{"product_id":"the-hollow-below","title":"The Hollow Below","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Hollow Below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy E.L. Ravenheart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomething beneath Ashby Hollow has been waiting to be remembered. And it has been waiting a very long time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMara Bell arrives at Vale \u0026amp; Daughters funeral home still carrying her own grief — the recent death of her younger brother Jonah sits heavy in her chest as she settles into the quiet Somerset village of Ashby Hollow. She expects routine. Paperwork. The particular silence of the newly dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, she finds an impossible three-branched mark carved into the body of Evelyn Reed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same mark appears on others. Through old ledgers, culvert maps, family letters, and forgotten county records, Mara uncovers a dark truth: in 1889, three labourers died during drainage works beneath the village. Their families — the Reeds, the Coles, the Frys — became bound to an ancient presence that has lived in the dark ever since, tended by the Vale family from the funeral home built directly above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir purpose was simple. To watch. To remember. To make sure the thing below was never entirely forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs deaths accumulate, the presence grows bolder — and begins to speak in Jonah's voice, exploiting Mara's grief and her desperate, secret hope that death might not be the end. When she finally recognises the deception, she must descend into the underground chamber with Luther Vale and Camille Baptiste and face what waits below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entity never truly wanted death. It wanted to be \u003cstrong\u003eacknowledged\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA standalone gothic horror novel set in the Somerset countryside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes of grief, memory, and the cost of forgetting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich in British folklore and atmospheric dread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor readers who want hauntings that come from history, not monsters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGothic horror \u0026amp; slow-burn supernatural fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrief-driven ghost stories with emotional depth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomerset folklore \u0026amp; atmospheric British horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories where the past refuses to stay buried\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYears later, Mara notices what may be the mark on her own body. She cannot tell whether it is real or merely shadow. But she has made her choice: she will keep showing up, remembering, and refusing to look away.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"E.L. Ravenheart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55270887555401,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/6231\/5081\/files\/Bookcoverwiththebrandinthetitle.png?v=1788939873","url":"https:\/\/z4z8hv-90.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hollow-below","provider":"E. L. Ravenheart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}