Restless Spirits and Corrupted Souls

It's been three months since Keith and his boyfriend Stefan survived the horrors of Dead Moose Lake, and they're determined to leave the demons of the past behind. Now, Keith is starting up at seminary, while Stefan is attending the same university on a volleyball scholarship. With their new lives beginning, there should be nothing but bright days ahead.

But on a quiet night in the library, Keith is suddenly swarmed by locusts, completely overcome, buried alive beneath them—then, in the blink of an eye, the locusts are gone as if they were never there. At first, Keith wonders if something followed them back from Dead Moose Lake. But soon he realizes this is something entirely different. A new and deeply evil presence has latched onto him.

As Keith investigates, he uncovers a century-old history of queer students disappearing from the school—and realizes the demon has been feeding on their fear and pain. When they discover that a vulnerable queer student may be the demon's next target, Keith and Stefan race to save him before the same darkness claims him too.

Because defeating this demon will require something more powerful than fighting it: the power of queer love, acceptance, and joy.

Publisher's note:

This book is a standalone story with themes of queerphobia, set in the same universe as Defeating Demons and Breaking Up With My Boyfriend.