The Forest Demands Its Due
The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson is a dark academia novel published by HarperCollins Publishers on August 19, 2025. This 432-page book is written in English and explores the sinister history of Regent Academy, a boarding school in Winslow, Vermont, known for shaping future leaders while concealing a more nefarious past. The story follows seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones, who seeks to navigate the treacherous environment of his school after a student is murdered, leaving only him and the groundskeeper’s son, Everett Everley, with memories of the victim.
Readers will find a blend of fantasy and horror as Douglas uncovers buried secrets within the surrounding forest, awakening a vengeful creature tied to a centuries-old debt. The narrative delves into themes of power and its potential for corruption, all while presenting a gripping mystery filled with elements of the paranormal. This edition invites readers into a world where the stakes are high, and the quest for truth could lead to devastating consequences.
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A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning dark academia novel about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all. A USA Today bestseller!
Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious.
Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent’s king-making; he’s just trying to survive. But then a student is murdered and, for some reason, by the next day no one remembers him having ever existed, except for Douglas and the groundskeeper’s son, Everett Everley. In his determination to uncover the truth, Douglas awakens a horror hidden within the forest, unearthing secrets that have been buried for centuries. A vengeful creature wants blood as payment for a debt more than three hundred years in the making–or it will swallow all of Winslow in darkness.
And for the first time in his life, Douglas might have a chance to grasp the one thing he’s always felt was missing: power. But if he’s not careful, he will find out that power has a tendency to corrupt absolutely everything.
A high-octane mystery of murder and magic for fans of Ace of Spades, House of Hollow, and Get Out!
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