
They Fear Not Men in the Woods
Astra Publishing House · Hardcover · September 9, 2025
"McNeil surprises and thrills in this folklore-inspired hike through mountains of dread.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow a determined search into the woods, where dread gathers beneath the trees.
- Genres
- Horror, Supernatural Thrillers, Suspense
- Published
- Astra Publishing House, September 9, 2025
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Unlike her characters, readers won’t regret following her into the waiting trees." —Kiersten White, #1 New York Times-bestselling Author of Hide "Drawing from Scandinavian folklore, McNeil excels at creating an immersive forest setting, where eerie silences and misty shadows explode into true terror."—Booklist When Jen Monroe hears her father's remains have been found, she returns home to disprove his death, only to find the forests of rural Washington are hiding something ancient and dangerous… Seven years ago, Jen Monroe left behind her hometown of Barrow, Washington after her father, a forest ranger passionate about protecting old trees from the aggressive logging business that runs their small town, vanished seemingly into thin air. She vowed never to return...until she gets a text from her estranged mother. Her father's remains have been found. It seems impossible to Jen who has always believed her father is still alive, and she returns home, determined to find out what really happened. When her ex-boyfriend proposes a camping trip into the woods in her father's memory, it feels like the opportunity Jen had been hoping for: to find her father. To find the truth. But what she finds lurking in the forest may be deeper, darker and deadlier than she could have ever imagined. And it has no intention of letting her leave. Unsettling, tense, and atmospheric, this is a feminist suspense novel for those who have always known there’s something hungry waiting in the woods.
Into the Woods
Follow a determined search into the woods, where dread gathers beneath the trees.
Come here for
- A tense, atmospheric forest horror with folklore in its shadows
- Suspense rooted in family loss and a return home
Expect
- Eerie wilderness and an ancient danger
- Feminist suspense with a dark, immersive edge
Where it sits
| Horror | 51% |
|---|---|
| Supernatural Thrillers | 39% |
| Suspense | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Horror
- Supernatural Thrillers
- Nature Fiction
- Authors
- Gretchen McNeil, Justis Bolding
- Publisher
- Astra Publishing House
- Published
- September 9, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Horror