Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #5

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #5

by Patrick Horvath

The year’s most surprising cliffhanger is in this comic! Discover Samantha Strong’s endgame in the penultimate issue of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Rite of Spring. Samantha’s plans for Monica…and all of Woodbrook…are finally revealed!

Genres: Horror, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comix, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Graphic Novels Comics

Kindle Edition

Published January 14, 2026

Reviews

[Roxana · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh my god?? and now I have to wait til March to find out how this ends??

[Raaven💖 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Samantha you crazy fucking bitch. I’m kind of glad there’s 1 more issue because what the fuck man.

[Kasia (kasikowykurz) · Rating 5 out of 5]

O ja :O

[Stay Fetters · Rating 5 out of 5]

"It’s over, you psycho bitch!"

Holy s**t!!
I wasn’t expecting that conclusion but it smacked me right in the face and I need more!!

[kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

forgot to log this earlier oops! but it’s another quickie installment

this one was unexpected. sam’s cover might be blown? and monica is still relentless in her pursuit. and as she should be! get some closure and justice to her missing brother from this trick ass bear shawty that’s got the whole town fooled into not thinking she’s a killer.

it’s insane how many people are just dying again. the art style sometimes makes me forget this is gruesome and about murder. we got the guy tripping down the stairs, sam shooting those cops, that random guy on the street? god!!

i know that the first book was about sam but now the focus is on monica entirely for me. i’m rooting for her hard as hell. i hated seeing her trust sam and let her take her out to the woods, but hey she was desperate, sam has seemed like a friend, and is just ultimately good at tricking people.

at first i thought this was the last installment but im glad it’s not, im really hoping for some closure in the next one.

[Ainsley Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well that escalated quickly, and now I shall just wait patiently, I guess.

[Elle · Rating 4 out of 5]

now wait just a damn minute

[Shayla Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ugh!!!! Now we have to wait for the finale! I love this series!

[Reading by Mothlight · Rating 4 out of 5]

BUH?

[Claire Giannino · Rating 4 out of 5]

um excuse me is she just going to kill everyone in town ???

[Sophie Carbone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not expect THAT

[Emma (littledollreads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, just wow. The rapid escalation of events just hits hard with this latest installment. I can’t wait for the conclusion.

[Rebs ✿ · Rating 5 out of 5]

good god, this comic is getting better and better with each issue.

[TAJ ALGADDAFI | تاج القذافي · Rating 4 out of 5]

صدمه🤯 ما توقعتها تتهور الدبه

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely one hundred percent obsessed with this dark murderous comic set among the idyllic backdrop of Woodbrook and features Samantha, the well-seeming bear daughter who took over her parent's corner hardware store but has a dark secret that she's been murdering people and burying them for YEARS.

In the Rite of Spring follow up (this is issue five of a planned six issue series) it's massively ridiculous that super fans have to wait because this one ended on an intense cliffhanger that can only be summed up as "burn it all down: the story of Samantha". Holy smokes, literally.

I am bowled over by the creativity and range of intensity and emotions this comic series brings out and the story movement and illustrations absolutely work hand in hand to create an epic story.

[Daniel Freer · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW, JUST ANOTHER AMAZING PART OF THIS FANTASTIC STORY!!!

Just a great way to leave us on the edge of out seats for the finale. I love this series. The 1st part and now the 2nd season or sequel whatever you wanna call it. Sometimes when something is soooo good you have to high expectations when they make a sequel or 2nd volume, but NOT IN THIS CASE!!!! I love how they've kept some of the same people while also going into different aspects of old but new things that are coming. Hands down a MUST READ!!!

[Colin Post · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, I did not see the hardware store being rigged with shotguns coming! Underneath the fun horror story, though, is an important message that Horvath has been smartly and subtly developing throughout this second act, connecting Sam’s transformation to societal transformations. Is some idyll of a town untouched by modernity possible? Well, it’s seeded horror from the start.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

So Sam's plans are culminating - the devious mastermind, and like anyone who's ever made a plan, it never goes right. Stumbling across unexpected persons, vehicular manslaughter, DUI car crashes and law enforcement confrontations - apparently almost all planned contingencies. And well you know what they say, kill it with...

[alejandro galvez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insane!

Its getting wild and insane. I am very intrigued and memorized by Samanthas endgame here. Where is it all going to lead? I hope her story continues. This whole series has been a treat. Patrick Horvath is a hitter. Can't wait to see what he has in store for the future.

[Angustia⋆Cósmica · Rating 5 out of 5]

YOOO. WHAT AN ENDING.
Man.
Oh man.

We’re getting a grand finale it seems.
Samantha is ready to pain the town red (literally.) And we have front row seats.
What will her last act of madness be? One can only wait and see.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

...I had a good idea about how it was going to end, but I didn't really know how we were going to get there.

OMG. That ending.
(And there is still one issue left, so we're not done yet.)

Monica figures out Samantha's secret. Then things ESCALATE. Hard.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cliff hanger!

Samantha is finally found out or did she self destruct? Either way she's not going down without a fight. This issue may be less gory than the earlier issues, but it may have the highest body count.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️ Surprised ending. I want to read the next book now.

[RSC_Collecting · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh jeez! This was a wild issue! Everything starts crashing down. Tensions are at an all time high. And the cliffhanger has me wondering how mad she really is. Will she do it? Only one issue left!

[Leslie Carnahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

SAMANTHA HOLY SHIT

[Jessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLY SHIT! 🤯

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buckle up kids. This shit just got real good.

[Lizzy DeMarco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, what a penultimate issue! I can't wait to read the ending next month.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goddang what an ending!!

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

IS IT MARCH YET WHAT THE HELLLL