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Dawson Sumter a disparu, ne laissant derrière lui qu’une traînée de sang dans le motel délabré que tient la famille de Neera Singh. Ce n’est pas un phénomène isolé dans la petite ville de Carrion, Géorgie. Tous les treize ans, des millions de cigales sortent de terre et les morts suspectes se multiplient. Déterminée à retrouver Dawson, Neera s’allie avec Sam, Isaiah et Reid pour exhumer les noirs secrets d’une élite locale désireuse de conserver son pouvoir – quitte à pactiser avec le diable ?

Dans la veine de Stephen King, un thriller horrifique explorant la face sombre des États-Unis.

In this atmospheric horror novel, four teens in rural Georgia investigate a local teen’s disappearance, and what they discover festering at the core of their small town is far more sinister and ancient than they could’ve ever imagined. For fans of She is a Haunting, Mexican Gothic, and Midsommar.

When Dawson Sumter goes missing, all he leaves behind is a smattering of blood in room 4 of the debt-ridden motel owned by Neera Singh's family. Disappearances like this aren't uncommon in the rural Georgia town of Carrion, especially every thirteen years when a periodical cicada brood returns from underground, shrieking their deafening screams.

For Neera, Dawson is another reminder that in this corner of the South, the rich only get richer, and the poor―well, nothing good comes their way.

Neera sets out to investigate Dawson’s whereabouts―if he even still lives―along with three other teens: Isaiah, son of a prominent judge and clandestine true crime podcaster; Reid, son of the wealthiest man in the region; and Sam, estranged daughter of the local hitman. As they find themselves entangled in a messy web of secrets and lies, they discover the riches of the adjacent Lake Clearwater community may have a terrifying source of power dating back to the town’s founding and an ancient urban legend about three devils, each more sinister than the next. How deep does the rot go, and can they find a way to escape its reach?