When twelve-year-old Zach Keane vanishes from his family's Tudor house in Littleton without a trace, it appears to be every parent's worst nightmare. But the truth is far stranger—and more dangerous—than anyone could imagine. While his family searches desperately through forests and fields, Zach finds himself trapped 2,500 years in the past, imprisoned in an ancient palace where he befriends Akolo, a young boy whose family was slaughtered during a brutal conquest. Together, they become unwilling servants to a power-hungry king who has discovered that their god—dwelling within a

mysterious chest in a forbidden temple—can imbue objects with supernatural power, but only during the rare blood moon.

In the present day, the Keane family begins to unravel. Ian, a professor of ancient history, becomes obsessed with finding his son, diving into research and alcohol as his marriage strains under the weight of grief. Teenage daughter Ariel struggles with the isolation of their new home and grows suspicious of Marshall, their enigmatic caretaker who seems to know far more about their property's dark secrets than he admits. Most disturbing of all, Lyana begins experiencing supernatural visions and hearing voices that seem to emanate from the house itself—the same house that nearly killed her months earlier through mysterious electrical phenomena.

The key to solving Zach's disappearance lies in a recurring symbol: the ouroboros, an ancient snake eating its own tail that keeps appearing around their property. As Ian pieces together clues linking this symbol to various archaeological sites and ancient texts, he realizes their house sits atop something far older and more powerful than a simple New England foundation.

During a violent thunderstorm coinciding with a blood moon, ancient powers awaken. Ian performs a desperate ritual involving wine and ancient incantations, somehow learned through supernatural means, to break the curse binding his son. As the family races against time, they discover that their house serves as a portal between worlds, and that Zach's disappearance was not random but part of a larger pattern that has been unfolding for centuries.

Servant masterfully blends historical fiction with supernatural thriller elements, exploring themes of family bonds, the weight of ancient powers, and the question of whether some mysteries are meant to remain unsolved. The novel sets up larger questions about Marshall's true nature and the cosmic forces that continue to swirl around the Keane family, promising even greater revelations in future installments of The Goodpasture Chronicles.