From Susan Dennard, theNew York Timesbestsellingauthor of the Witchlands series, comes a haunting and high-octane contemporaryfantasy about the magic it takes to face your fears in a nightmare-filledforest and the mettle required to face the secrets hiding in the dark cornersof your own family.

An InstantNew York TimesBestseller
A Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Pick
An Indigo Best Teen Book of 2022
A Junior Library Guild Pick
An Indie Next Pick
A Goodreads Most Anticipated YA Book

Hemlock Falls isn’t like other towns. You won’t find it on a map, your phonewon’t work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you.

Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancientorder that protects Winnie’s townand the rest of humanityfrom the monstersand nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night.

Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and herfamily have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can take thedeadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself true and loyaland restore herfamily’s good name. Or die trying.

But in order to survive, Winnie enlists the help of the one person who can helpher train: Jay Friday, resident bad boy and Winnies ex-best friend. While Jaymight be the most promising new hunter in Hemlock Falls, he also seems to knowmore about the nightmares of the forest than he should. Together, he and Winniewill discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is preparedfor.

Not all monsters can be slain, and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.

“You’ll want to get lost in the world ofThe Luminariesagainand again.Leigh Bardugo, #1New York Timesbestsellingauthor

Also by Susan Dennard

The Executioners Three

The Luminaries trilogy
The Luminaries
The Hunting Moon
The Whispering Night

The Witchlands series
Truthwitch
Windwitch
Sightwitch(novella)
Bloodwitch
Witchshadow
Witchlight

About the Author

Susan Dennard is the award-winning,New York TimesandUSATodaybestselling author of the Luminaries trilogy, the Witchlandsseries, and many more books and tales beyond. Her stories have been translatedinto tens of languages all over the world. Before becoming an author, she gotto travel globally with her M.Sc. in marine biology. She also runs the popularnewsletter for writers,Misfits & Daydreamers. When not writingor teaching writing, she can be found playing dress up with her daughter ormashing buttons on one of her way too many consoles.