- PopHorror.com Decades before a deadly attack wipes out a neighborhood along Roy's Slough, a circus ship crashes ashore at Devil's Landing. Among the wreck's survivors: a young woman from the mountains of Mexico seeking to free her captured lover, a vile ringmaster, and creatures that howl in the night. The lifeboats carry more than the circus troupe to the fog-shrouded harbor on the central coast of California: cages, secrets, and a lifetime of resentment. Hoping to fund the rest of their journey, the circus performers put on a show in the isolated village, but when a new animal act debuts, things go horrifyingly wrong. The events that follow reveal the depth of the ringmaster's ambition, the true nature of the beasts, a test of Ana Maria's love, and the real story behind the deadly Slough Devils of Devil's Landing. Read the origin story of the creatures in Debra Castaneda's coastal horror novel, , part of the series of standalone novels. Read the books in any order.