A beautiful forest. A terrifying legend.



It’s 1986. Two strangers, hundreds of miles apart, grapple with disturbing incidents in a one-of-a-kind quaking aspen forest.



Knox is a new Forest Service ranger assigned to a vast, remote territory in Utah.



Sandy is a producer fighting for her place in a tough TV newsroom.



Both have heard about the shadowy figure believed to menace visitors to the forest. When a man disappears and reports of the Root Witch begin coming in, Knox and Sandy are plunged into a living nightmare.



Their lives converge on Halloween. Sandy sends a news crew to investigate the sightings. But when the team goes missing and a shocking video surfaces revealing the ghastly truth, Knox and Sandy face the biggest decision of their lives.



This novel is based on a short story, The Root Witch: An Urban Legend Caught on Tape."



Content warning: Animal death, anxiety, and profanity.