Description
Lenny and Saline’s parents brought them to Southern
California to escape the nightmares. But after their parents die in a horrible
car accident, their adoption by longtime family friend Busek proves nightmarish
in its own right. Busek is abusive to his son, Dustin, and does very little to
hold the young family together. The trio of kids become friends and grow up
together, though as teens the emotional aftermath of Saline and Lenny’s
parents’ death lingers and eventually catapults Lenny and Saline on individual
journeys back to their old town in Washington. But is it childhood memories
that draw them there or something that nightmares are made of? Meanwhile,
Dustin stays back in Southern California and meets a group of youth who stumble
upon the cities’ plan to replace the library with a jail. In the process of
this discovery they learn of one of the biggest secrets society has ever kept,
a secret waiting for them underground, in blackness.
The Story Behind This Book
Lenny and Saline’s parents brought them to Southern California to escape the nightmares. But after their parents die in a horrible car accident, their adoption by longtime family friend Busek proves nightmarish in its own right. Busek is abusive to his son, Dustin, and does very little to hold the young family together. The trio of kids become friends and grow up together, though as teens the emotional aftermath of Saline and Lenny’s parents’ death lingers and eventually catapults Lenny and Saline on individual journeys back to their old town in Washington. But is it childhood memories that draw them there or something that nightmares are made of? Meanwhile, Dustin stays back in Southern California and meets a group of youth who stumble upon the cities’ plan to replace the library with a jail. In the process of this discovery they learn of one of the biggest secrets society has ever kept, a secret waiting for them underground, in blackness.