The Where Dark Things Rise

<p>Sixteen-year-old Mina is frustrated by Daddy's drinking her mom's fanatical religious beliefs and growing up poor in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Most of her teachers assume she won't amount to much despite her 4.0 GPA and the country club guys think she's easy prey. But they don't know Mina's dark secret: She can control a magical force of supernatural creatures known as the Shadow Faces. Mina doesn't want powers. All she wants to do is escape the trailer park for a leafy college campus far away. But when her crush Gabe is stalked by a shapeshifting preacher/wolf Mina learns to use her powers to protect him. Mina soon discovers the same preacher is trafficking teens for a mystical brothel and has kidnapped her best friend Erin after a failed attempt at conversion therapy. Can Mina use the Shadow Faces to save Erin and the other kids without losing her chance at a normal life?</p><p></p><p></p> </strong></p><p><strong><span>2025 IngramSpark® Editorial Selection - Horror</span></strong></p>