In the dying days of the American frontier, a young woman journeys into the unknown to claim a legacy she never asked for�and may not survive. June Buckley�s father was a monster in life. In death, he may be something worse. Summoned alongside a group of treacherous heirs, June is forced to traverse the same brutal path that built her father's empire. But the trail reveals more than hardship�it exposes the rot in every soul traveling beside her. And at the center of it all is Hendido�a creature bound to her father�s past, and perhaps to something far older and much more wicked. As the tension simmers and night closes in, June begins to understand: Her inheritance comes at grisly price.