1990 Supermodel of the Year, Zoey boards a private jet bound for an exclusive alpine retreat-a glamorous detox for the world's most beautiful and broken. A rebel from Brooklyn and best friend of Suki Murphy, the enigmatic front woman of L.A.'s cult-sensation band Synthwave Siren, Zoey is no stranger to decadence... but nothing can prepare her for what waits in the shadow of the French Alps.
The chateau is a masterpiece of Gothic opulence-silk-draped halls, flickering candelabras, shuttered windows that tremble beneath a bruised sky. Isolated by a sudden storm and a total communications blackout, the retreat guests soon sense something is off. Whispers echo through the corridors. The forest presses closer. And in the flicker of candlelight, even their reflections seem unfamiliar.
Then a guest disappears after a terrifying incident.
As the line between dream and nightmare dissolves, Zoey finds herself entangled in a sinister web of ancient folklore and ritualistic horror-where mushrooms bloom with sentient intent, the forest hides something feral and divine, and the house itself breathes with memories of the past.
When she stumbles upon a pagan monument hidden deep in the woods-an altar dripping with fungal dread-Zoey must decide: will she fight for the truth, or be consumed by the dark glamour that surrounds her?
A spellbinding collision of fashion, folklore, and femme power, Deathcap is a haunting supernatural thriller where the '90s pulse with danger, legends fester beneath haute couture, and nothing is what it seems.
Welcome to the retreat. Check your secrets at the door. You won't be needing them where you're going...
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Bibiana Krall is a small-town girl from the Midwest who left home at an early age and traveled the world. Eventually settling in Savannah, Georgia. She made a nest, created a family and built a dynamic career with a passion for culture, travel and private aviation. She earned an MA in Fiction Writing and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Wilkes University CW. She is a published poet, a member of the Society of Midland Writers and a Deep Center Writing Fellow.