Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Josh Malerman, and eerie, slow burn supernatural horror. Green Shade was supposed to be a quiet little logging town tucked deep in the Oregon redwoods... but something ancient has been waiting beneath the roots. Watching. Listening. Hungry For twelve years, a silent stranger walked it's gravel roads-a man the townspeople called John. Nobody knew where he came from. Nobody knew what followed him into the fog. And nobody realized the ground under their feet wasn't dead... only sleeping. When a brutal storm seals off the town, long-buried sins rise to the surface.The redwoods groan. The earth cracks open. People vanish without sound. And beneath the mist, something begins to move-something tied to the quiet man in ways he can no longer escape. As the survivors fight to understand what's happening, they discover the truth too late. The ground remembers everything. And now it wants everything back. A relentless, atmospheric horror novel set in the heart of a dying town, What The Ground Gives Back blends psychological dread, supernatural terror, and small-town mystery into a story you'll feel in your bones long after you turn the last page.