A brand-new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls and How to Sell a Haunted House.
August, 1986—After a summer that tested their friendships, five thirteen-year-old scouts walk into the woods of South Carolina for a hike that their leader hopes will bring the boys together. But on the steep and winding Obituary Trail, they find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they encounter the most mysterious and dangerous creature of American myth and legend, in this searing coming-of-age novel from Grady Hendrix.