Driven to madness by the death of her young son, an outcast alchemist carries his corpse into the forbidden Blackwood—a sentient, rotting forest that feeds on grief. She strikes a desperate pact with an ancient entity known as the Hollow King to resurrect her boy, but the bloody toll she must pay and the horrific nature of her son’s rebirth force her to realize that some graves should never be opened, and some gods should be left to starve.
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