"THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A DELICIOUSLY SCARY TALE OF FRIENDSHIP AND COURAGE...' THE GUARDIAN '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 __________ THIS PLACE HATES YOU...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. __________ ACSEND THE STAIRS AND FALL INTO A WORLD OF TERROR: 'Chuck Wendig is one of my very