As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams―and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to return home. Don’t they remember people lapsing into comas back then? And those people always awoke…didn’t they?

After two decades, not a lot has changed in Maple Grove, especially Ernie’s obnoxious, scary mother. But Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer begin to remember a hulking, murderous figure and weirdness piled on mystery that they were made to forget. As Ernie sinks deeper into darkness, something strange awaits any friend who tries to save him.

For Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer, time is running out to remember the terrors of the past in a perfect town where nothing is what it seems. For Maple Grove, it’s a chance to have the “four amigos,” as they once called themselves, back in its grasp.

My Thoughts:

Four young friends have the best childhood together, but as adults three left and one remained. When the one that they left behind falls into a coma, all three return, but something has happened and something is not right at all? should they have left? so many questions need answering and is the past going to come back and haunt them? This is my second book by Dean Koontz and I would love to read more of his books. It is a slow burner but there is a lot of detail to the story. It was interesting to read the past and the present aspect of the story, what really happened when they were kids and to how everything changes now they are adults. It was a good story to follow along with. I really enjoyed it.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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