Someone is killing members of the old families...and the evidence points to Whyborne. Widdershins has been unusually quiet for months. But now a mysterious creature from the Outside is on the loose, assassinating members of the town's old families by draining their blood. Whyborne and Griffin set out to solve the mystery-but as the evidence piles up, the police begin to suspect Whyborne himself is the murderer. Now Whyborne must both clear his name and stop the horrors the monster threatens to unleash. His only hope: an alliance with his old enemies the Endicotts.Because something terrible lurks in the Draakenwood, and it will stop at nothing to seize control of the maelstrom itself. Draakenwood is the ninth book in the Whyborne & Griffin series, where magic, mystery, and m/m romance collide with Victorian era America.