In the shadowed hollows of Appalachia, the Mantooth family has guarded a secret for three generations. When Clara Mantooth returns to her dying grandmother's farmhouse, she discovers a locked cellar door and a journal in her grandfather's handwriting—one that speaks of a debt owed to something ancient sleeping beneath the mountain. As winter closes in and strangers arrive claiming kinship, Clara unravels a legacy of bargains, betrayals, and blood. To save what remains of her family, she must choose: bury the truth forever, or answer the call that has waited decades in the dark. The Mantooth is a haunting tale of inheritance and belonging.
