Sixteen-year-old math prodigy Case Tannahill has suffered chronic nightmares ever since he can remember. They're so bound up with who he is that he calls them 'threaded dreams.' But the meaning of these night terrors seems forever lost to him. Until one October morning when Case and fellow high school seniors Kat and Troy are drawn into a neighbor's corn patch by a scarecrow come to life. Investigating further, they're plunged into a shared, life-altering nightmare. In the aftermath, reality increasingly takes on the qualities of Case's threaded dreams. Case and his companions gain unwanted paranormal powers. Family and friends turn on one another. And as the supernatural force behind these phenomena starts to reveal itself, the trio must determine whom to trust in order to prevent the collapse of all reality. Includes a bonus story, "Auto-da-Fe, American-style," a prequel to the major motion picture Nightscape.