At turns haunting and breathtaking,Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves explores legacies of lovefamilyand the ghostly imprint grief leaves behind as three women face the past to bring light to an old Southern town lost deep beneath the surface. Years agoyellow fever gripped the small lakeside town of ProsperArkansas. At the height of that summer swelterin the wake of an unexpected stormthe dam failed and the valley flooded–drowning the town and everyone trapped inside. The secrets of old Prosper drowned with them. Nowdecades laterwhen a mysterious locked box is pulled from the depths of the lakethree descendants of that long-ago tragedy are hurled into another feverish summer. Cassie: the reclusive sole witness to an impossible horror no one believes. Lark: a wide-eyed dreamer haunted by bizarre visions. June: caught between longing for a fresh start and bearing witness to the ghosts of the past. Bound togetherall three must contend with their home’s complex history–and with the ruins of the town lost far beneath the troubled water.