Book One of the Devour Series In the remote forests of rural West Virginia...... a wave of mysterious disappearances grips the land. As The Blood of Patriots, an anti-government extremist group, gains notoriety in the town of Hillsborough, the elite FBI Hostage Rescue Team, led by the conflicted James Murphy, is deployed to confront them. In a community where government agents are unwelcome, Murphy recruits local deputy Shelby Matthews, who is intimately connected to the unsettling events.Navigating the treacherous terrain, Murphy's team reluctantly includes a secretive CIA agent with a suspicious knowledge of the lurking dangers. As they face the imminent threat of The Blood of Patriots, a supernatural menace shadows their every move, hungry for its next prey. In this gripping tale of suspense, alliances are tested, secrets unravel, and the line between the known and the unknown blurs..Will Murphy and his team emerge victorious, or will the darkness of the forest claim them too?