Book excerpt: No reason. No remorse. It’s June, 1987, and with the single flip of a coin, Death has come to the quiet town of Elden Mills. No one is safe; a flicker of movement or a sudden noise is all it takes to draw his attention. Lurking in the shadows behind a pale mask, he is driven by the need to fill the streets with blood and screams. If he sees you, you’re dead. Morgan Bell fled Elden Mills and everyone who cared about her after a life-shattering assault. Now, after years of self-alienation, she returns to her hometown to pick up the pieces of her former existence. But Morgan’s hopes of starting over are ripped away during a deadly encounter with the madman. In her darkest moment, Morgan must confront both the painful memories of her own attack and the cold, unfeeling brutality behind the mask. Will she find healing in the shadows, or add her voice to the chorus of screams?