Published August 16, 2026
What happens when a story refuses to end with the final page?
When a series of mysterious deaths draws Chicago detectives Andrew Hudginson and Ben Turner into an increasingly disturbing investigation, one object keeps appearing: a strange bookmark that looks different to everyone who sees it.
It reveals the reader’s deepest desire and seems to make it real. But every wish comes with a price.
As the investigation leads from present-day Chicago to the secrets of a British family and Damascus in 1330, Andy and Ben uncover the history of an object that has survived for centuries, waiting for its next reader.
Some books are meant to be read. Others are meant to find you.
Eugene A. Stripe writes psychological and supernatural thrillers where history is never merely background, the supernatural is never an escape, and every choice has consequences.