A legacy of horror, descending from American History, leads four innocent individuals to be caught in the monstrous middle.

A pleasant summer day in Utah turns worrisome when a family discovers they are unable to leave their home due to a growing, concerning threat. The mountainside family, fully aware that the wildlife has vacated the mountain, hunkers down to wait out the night. When four hikers on the same mountain lose track of the day, they too quickly discover the same regional threat.

In twelve short hours, life on the mountain will forever change.

Narrated by Naomi Shane, Naomi Shane's The Cabin is the answer to her sole purpose: to solve the riddles of multiple [missing persons] cases in the region, including her parents' case.

A nowhere to run, nowhere to hide/wrong place, wrong time suspense thriller, Wayward begins your unstable roller-coaster ride of wrong turns, poor mistakes, false assumptions, and how to rely on courage when hope can not be found.

Rounded word count: 59,000 words