is happening to the people around her, even as she realizes the adults she should trust are hiding sins of their own.
The truth will demand a price. And for Cassie, survival may mean shattering every illusion of safety she has ever known.
