An eleven-year-old boy lives an idyllic childhood exploring theremote coastal plains and wetlands of South Carolina alongside hisparents and his dog Teach. But when the boy's eerie and estrangedgrandfather shows up one day with no warning, cracks begin toform as hidden secrets resurface that his parents refuse to explain.The longer his grandfather outstays his welcome and the greaterthe tension between the adults grows, the more the boy feelssomething within him changing?physically?into something hisgrandfather welcomes and his mother fears. Something abyssal.Something monstrous.
