Something beneath Waadizi is waking up. When Detroit Free Press journalist Ben Harrington returned to northern Michigan to settle his mother’s affairs, he hoped to keep his visit brief and leave the town behind once and for all. Instead, he finds himself pulled deeper into the darkness surrounding Clam Lake and the quiet community that raised him.
The church by the lake stands abandoned, the graves are not as silent as they should be, and the people of Waadizi have spent generations protecting secrets they no longer fully understand. As old wounds reopen and buried truths begin to surface, Ben, local Sheriff Julie Kent—fueled by an ever-present can of Vernors—and a mysterious outsider named Byron uncover evidence that the town’s corruption reaches far deeper than disappearances and local superstition. Something ancient has rooted itself beneath Waadizi, feeding on silence, fear, and generations of compromise. But the truth refuses to stay buried forever.
Something beneath Waadizi is waking up. When Detroit Free Press journalist Ben Harrington returned to northern Michigan to settle his mother’s affairs, he hoped to keep his visit brief and leave the town behind once and for all. Instead, he finds himself pulled deeper into the darkness surrounding Clam Lake and the quiet community that raised him.
The church by the lake stands abandoned, the graves are not as silent as they should be, and the people of Waadizi have spent generations protecting secrets they no longer fully understand. As old wounds reopen and buried truths begin to surface, Ben, local Sheriff Julie Kent—fueled by an ever-present can of Vernors—and a mysterious outsider named Byron uncover evidence that the town’s corruption reaches far deeper than disappearances and local superstition. Something ancient has rooted itself beneath Waadizi, feeding on silence, fear, and generations of compromise. But the truth refuses to stay buried forever.