For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie’s life there is an unending parade of misery and disaster.Cruelly ostracized at his school, Stevie retreats further and further into himself — and into a strange computer game and a group of imaginary … imaginary friends.
But there is something eerie about his loyal, invisible new playmates: each shares the name of a child who has recently vanished from the sleepy Southern town. And terror grows for Step and DeAnne as the truth slowly unfolds. For their son has found something savagely evil … and it’s coming for Stevie next.
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A little scary but a great quick read.
Wrongly categorized as horror, more like pro-Mormon story of 80’s era game programmer. Meh.
Slow slow slow book. Could have been told in by far fewer words.
I love Orson Scott Card and this one lived up to my expectations. I was involved in what happened to the main family from the beginning. It was really believable in what happened and what the characters do. I stayed up late one night to finish it. It was one of those books that really make you think and wonder what if??? Anyone who reads it …
The story is very well written and you really feel that you are part of the family’s lives.
Another great book by Orson Scott Card. I love that he develops adult characters in his sci-fi. As far as I’m concerned he’s right up there with Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
Average book