The Ashen Road

They sent a monster to death row. They never imagined he was the only thing holding the darkness back.

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the Pale Mile is home to the worst of humanity. But when a hulking, gentle giant named Silas Desjardins arrives, condemned for a family’s gruesome murder, the block begins to change. Lights flicker and die. Whispers bleed from the stone. A dead butterfly takes flight from his lips.

Captain Harlan Vessey, a guard hardened by years of despair, realizes Silas is no ordinary killer. He is a vessel, absorbing the sorrow and sin of others—a living dam holding back a tide of unspoken guilt called the Unconfessed.

With the execution date looming, Vessey faces an impossible choice: follow the orders of a blind justice system, or try to save the one man whose death could unleash the very horrors he contains.

A chilling supernatural tale of guilt, sacrifice, and the terrifying cost of silence, perfect for fans of Stephen King’s The Green Mile and Netflix’s The Devil’s Hour.