From the best-selling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a gripping story of terror within a small town.
Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina, with high hopes. But Steps new job with a software company turns out to be a snake pit, and eight-year-old Stevies school is worse. As Stevie retreats into himself, focusing more and more on a mysterious computer game and a growing troop of imaginary friends, the Fletchers concern turns to terror. Young boys, whose names match a list of Stevies nonexistent friends, have mysteriously vanished from Steuben. And as evil strikes out from the most trusted corners, its suddenly clear that Stevie is next on the list.

Orson Scott Card, the New York Times best-selling author of Ender's Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards for his works of speculative fiction. He lives with his family in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Stefan Rudnicki has won the highest awards in the narrating industry, including a Grammy Award for production, the 2005 Audie Award for narration, and two AudioFile Earphones Awards.