Near the Bone by Christina Henry (Paperback)

Mattie has spent her life isolated on a remote mountain with William. She cannot remember a time before their life together, and she has learned one rule above all others: never make William angry. The mountain is quiet, cut off from the rest of the world, and Mattie has always believed that the two of them are alone there.

Everything begins to change when she finds the mutilated body of a fox in the woods. The discovery makes it clear that something else is moving through the forest, something that leaves strange tracks and terrifying cries in the night. Whatever it is, it wasn’t there before.

As fear grows, three strangers arrive on the mountain searching for the mysterious creature. Their presence threatens the fragile balance of Mattie’s life. She knows William will not welcome them, and she understands too well the consequences when he becomes angry.

With danger closing in from both the woods and her own home, Mattie must face the truth about the world around her. Surrounded by isolation, fear, and violence, survival means confronting the monsters that lurk both outside and within her fragile existence.