In 1980s Appalachia life isn't easy for Sheila. She endures relentless taunting and bullying
at the hands of her classmates she takes care of her great-aunt the garden and home and the
rabbits and forages for mushrooms in the forest all while her mother works long
back-breaking shifts at the state asylum. But it's her peculiar little sister Angie who
worries her the most. Angie is obsessed with nuclear war Rambo zombies a Russian invasion of
their community and the ominous tarot-like cards that she creates that somehow speak to her.
As if all that weren't enough Sheila feels an unexplainable weight around her neck. Is it the
ancient and strange mountain that they live on that casts its shadow on her or something or
someone else unknown? Unseen? When a pair of female hikers are brutally murdered on the nearby
Appalachian trail Sheila and Angie find themselves inexorably drawn into the hunt for the
killer. As the ever-present threat of violence looms larger the mountain might be the only
thing that can save them from the darkness consuming their home and their community.
