Chad R Martin

When the beloved creek that winds through Dill Farm mysteriously dries up overnight, panic floods the barnyard. Clucky can’t soak her feet, Gus declares a drought emergency, and Brock the badger is muddier—and grumpier—than ever.

In a quiet barn on the edge of a sprawling farm, a curious little ferret named Bandit dreams of the mysterious woods just beyond the fence—a place the animals call the Overgrowth. While others fear its whispers and strange shadows, Bandit’s mischievous heart longs for something more.

The Festival of Pies has finally arrived—and Bandit the ferret has never been more excited (or hungrier). But when the most famous pie on the farm mysteriously vanishes just before judging, all eyes turn to the mischievous ferret with a history of "sampling" sweets.

In the shadowed city of Dunsmore, where secrets bleed through the cracks of old theaters and the spotlight hides more than it reveals, private investigator Thomas Kaine thought he’d seen the worst the stage could offer.