FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS FROMS THIS NEW MESMERISING HORROR NOVEL ''Unputdownable, with imagery that cuts like a knife - this is Chuck Wendig at the top of his game.'' THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT, AUTHOR OF HEX AND DARKER DAYS '' A searing, propulsive, dread-filled exploration of the horrors of knowing and being known.'' KIERSTEN WHITE, NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HIDE __________ Five high school friends, bonded by an oath to protect each other no matter what. On a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere One friend walks up - but never comes back down. Now twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared, and the friends return to find the lost boy - and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods... FROM THE MODERN HORROR SENSATION COMES A NEW BONE-CHILLING MASTERPIECE. __________ ''Chuck Wendig is one of my very favorite storytellers.'' ERIN MORGENSTERN ''Wendig''s wheelhouse is knowing exactly how to pluck heartstrings and prey on fears at the same time'' SADIE HARTMAN ''Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American horror'' ADAM CHRISTOPHER

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Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers, The Book of Accidents, Wayward, and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alumnus of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written for comics, games, film, and television. He's known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as Damn Fine Story. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his family.

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A group of friends investigate the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents

Five high school friends, bonded by an oath to protect each other no matter what.

On a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere

One friend walks up - but never comes back down.

Now twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared, and the friends return to find the lost boy - and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods...