A Rural Horror by Adam Bradley Welcome to Tako — a forgotten town in the middle of nowhere. Isolated, dying, and silent... until the smoke starts rising.
Michael, a hyperactive 37-year-old food truck owner, is just trying to make a living slinging barbecue at the edge of the woods. But when a dark presence visits him one night, everything changes. His food suddenly tastes better. Business booms. The meat? Locally sourced — and disturbingly fresh.
Soon, hitchhikers begin to vanish. Strangers wander into town and are never seen again. Michael's wife, Vicky, joins him in the madness, falling under the spell of something ancient and hungry that lurks beneath Tako's soil.
Together, they become the perfect charismatic, charming... and completely possessed. What starts as the town’s hottest meal becomes a ritual of blood and fire.
But when a lone traveler named June rolls into town looking for her missing brother, she finds far more than she bargained for — and discovers the terrifying truth behind the smoke, the whispers, and the Meat Wagon.