Creature Encounters, book 4: It lives in the woodsBoris Bacic

A group of friends goes on a hike in search of an ancient spring deep inside the forest. Mythical stories come from the woods - tales of gnomes, fairies, and other not so benevolent creatures. Everything changes for the group when they run into a hiker that mysteriously vanished in the area weeks ago. She is malnourished, dehydrated, and hurt, but she keeps raving about the danger in the woods, repeating one incoherent word over and over in a foreign language. By the time they turn back the way they came, it's too late.

There's something ancient in these woods.
Something far more dangerous than fairies and gnomes.
And it's after them.

Titre original : Creature Encounters, book 4: It lives in the woods