The Moon is dead. The holy book She left behind is full of mysteries. The wolves in Her woods long for blood. Six years have passed since the beast was due to stir. Since then, Erin Teague’s pack has labelled him a ‘heretic.’ He has kept his head down to survive, protected by his stepmother, Theresa. But no secret can stay buried forever. After a diplomatic mission goes wrong, Erin finds himself facing the ire of Valerie Lessard, the zealous Alpha of a neighbouring pack. 

Valerie is determined to have Erin sacrificed according to the words of the Unath Imom—the holy book of their kind—which weaves a narrative as disorienting as the forest itself. But Erin has a secret. Six years have passed since he woke up able to read its words, written in a language thought lost to time. Something is horribly wrong with its verses, and Erin is determined to translate it, no matter how many laws he must break. 

As the threat of Lessard Pack looms large, Erin flees with his work to the isolated Norwood Pack. There, he comes under the protection of Alpha Marius Gray: a rebellious leader willing to bend the words of the Unath Imom to serve his own purposes. The pair have a shared interest in the inconsistencies of the Unath Imom. However, sinister truths about the Moon Goddess lie not simply within Her recorded word but buried deep within the land itself. 

The forest thirsts for blood. And within the pines, something dead stirs. A thrilling tale of punishment, empowerment, and redemption, K.S. Kuffer weaves a dark and twisting narrative in the tradition of gothic horror.