When 12-year-old Jamie Liu is tragically killed in a freak accident involving his reclusive neighbor, Mr. Arnold Wang, the grief-stricken Lius are consumed by sorrow—and something darker. Convinced that justice will never come through the law, they turn to an ancient ritual whispered about in Jamie’s grandmother’s village: one that binds a soul to vengeance. But the ritual demands more than grief—it demands sacrifice. Jamie returns, but not as the boy they knew. Hollow-eyed and silent, he stalks the shadows of Mr. Wang’s home, driven by a force older and crueler than death. As Mr. Wang’s sanity begins to unravel, he must confront not only the horror he’s unleashed but the guilt he’s buried. Because Jamie isn’t the only one who came back. The Hollowing is a chilling tale of grief, guilt, and the monstrous cost of revenge—where the dead don’t rest, and the living can’t escape.
