In master of the macabre Campbell Armstrong's chilling novel, a dark force feeds on children in the sprawling California woods, Max and Louise Untermeyer are looking forward to spending time with their twelve-year-old son, Denny, at their vacation house in a magnificent California pine forest. Their only neighbors are an old hippie and a kindly yet reclusive elderly couple. But something is bothering Louise. Her son is changing. Some sort of evil darkness has infected him and is distorting his personality, draining away his innocence with every passing moment. If Louise and her family are to escape from this horrific nightmare, she and her husband must not only rescue their son and save his life, but save their own, as well.
