The VVitch meets Briardark, part historical fiction, part horror, Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett is a dual account of two groups who enter and then disappear in the mysterious Moresby Forest in the UK, one a small company of soldiers in 1643, the other a modern day, fact-finding archeological team there to investigate what happened to the soldiers hundreds of years before. In Moresby Forest dwells a creature from legend— the Corrigal— present in local accounts dating back even before Christianity reached it. It hunts both parties as they get lost, separate, and begin to see the Forest for what it truly is: a duplicitous place haunted by an ancient being that defies understanding. This engrossing read is about mentorship, how groups fall apart, history folding in on itself, trust, and ego being so easy to prey on.

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