In the remote town of Oak Heath, children have been disappearing into the surrounding woods for generations. Some return months later with no memory of where they have been. Others are found dead in places no human being could possibly have reached.

Search and Rescue worker Tobias knows the pattern better than most. His own brother vanished into the woods years ago, and every new disappearance reopens a wound he has never escaped. But when another local child is taken and a stranger claims to know how to find him, Tobias joins a small group venturing beyond the paths the townspeople have learned to fear.

There they discover that the stories surrounding Oak Heath are not simply folklore — and that something ancient has been waiting in the woods far longer than any of them realise.

Bethany Steinbock never believed in an afterlife. Then she died.

Awakening in a strange, colourless version of The Willows — the old house she had only recently moved into with her pregnant wife — Beth discovers that death has left her trapped alongside a collection of other restless souls. Beyond the house lies an endless void, while within it linger memories, ghosts and secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Desperate to reach the wife she left behind and uncover the truth about her own death, Beth begins testing the boundaries between the living and the dead. But the deeper she ventures into the history of The Willows, the clearer it becomes that something within the house has been waiting for her — and that not everything offering guidance can be trusted.