In quiet Willow Creek, Montana, divorced handyman Eli Hawthorne inherits his eccentric aunt’s house and discovers a silver thorn pendant tied to an ancient prophecy. With librarian Luna Ramirez, he embarks on a reluctant quest across the American West—from cursed mines to Yellowstone’s steaming springs to the fossil-rich Badlands—collecting relics to bind a rising darkness. Facing the deceptive Silas Crowe, Eli must confront his own heart to seal the ancient evil beneath his family’s land, proving that protection, not power, saves the world.
