"These creatures, they swallow happiness. Fear. Depression. Hope. Each has a particular taste, and it feeds slowly, keeping its victims in stasis until it can suck them dry."
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The fourth story in the Neverglades series.
Sheriff Marconi has gone missing, and her girlfriend Janine believes that an entity called a wendigo may be responsible. She joins Hannigan and the Inspector as they head into the woods to investigate. As the trail grows warmer, however, it appears that a far different being may be behind Marconi's disappearance, and the Inspector is forced to confront an old enemy from his past.
Characters[]
- Mark Hannigan
- The Inspector
- Olivia Marconi
- Janine Zimmerman
- Nico Sanchez
- Abigail Shannon
- The Wendigo
Settings[]
- Pacific Glade Police Station
- Catamount Forest
- Pocket Universes
Notes[]
- The capsule that the Inspector finds near the rift alludes to the involvement of CAPRA in letting the wendigo into Pacific Glade.
- Another empathic giant, scientifically modified by Rosen Corp, appears in the pocket universe in "Room 325."