Would you eat the thing that made you feel loved—if it also wanted to devour you? Rage Sutherland is a thirty-year-old slacker with zero ambition, a crumbling house in the hills, and a fridge full of psychedelic leftovers. But when mysterious black mushrooms sprout in his yard—covered in strange red and blue flecks—he can't resist. One bite, and Rage is engulfed in pure bliss. He sees light. He feels love. He starts to believe in things again. But something else has awakened beneath the soil. Buried for decades, the rotting bones of a killer begin to stir—reanimated by the same fungus that is now blooming inside Rage. Emile Navarro isn’t just back from the dead—he’s back with purpose, and a hunger to make things right… in the most horrifying way possible. As the fungus spreads, so does its reach—into dreams, memories, and blood. Rage must embrace the ecstasy, or fight the monster Mother has sent to collect the final payment. Awakening is a twisted, darkly comic horror trip about addiction, regret, and the seductive lure of surrender. Fans of Annihilation, Evil Dead, and John Dies at the End—welcome home!