AshWood

Apathy. Possession. Ritual. A small town faces an ancient evil that feeds on despair itself.

Eleanor Vance never expected to find a century-old occult journal hidden in the Ashwood Historical Society. But when a wave of bizarre incidents sweeps through town-including a horrific attack by a possessed child-the historian realizes her discovery might explain the town's dark history. Working with skeptical Police Chief Robert Miller and reluctant occultist Dr. Elias Thorne, Eleanor uncovers a terrifying truth: Ashwood was built to contain Qayim, a parasitic entity that feeds on human despair. As the demon breaks free of its bindings, it broadcasts a psychic apathy that hollows out the town's residents, using them as vessels to reach the cosmic rift at the heart of Blackwood Forest. The team must decipher the original containment ritual and recreate it at the Silent Stone before Qayim's influence becomes unstoppable. But as the town's will to live drains away, can they maintain the focus needed to complete the ritual? If they fail, will Qayim's influence spread beyond Ashwood to consume the world?