The Watchers

When her car dies on a remote road in the west of Ireland, artist Mina finds herself lost in a forest that seems to go on far longer than any map allows—and as dark falls, a woman calls her into a concrete bunker to get inside before it's too late. There Mina finds three other trapped people and 'the coop': a room with one wall of glass, lit all night, where they must stay visible while unseen things gather outside to watch them.

The Watchers, it emerges, are changelings out of ancient Irish folklore, shapeshifters who study their captives to learn how to pass as human. Bound by strict rules—stay in the light, never go into the burrows, keep the door locked till dawn—Mina and the others must survive the nights and unravel why they've been caged. A.M. Shine's The Watchers is a claustrophobic, folklore-steeped gothic horror.