Several years ago, Rita Bone's sister vanished. Now Rita's old enough to start searching for Shannon herself, and she starts by trying to retrace her steps. This means taking a job at the same all-night store where Shannon worked, and where Rita soon starts to hear strange stories about a powerful force that lives in the nearby forest. Did her sister venture into the forest? Did something take her? And might she still, even after all these years, be lost out there somewhere? As Rita's search goes on, the forest reaches out to claim fresh victims. A local serial killer suffers a freak accident that puts him in a coma, and when he wakes up he finds himself experiencing a set of horrific visions. Meanwhile, echoes of the past start to leak into the present, twisting time itself and leading Rita to make a terrifying journey. What really lurks in the heart of the forest? What did it do to Rita's sister? And why do those who enter the forest never return? At the Edge of the Forest is a horror story about a girl who sets out to find her sister, and about the darkness left behind by an old tragedy.
