Wesley Grove, now 18, sees no future beyond Coldspring. His world is pushed and pulled by the moon’s tides, the monsters brought up and out of the Passages hidden in Coldspring’s dark, bloodsoaked places, the rhythm of a small town life he’s woven into. His connection to his own Diapheral power is tenuous, he sees no reason to continue his schooling, and to pursue Delores Hess, his best friend, would likely be suicide. 
 

   There is not much left for Wesley, but he doesn’t really care. After all, he has his dog Slugger, his cousin Sal, and his job at Earl’s Auto Repair. Someday, something good will come of all the blood he’s shed for their mission. It has to. 
 

   But things are changing around town and in Wesley’s home, things he thought would be the same forever. The men he’s grown up around are getting older, the beasts are growing stranger, and young Faery from out of town is causing heads to turn. 
 

   Farm animals drop dead in the fields, eviscerated and drained of blood. 
 

   The Blood Moon is coming.