1926, Gracetown, Florida. A young Mazelle sets out from her Florida home to find the Wishing Pool, and make her wish for a better life. A best friend forever, who will love her better than anyone else. When Scout the Wonder Dog appears, it seems her wish has come true, and she is suddenly a star of the silver screen, her entire family lifted from poverty. Johnny Washington, Mazelle s grandson, late in his screenwriting career, needs a break after a major project falls through. So he takes his wife and daughters out to Mazywood, the remote retreat he inherited from his grandmother. But wishes are tricky things, and fame isn t always fortune. Hidden in the forest around Mazywood is a legacy of pain and sorrow, of a family turned against itself by legacies of racism. As they uncover Mazelle s lost legacy, a terrifying creature stalks the woods, and Johnny and his family are thrust into a desperate fight for survival in the icy wilderness around Mazywood.
