Lorrimor’s erstwhile investigators have begun to peel back the shadowed secrets of Harrowstone Prison and Ravengro, uncovering grim fragments of a darker conspiracy—and perhaps the first foul traces of the pervasive cancer known as the Whispering Way. But as they pry deeper into the darkness, that darkness has begun to seep into Ravengro itself. The little hamlet now teeters upon the ragged edge of sanity. Fear has sunk its claws into the townsfolk, fed by whispers, unanswered questions, and deaths that no decent explanation can lay to rest. Three lives have been extinguished in a matter of weeks. Professor Lorrimor’s death may have been ruled an accident, but the enigmatic occult scholar perished at the foot of the supposedly haunted Harrowstone Prison—and now children have begun to die. To the people of Ravengro, these are no longer tragedies. They are portents. Rumor spreads like rot through the town. Neighbors eye neighbors with suspicion. Every creaking shutter, every footfall in the fog, every shadow cast beneath the moon seems to whisper of some unseen hand at work. The answers must be found. And soon. For if Ravengro’s fear is allowed to fester, it may prove more deadly than whatever evil stalks the streets beyond the grave.