



Shades, Indiana
Book One: Valerie
Deputy Sheriff Tom Nichols returns to his rural Indiana hometown when a migrant worker dies on the grounds of an abandoned summer camp. The man’s final word, “Valerie”, reopens a campfire legend Tom remembers vividly, though no one else in Shades will admit it ever existed.
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Tom’s investigation uncovers a generational cover-up involving a corrupted Underground Railroad station, exploited escapees who vanished beneath the camp, and a field of unmarked graves the town has spent decades hiding. But the haunting that grips Shades isn’t just Valerie’s, it’s tied to something older, rooted in the land itself.
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As a luxury resort prepares to rise on cursed ground and disappearances mount, Tom realizes the past is rising with purpose. To survive, he must confront the truth he buried as a boy, before the land demands its next offering.



