Spring Fever

Length1h 19m

About this book

Summary

In the high valley of Oakhaven, spring is a season of mechanical dread. Miller, a weary caretaker, and Julianne, a city lawyer, find themselves trapped in a Victorian estate that breathes. The house is anchored by a "Heart," a clockwork core that prevents the mountain from collapsing, but it requires a staggering fuel: human memory. As the thaw turns the earth to slush, the house begins to fail. To save the valley, the pair must descend into the bedrock to wind the ancient gears, trading their own pasts for the safety of the present. Every stabilized floorboard costs a childhood summer; every quieted storm erases a loved one’s face. Spring Fever is a haunting, visceral story of sacrifice and the physical weight of time. It explores what remains of a person when their history is bartered away to keep the world standing. In a landscape of copper wires and shifting stone, Miller and Julianne must decide if saving the future is worth losing their souls to the mountain’s insatiable pulse.