An unimaginable evil is about to be unleashed. And it all starts with a children's game in the woods... Black Phone meets Doctor Sleep in this supernatural thriller about a man drawn back to the woods of his childhood when the horrors of his past stalk the family he's left behind. Summer of 1977: It was meant to be a harmless game. But when it descends into unthinkable horror, not all the boys will return from this deadly nightmare. Eighteen years later: Surrounded by skyscrapers and the reassuring thrum of city life, the horrors of that summer no longer exist for Ian Cockerton. When a violent encounter triggers nerve-shredding flashbacks and a crippling but all-too-familiar fear, Ian is drawn back to the one place he vowed never to return. There, together with a charismatic spiritualist from New Orleans, he'll engage in the greatest battle of his life to protect all he loves from an ancient evil hellbent on fulfilling its destiny. But can he stop the deadly prophecy in time? Buy it today and join him in the woods and find out! "A terrifying coming of age novel! Mock's writing