When the Earth Starts to Wake: The Hollow-Eyed were only the warning. - Paperback

In the remote settlement of Buffalo Creek, Jonas Farlow and Sera Redwillow return from their confrontation with the Deep Mother only to discover that the entity beneath the valley has begun to stir more aggressively. The land itself shifts and breathes, water turns red, and the Hollow-Eyed gather in greater numbers. As old memories buried beneath the earth surface in the minds of the living, Jonas, Sera, Widow Grier, and young Paul Murdock work to uncover the truth hidden beneath generations of silence. Harlan Pricket desperately tries to maintain control while Eliza Penhaligon arrives with her own dark agenda. The ground begins pulsing like a living thing, shared dreams torment the survivors, and sinkholes open overnight. Jonas fears the entity is already inside him, manifesting as missing time and impossible premonitions. Sera struggles with the terrifying possibility that the cycle cannot be stopped, only delayed. As thin places rupture and entire buildings shift, the survivors must decide whether to flee or remain to seal the awakening threat. The entity is not waking randomly. It is preparing to rise, and it remembers every witness it has ever touched. The survival of the valley depends on whether they can delay what has already begun.