In 'The Night Country', Melissa Albert continues the spellbinding narrative of 'The Hazel Wood'. Protagonist Alice Proserpine returns to the eerie and captivating world of dark fairy tales, traversing between a New York City life she yearns to normalize and the lurking dangers of the Hinterland from which she escaped. As her fellow story-born refugees meet grim fates, Alice fears a malice greater than mere chance. Meanwhile, Ellery Finch seeks answers and a path to the Hinterland—and perhaps a way to forever bridge the gap between their two worlds. Engulfing readers in the thrilling crescendo of a fantastical saga, the stakes rise and reality blurs, reminding us—the end of a world comes with more than a whisper.