When a Man Dies From What Appears to Be a Random Snake Bite in a Quiet Country Village, the Hospital Seeks the Expertise of Wildlife Vet Clara Benning. but the Postmortem Reveals This Was No Freak Accident. Clara Finds Herself Drawn Into the Hunt for a Brutally Inventive Killer, Putting Herself in Grave Danger As She Unravels Links to a Barbaric Ancient Ritual, an Abandoned House and a 50-Year-Old, Unspeakable Tragedy. for Someone the Truth Must Remain Buried in the Past, Even If They Have to Kill to Keep It There.