Land of Hope by Cate Baum

Hope Gleason has many names. The child of a shepherd raised in the remote moors of Northern England, Hope has always understood the satanic brutality of the land. But when an ear-splitting, unknowable sound destroys the nearby village, she must embark on a dangerous journey to survive through the ravaged land - alone, and with a lad, newly orphaned. As they trek the wilds together to find her husband, her violent past chases her at every turn and long-buried memories begin to resurface. A pitch-black, magnetic, and unforgettable meditation on the nature of love, evil, and the power of redemption, 'Land of Hope' mixes history and the myths of the English moors to tell a compelling modern English fable of serial killers at the end of the world.