Opal LaZelle is a special effects make-up artist, transforming actors into fantastical and grotesque creatures. Unknown to the casts and crews of the films she works on, Opal is gifted in the art of magicβand she applies more than make-up when altering an actorβs features.
Her latest job requires turning Corvus Weather into a dark god of the forest. But when Corvusβs performance becomes too convincingβon set and offβOpal realizes heβs not acting. Something has taken possession of Corvus. Something sinister tied to the townβs past, with the ability to absorb the very essence of life. Something Opal doesnβt have enough power to confront, much less drive from the man she has fallen in love with.