All is not what it seems in the small town of Gotham Creek, a secluded yet successful community in Downeast, Maine. When teenager Eddie Speers discovers the brutal truth festering beneath his town's pristine exterior--blood-hungry forest gods and a dangerous cult centered around ritual human sacrifice--can he save his sister from the Evil lurking amidst the trees or will the force that moves behind Gothan Creek claim another in a long line of victims?