The Fading Place

A novella.

Charlie Van Houten is a single mother running the usual weekend errands with her beautiful baby girl Haley, until a delusional gun-wielding woman named Simone takes them hostage in their own car. As they make their way to an unknown final destination, and Simone's paranoia spirals further out of control, Charlie must stop a different kind of monster from taking away all that she loves.