Some scars don't heal. Some stories don't end. And some secrets-when dug up-don't stay buried.

Houston, 1978. Four brothers break open a rusted lockbox in the sweltering bayou and find a hand-drawn map, a brass key, and a warning in a vanished boy's shaky script: "If you're reading this, it's already too late."

What begins as a dare drags them through flooded ghost towns, haunted cellar doors, and tunnels that breathe with memory and rot. The deeper they follow the trail of a long-lost journal, the louder the bayou whispers-of guilt, of silence, and of something older than time that always comes to collect.

Because the bayou doesn't forget. It waits. It watches.

The Hollow That Ate the Sun is a Southern Gothic coming-of-age novel soaked in atmosphere and psychological suspense-perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, Stand by Me, Stephen King's The Body, and Robert McCammon's Boy's Life.

Tap "Look Inside" to read the opening pages and step into the bayou.