Coming Winter of 2026
What if the most beautiful places in America were also the most dangerous?
What if some who enter the wilderness… never come out?
From eerie disappearances and chilling ghost stories to strange lights, cryptids, and objects left behind with no explanation, Shadows in the Wilderness pulls you deep into the hidden, haunting side of America’s national parks.
These aren’t legends.
These stories are real.
- A young girl walks to a nearby lake in Yosemite… and vanishes forever.
- A single hiking boot is found standing upright near a cliff, with no footprints leading to or from it.
- A storm explodes above the Rockies, and a lone hiker becomes a lightning rod.
- A man searching for a cave that made his chest vibrate disappears in the desert… and is never seen again.
Told in vivid first-person narrative, this book weaves fiction around true accounts, crafted by an author who has felt the silence firsthand and dared to ask the same chilling question: What’s watching me?
Inside you’ll find:
- Terrifyingly stories from across America’s national parks
- Creepy encounters with nature, myth, and the unexplained
- A survival reminder: respect the wild, or risk becoming part of its story
Perfect for fans of true crime, unsolved mysteries, paranormal encounters, and survival thrillers, this book is a must-read for teens and adults alike.
Dare to step off the trail. But remember, the wild is watching.