The Hollow

Crickton, Virginia is a quiet town. The people who call it home take comfort in knowing what lies around every bend, trusting their neighbors, and believing everything is under control. They like things quiet in Crickton Hollow. >A local girl disappears. A boy is murdered. >As fear spreads through the small Virginia town of Crickton Hollow, a growing number of people find themselves drawn into the mystery surrounding the abandoned Dervoir Plantation and its unsettling caretaker. Children searching for answers, grieving families desperate for the truth, a local historian chasing forgotten secrets, and the town's new sheriff investigating a brutal murder all uncover fragments of a hidden history stretching back more than two hundred years. What emerges is a legacy of blood, deception, sacrifice, and evil carefully concealed beneath generations of lies. At the center of it all stand Constance LeCombe and her servant, Duchamp-figures whose influence reaches far beyond the boundaries of Crickton Hollow and whose plans have been unfolding for centuries. As the truth comes to light, the people of Crickton must confront horrors that threaten everything they believe about their town, their history, and themselves. Years later, the survivors discover that some nightmares never truly end. Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Some wounds never heal. And some evils are willing to wait. The Hollow is a supernatural horror novel blending occult terror, small-town gothic horror, mystery, and tragedy into a story about the people who survive evil-and the price they pay for doing so.