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Officer Eden Mercer is 29, quiet, sharp-eyed—and a cult survivor with scars she keeps buried. She’s an outsider in a machismo-soaked department that’s already labeled her a lightweight. But when two hikers report something horrific in the Oregon woods near her foggy coastal town, Eden’s knowledge of the rugged terrain—and her K-9 partner, Shadow—leads her straight to a scene that feels less like a murder and more like a message: a woman decapitated, posed, and meant to be found. The victim’s 8-year-old son is missing. As Eden digs in, the clues point to a bizarre, utopia-promising cult that lures followers with “healing” and enlightenment—and treats an approaching lunar eclipse like a sacred countdown. Eden understands coercion and control better than anyone. She recognizes the pattern tightening around the boy… and the way a town can be pressured into silence. Every hour that passes brings more resistance from superiors who doubt her, more lies in her path, and more fear that the woods will give up another grave. Eden has one chance to prove she belongs on the force: find the child before eclipse night. Because if she fails, an innocent boy will be sacrificed—and Eden won’t just lose the case. She’ll be next.