When Ellen Parker unwraps a weathered journal left on her bookstore counter, she expects nothing more than a forgotten relic. Instead, she discovers her family's dark inheritance ? the sins of her grandfather, Dr. Alistair Crowe, and the specter he unleashed: the Hollow Man.
Faceless. Patient. Hungry.
The Hollow Man doesn't kill outright. He steals ? memories, identities, the essence of who you are ? until nothing remains but a hollow vessel. And his hunger has only grown across generations.
As Ellen follows the journal's cryptic clues, she is drawn into a labyrinth of secrets buried within the crumbling halls of Ravenswood Asylum and the decaying grandeur of Hollow Manor. Each step forward tightens the noose: whispers in the walls, shadows that move on their own, and a ghostly presence watching her every move.
Her reluctant ally, Jacob Miles, carries scars of his own ? pieces of himself already taken by the Hollow Man. Together, they must confront not only a monstrous entity but also the cursed legacy that ties them to Ashbrook's blood-soaked past.
What begins as a search for truth spirals into a descent into madness: haunted forests where the air itself pulses with unseen life, corridors echoing with forgotten screams, and a final chamber where the Hollow Man waits to finish what Dr. Crowe began.
Ellen must decide: sacrifice herself to seal the Hollow Man away once more... or risk losing her soul ? and the town of Ashbrook ? forever.
Echoes of the Hollow Man is a spine-chilling gothic horror that blends psychological dread with supernatural terror. Fans of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and gothic thrillers will find themselves trapped in its pages, whispering the same question as Ellen:
What if the person you love most... is no longer themselves?