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As five friends travel through the isolated California desert towards a popular music festival, their trip is interrupted thanks to our modern world's ever-evolving state of technology... Stranded and alone needing to recharge their electric vehicle. When the group of teenagers settle on a remote parking lot in the middle of nowhere, it isn't only a charging station they find. They also uncover pure, unrelenting evil.
Hiding in the shadows is a maniac. Searching endlessly and without discrimination for victims to satisfy a hunger, viciously hunting down anyone that comes near.
As they fight for survival, the maniac works to outsmart and hunt them one by one, with a goal in mind that is so heinous and vile that the truth behind his actions will rattle the very foundation of the deepest caverns in hell.
As the heartfelt ties that bind the friends together unravel, they each will learn not only what it takes to love, but how to survive. While coping with past heartbreak, loss and abandonment, they must band together to get out alive. Or die one by one under the most excruciating circumstances imaginable.
One thing is certain, the desert is no place to hide.
About the author
Cody J. Thompson is a horror writer from San Diego, California. His two previous horror novels Bone Saw Serenade and This One's Gonna Hurt were published in 2022 and 2023. He has also written for numerous magazines and newspapers throughout Southern California. When he is not writing or reading, he spends time with his wife and their three pit bulls while cheering for his Golden State Warriors and San Diego Padres. He hates the hiccups and loves Galaga.
