
In the mid-1960s, a trio of hired guns—Micah, Ebenezer, and Minerva—is tasked with locating a young boy taken to a remote New Mexico commune called Little Heaven. Led by a fanatic preacher named Amos Flesher, the settlement sits atop a rift where an ancient, shapeshifting cosmic entity exerts its influence. The mercenaries find themselves trapped between the cult’s human brutality and a parasitic supernatural force that warps biology and sanity. Twenty years later, the survivors must return to the site to confront the lingering nightmare after the evil they thought they escaped begins stalking their children.
This novel serves readers who prefer visceral body horror combined with the grit of a dark western. It appeals to those seeking detailed descriptions of physical mutations and the psychological mechanics of isolation. The audience gains a stark look at the intersection of religious extremism and otherworldly infection. By the end, the reader retains a vivid sense of the landscape's claustrophobia and the graphic realities of a struggle against a force that treats human flesh as a medium for grotesque reconstruction.
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN