Some places never forget. Some stories never stay buried.

When travel writer Lara Reed arrives in the isolated Welsh village of Pen Draith, she's searching for forgotten places and quiet legends—something atmospheric for her next article. But what she finds is anything but peaceful.

The villagers speak of an old mine—Gorlan Mine, sealed in 1956 and long since abandoned. But they also speak in whispers: of disappearances, of shadows on the hill, and of a presence that watches when the fog rolls in. The mine isn't just closed. It's sealed for a reason.

Lara isn't the first to be drawn to it. And she won't be the last.

As she digs deeper into local records and long-buried family secrets, she uncovers chilling connections between the mine's final days and her own family's past. Someone—or something—knows she's returned. The more she learns, the more she feels it: the land remembers. The mine remembers. And something beneath is waking.

With the help of Connor Issac, a local guide haunted by his own family tragedy, Lara must uncover what really happened in Gorlan Mine—and what still lingers in the dark.

But some doors were never meant to be opened.

Some ghosts never truly leave.

And the Watcher in the Hills is waiting.

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