Winter closing in. Old demons unravel. And the farm is no longer safe. — The road took everything they had — and winter is about to take more. After a massive solar flare destroys the power grid, Ben Mercer and his young daughters, Grace and Eve, reach his parents’ farm barely intact. As the days shorten, Ben slips back toward the habits he swore he’d left behind. One violent mistake shatters the peace of the valley and ignites a feud with a local clan — one with deep roots and no intention of backing down. With hunger rising and danger pressing in from all sides, survival demands the unthinkable: A fragile alliance with a neighboring family — led by a woman who has survived far worse than the end of the world. To protect his daughters, Ben must confront what he’s been hiding — from them, and from himself — before it costs him the only thing he has left. The Things We Hide continues The Midwest Collapse Series — a gripping, deeply human story of family, survival, and what it costs to keep going when the world unravels. Perfect for fans of The Road , Station Eleven, and classic collapse fiction like Lucifer’s Hammer.