On her nineteenth birthday, it promised to come.

Almost three years ago, Ayita's friends were slaughtered in front of her. Now, on the eve of her nineteenth birthday, the memory has resurfaced—along with the creature's sickening promise that it would claim her. With nothing but a packed bag and her father’s old Ducati, Ayita rides into the storm, hunted by a force that mimics the dead and defiles their memory.

To survive, Ayita must rely on her dad’s wisdom and unravel the truth buried in her Cherokee roots and the legends whispered through the generations. But the deeper she digs, the more blurred the line between myth and memory becomes. With her pursuer closing in, can she outpace the darkness, or will she become the next tale told by Native candlelight?