Ellerie Downing lives in the peaceful town of Amity Falls - a place surrounded by five narrow peaks of dark mountains and an impenetrable forest, from which the inhabitants once banished devils and dark forces. To this day, not many people visit this region. However, when a supply caravan is lost, the locals begin to fear that the monsters that once threatened the region have returned. With the arrival of winter, more unexplained disasters plague the city. All indications are that a tribe of mystical beings inhabiting the nearby forests is to blame. Ghosts who promise to fulfill the locals' innermost wishes for a small fee. However, their true intentions are much more sinister, and Ellerie must race against time to save her family and the boy she loves before all of Amity Falls goes up in flames. From the author of the bestseller House of Salt and Sorrow. Recommended age 13+