In the cursed town of Potter's Field, the dead are buried with silver coins and recited sins.

K. Bengston's debut is a chilling blend of folk and religious horror set in the swamps of small-town rural America. Think The VVitch, The Blair Witch Project, and True Detective twisted together.

Father Boone performs the burial rites, though they were never properly passed down, only patched together from scraps of memory. One too many mistakes and now something beneath the town is stirring... and the old rites no longer hold.

Desiree, scorned and ignored, begins hearing children's voices in the rain. And Sawyer, a charming debt collector, vanishes into the woods... only to return changed.

As the veil between folklore and flesh tears open, all three are pulled into the truth behind their crumbling faith.

The rites are failing. Potter's Field is unraveling.

And The Boatman isn't just a ferryman of the dead.

For fans of T. Kingfisher, Felix Blackwell, and John Langan