Graham Emmons

Jennifer Conrad is a small-town girl starting over in the big city. Fleeing an abusive relationship, all she wants is a chance to begin again. But it is hard to start over when something is eating you while you sleep . . . one painful bite at a time.

Seeking revenge for years of torment, three bullied teens break into a secluded junkyard to steal weapons for a school massacre - only to find themselves trapped in the workshop of a prolific serial killer. With the homecoming dance just hours away, Josh must escape a literal house of horrors to save a kidnapped classmate, but his biggest challenge remains: can he stop his own friends before their original deadly pact is carried out?

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.