The Unfinished -- Cheryl Isaacs

<p><strong>In her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an unsettling tale of monsters, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay submerged.</strong></p><p>When small-town athlete Avery's morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook's Falls have long forgotten.</p><p>The black water has been waiting. Watching. Hungry for the souls it needs to survive. </p><p>Avery can smell the water, see it flooding everywhere; she thinks she's losing her mind. And as the black water haunts Avery--taking a new form each time--people in town begin to go missing.</p><p>Though Avery had heard whispers of monsters from her Kanien'kéha: ka (Mohawk) relatives, she has never really connected to her Indigenous culture or understood the stories. But the Elders she has distanced herself from now may have the answers she needs.</p><p>When Key, her best friend and longtime crush, is the next to disappear, Avery is faced with a choice: listen to the Kanien'kéha: ka and save the town but lose her friend forever...or listen to her heart and risk everything to get Key back.</p><p><strong>An unmissable horror novel for readers who devoured Trang Thanh Tran's<em> She Is a Haunting </em>or Claire Legrand's <em>Sawkill Girls</em>! </strong></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Cheryl Isaacs<br><b>Publisher:</b> Heartdrum<br><b>Published:</b> 09/10/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.00lb