The Monsters They Made Us (The Heirs of Driftmoor Book 1)

NINTH HOUSE meets TEEN WOLF with the social bite of GOSSIP GIRL in this supernatural dark academia tale set in the coastal town of Driftmoor, where old money families guard darker secrets than anyone realizes.Dorothy arrives at Driftmoor Academy desperate to leave her past behind and become someone new. But when a car crash leaves her suspended between life and death, something ancient inside her awakens. Whispers stalk her through the night. Nightmares claw at her sleep. And death follows wherever she goes.Driftmoor isn't just an elite coastal academy—it's a town built on bloodlines.Generations ago, the founding families struck a bargain with something older than the harbor cliffs. In exchange for power, prestige, and prosperity, they bound their descendants to a curse. Now that bargain is beginning to fracture.There’s the heir marked by the sea, pulled to a song only he can hear. The socialite carved from gold and expectation, clinging to perfection before it shatters. And the son raised in the darkness, never meant to survive long enough to inherit anything.As Dorothy is drawn into their gilded, rotting world, she uncovers the truth: tradition here isn’t culture. It's a death sentence.Linked by the bargains of their ancestors, the heirs of Driftmoor must decide whether to break the curses that shaped them or become the monsters their ancestors bargained for.The Monsters They Made Us is a haunting debut set on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, where old money guards older sins, and every legacy comes with a price. Read more