Orson Scott Card 
Lost Boys 

‘Card has exceeded his own high standards … The man’s versatility makes him unique.’ – Anne Mc Caffrey For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife De Anne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie’s life there is an unending parade of misery and disaster.Cruelly ostracized at his school, Stevie retreats further and further into himself – and into a strange computer game and a group of imaginary friends.But there is something eerie about his loyal, invisible new playmates: each shares the name of a child who has recently vanished from the sleepy Southern town. And terror grows for Step and De Anne as the truth slowly unfolds. For their son has found something savagely evil . . and it’s coming for Stevie next.A chilling suspense thriller from the bestselling Orson Scott Card, author of ENDER’S GAMEBooks by Orson Scott Card:Alvin Maker novels Seventh Son Red Prophet Prentice Alvin Alvin Journeyman Heartfire The Crystal City Ender Wiggin Saga Ender’s Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Ender in Exile Homecoming The Memory of the Earth The Call of the Earth The Ships of the Earth Earthfall Earthborn First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Earth Unaware Earth Afire Earth Awakens