A senseless tragedy sends two sisters fleeing back to the refuge of Goaway, their isolated family cottage. As children, Goaway was always a safe and comforting place, a fairy-tale realm of myths and legends. But the sisters have now left childhood far behind them, and the arcane mysteries they discover there as adults promise to lead them down an even more shadowy path. The woods surrounding the cottage may be filled with secrets, but it soon transpires that each of the sisters nurtures a dark secret of their own. What will happen when they discover the dreadful truth about the lies they have told each other . . . and the shocking reality of what awaits them at the end of the Corpse Road?