Five friends. A vengeful psychopath. And something far worse lurking in the shadows of the forest.

Sebastian “Teddy” Song is a college student with a brilliant mind. Yet, his intelligence has never been enough to protect him. For nearly a decade, he and his friends—Jack, Benji, and Rolly—have lived under the shadow of Donovan Blackwood, a violent psychopath whose obsession with them defies all logic.

When the criminal is released from prison, Rolly ends up as a hostage in their woodland clubhouse. Although they receive unexpected help from Frankie De Luca, a medical student, the five boys find themselves fleeing for their lives, trapped within the dense Oregon wilderness.

But as they escape, they discover that the psychopath is not the only predator among the trees. There is something else there. Something ancient and hungry. Something that seems to be hunting Jack.

Amidst the chaos, Rolly finds a mysterious ring that promises to rescue them. But only if they forge a bond through a pact of blood and tears.

He doesn’t know what he’s about to sign. He doesn’t understand the toll it will take.

But everything has a price… especially surviving hell.