A stolen child. A secret realm. A father who will tear the world apart to claim his son.
Detective Jonas Wechsler is no stranger to the bizarre, but his latest case is a descent into pure nightmare. After a pregnant woman is abducted and her unborn child stolen in a horrific ritual, Jonas is drawn to a quiet street in Park Hill. When a dog darts in front of his car, he finds himself standing before a house that seems to pulse with a dark, magnetic energy—a gateway to a place that shouldn't exist.
Master Leonard is the architect of this terror. To bridge the gap between his realm and our world, he has united three powerful witches—though not all are willing participants in his violent design. As one witch leaves a trail of desperate "gifts" within the realm to thwart him, a man named Darrick is discovering that his mother’s lifetime of cruelty was actually a mask for a devastating secret. With Eli Thompson’s help, Jonas must navigate a landscape of gnarled trees and ancient malice to stop Master Leonard before the world is reborn as a sanctuary for witches.