Terrible fairy tales, winter fairy tales begin at night. And you never know what a single chance meeting and a good deed might lead to.
Morgan Meyer stops by the marshes to pick up a strange hitchhiker. And her hometown—familiar down to the last street—turns out suddenly to have a frightening side, full of predatory shadows. Bridges, parks, and streets—after sunset, something worse than death can be waiting everywhere… But for now the city is guarded by three— a watchmaker, a lamplighter, and a guide.
They wait for the fourth to wake up.