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The Unfinished

by Cheryl Isaacs

Narrator Julie Lumsden

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Length 9 hours 4 minutes

Language English

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“Don’t leave the trails. What stays hidden in the forest's depths can stay obscure and unreal. Do not waken it, do not prod, let it go. Avery’s been running her whole life, and is running to get to college. One day, she strays from her usual running trails, awakening an ancient and hungry thing. The Unfinished is a terrifying story about the monstrous things that that which is left unsaid can shift into. Issacs combines atmospheric dread and very real monsters to craft this horror story. If you like monsters, mythology, running away from your problems, and/or excellent storytelling, The Unfinished is the book for your spooky season. ”
— Izzy M • Off the Beaten Path

Summary
About the author

In her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an unsettling tale of monsters, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay submerged.

When small-town athlete Avery’s morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook’s Falls have long forgotten.

The black water has been waiting. Watching. Hungry for the souls it needs to survive.

Avery can smell the water, see it flooding everywhere; she thinks she's losing her mind. And as the black water haunts Avery—taking a new form each time—people in town begin to go missing.

Though Avery had heard whispers of monsters from her Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) relatives, she has never really connected to her Indigenous culture or understood the stories. But the Elders she has distanced herself from now may have the answers she needs.

When Key, her best friend and longtime crush, is the next to disappear, Avery is faced with a choice: listen to the Kanien’kéha:ka and save the town but lose her friend forever…or listen to her heart and risk everything to get Key back.

An unmissable horror novel for readers who devoured Trang Thanh Tran’s She Is a Haunting or Claire Legrand’s Sawkill Girls!

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Horror YA Fiction

Cheryl Isaacs can often be found running through the Carolinian forests of Southwestern Ontario, where she has fearlessly enjoyed the trails for years. Her Kanien’kéha culture often appears in her writing. The Unfinished is her debut novel, though her work has appeared in numerous Indigenous publications.