A darkly feminist folk horror novel about the psychological and physical turmoil of a woman who discovers a body in the woods, murdered and infested by a horde of ants that then seem to crawl under her skin and infect her life.
Something moves on the forest floor . . .
Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out and heartbroken, she lives a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean.
When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling an infestation that seems to have burrowed into her mind . . . and her flesh.
Desperate for absolution, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. So when the village prepares for its annual festival, and Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, she begins to ask herself:
Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth?
. . . Or is she their next victim?