Samantha Nelson knows the marsh is lying when the frogs go unnaturally silent. In the isolated village of Marrowfen, the townspeople survive through a fragile web of denial-pretending the iron bells above their doors are for thieves, and the salt in their lanterns is merely tradition. But as a practical herbalist who braves the darkening wetlands for feverfew and silverroot, Samantha knows better than to ignore the signs of the night war. When an unearthly shriek tears across the fields and the village's iron bells begin to tremble without wind, Marrowfen's facade of safety shatters. As terrified villagers pull their children inside behind iron-nailed doors, Samantha must navigate a treacherous, shifting marsh where stones move on their own. Immerse yourself in a chilling, atmospheric tale of survival in a town built on lies, waiting for a legendary enemy to arrive in the dark.