A detour onto a road that shouldn't exist leads a young couple into a ritual older than history—and far hungrier.

Derrick and his pregnant wife, Riandi, set out for a quiet anniversary retreat in the Adirondack Mountains—one last escape before their lives change forever. But when a state trooper diverts them onto a road that doesn't appear on any map, their journey takes a turn into something far darker.

Stranded in an isolated town where the locals smile too wide and ask the wrong questions, Derrick begins to sense that something is deeply wrong. A mysterious woman warns him to leave—immediately—but by then, it may already be too late.

As reality fractures and the forest closes in, Derrick uncovers a buried history of vanished children, forgotten settlements, and an ancient presence that feeds on life at its most fragile. And when Riandi disappears into the woods, the truth becomes impossible to ignore.

Some roads are lost for a reason.

Some places were never meant to be found.

And in the Adirondacks, something old is always waiting—patient, watching… and ready to harvest.

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