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Children Of Ash The forest gave them a gift. Now it wants it back. Olivia and James are running out of time. Years of failed pregnancy tests have hollowed out their marriage, replacing intimacy with routine and hope with resentment. In a last-ditch attempt to salvage what remains of their love, they take a hiking trip deep into a remote forest – a place where folklore warns of the knotjacks, crooked creatures said to abduct women and twist paths so the unwary walk forever in circles. During a night fuelled by strange mushrooms and unspoken despair, Olivia wanders alone into the trees and witnesses something she cannot explain. She returns home uncertain of what was real and of what may have been done to her. Then the impossible happens. Olivia is pregnant. To James, it’s a miracle, proof that some benevolent force has answered their prayers. But Olivia’s joy is tainted with dread. As her body and mind begin to unravel, she's forced to confront the terrifying possibility that her desperation to be a mother has bound her to something ancient, something that has been waiting for her an unimaginably long time. |
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