A forgotten murder. A camera rolling. A killer still at work.
In the heart of the Okefenokee, some secrets refuse to stay buried.
After six months adrift in Europe, fueled by luxury, denial, and a spectacular ferry sinking off the coast of Saint-Tropez, Noah Sterling returns to Los Angeles for the funeral of Rafe Cardoc, the legendary filmmaker everyone in Hollywood suspects is his real father. Surrounded by mourners and the myth of Rafe’s carefully curated life, Noah is forced to confront the empty legacy of a man who never publicly claimed him.
When one of Rafe’s shady business partners offers a lifeline that promises money, closure, and a chance to finish the director’s final abandoned film, Noah reluctantly heads to the Okefenokee Swamp of rural Georgia, where the production fell apart. There he finds a cast and crew desperate to escape, a set rotting in the humidity, and a wilderness that feels watchful.
Then Noah learns Rafe’s death may not have been an accident. A detective who seems half-claimed by the swamp’s strange magic gives him cryptic warnings. Ghost stories curl through the cypress trees. The truth lurking beneath the blackwater is darker and far more dangerous than anyone imagined.
Caught between the ghosts of his father’s past and the shadows of his own identity, Noah must unravel a web of murder, betrayal, and long-buried secrets before the swamp takes him too.
