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Descension by Edmund Stone

When Cole Masters moves his family into an aging house on the edge of town, the worst he expects is creaking pipes and sleepless nights. The sounds in the walls aren't settling noises—and the darkness under the floor isn't empty.

Descension by Edmund Stone

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When Cole Masters moves his family into an aging house on the edge of town, the worst he expects is creaking pipes and sleepless nights.

The sounds in the walls aren't settling noises—and the darkness under the floor isn't empty.

As Cole digs deeper—into the town, the mine, and the people who run both—he uncovers something far older than Salt Flat.

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When Cole Masters moves his family into an aging house on the edge of town, the worst he expects is creaking pipes and sleepless nights. The sounds in the walls aren't settling noises—and the darkness under the floor isn't empty. As Cole digs deeper—into the town, the mine, and the people who run both—he uncovers something far older than Salt Flat.

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Miles away, a mining operation shuts down without warning. Strange cargo is delivered deep below the earth. Something that has waited a long time to be made whole again.

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