The Skinless Boy seeks to understand the mysteries of his past, and Emmy investigates a decaying old domicile. Meanwhile, a malevolent serpent is sowing madness and malice in the minds of The Holler's residents, and only Bernice stands in the way of this new evil--but could enlisting the aid of the shadowy Lovely Belfont place her in a much more terrible danger?

"After uncovering Harrow County's twisted history and her bizarre connection to its populace, Emmy forges a new and profound relationship with the land and its creatures - but as Emmy mends fences with her neighbors, a familiar and sinister presence marshals its own forces just over county lines... This volume collects issues #5-#8 of the southern gothic fairy tale Harrow County, scribed by The Sixth Gun's Cullen Bunn and beautifully and hauntingly...

Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures--and to the land itself--in a way she never imagined.

"As Emmy learns about the past and meets more visitors from the outside world, she discovers secrets of her own origins and the very foundations of her home"--