Piney Hollow

Every spring, the mountains of North Carolina disappear beneath a cloud of yellow.

Pine pollen coats everything—roads, rooftops, the quiet streets of towns like Piney Hollow. For generations it’s been nothing more than a seasonal nuisance.

Until the disappearances begin.

When people in Burke County start vanishing without a trace, Sheriff Daniel "Bo" Carter is called to investigate. There are no bodies. No signs of struggle. No evidence that anyone ever left.

They simply cease to exist.

At first it looks like a handful of missing-person cases. Then the pattern begins to spread—across neighboring counties, across state lines, following the same strange seasonal cycle. Perhaps a serial killer.

And every time the pollen falls, more people disappear.

As federal agents move in and panic begins to grow, Bo uncovers a chilling possibility: whatever is responsible isn’t human… and it has found the perfect way to hide in plain sight.