In the backcountry of Yellowstone, evil moves below the surface . . .
Following Nine of Stars comes the next chapter in Laura Bickle's
critically acclaimed Wildlands series
As the daughter of an alchemist, Petra Dee has battled supernatural
horrors and experienced astonishing wonders. But there's no magic on
earth that can defeat her recent cancer diagnosis, or help find her
missing husband, Gabriel. Still, she would bet all her remaining days
that the answer to his disappearance lies in the dark subterranean world
beneath the Rutherford Ranch on the outskirts of Temperance, Wyoming.
Gabe is being held prisoner by the sheriff and heir to the ranch, Owen
Rutherford. Owen is determined to harness the power of the Tree of
Life--and he needs Gabe to reveal its magic. Secretly, the sheriff has
also made a pact to free a creature of the underground, a
flesh-devouring mermaid. Muirenn has vowed to exact vengeance on Gabe,
who helped imprison her, but first . . . she's hungry. Once freed, she
will swim into Yellowstone--to feed.
With her coyote sidekick Sig, Petra must descend into the underworld to
rescue Gabe before it's too late . . . for both of them.