Twenty years ago, fourteen-year-old Tim vanished into the forest. His older brother, Steven, grew up carrying the loss as best he could, accepting that some mysteries never give up their answers. Then Tim walks back out of the trees. He hasn't aged a single day. He remembers almost nothing. And the mystery everyone tried to live with is suddenly standing in Steven's house. But Tim didn't come back alone. The stuffed animals are beginning to move. A rabbit appears with messages only Tim can understand. A bear waits in the shadows, patient and unblinking. And a strange yellow cube points toward whatever is still hidden in the woods. Soon, the brothers will face the truth: THE STUFFED ANIMALS AREN'T WHAT THEY SEEM. The boy came back. Now everything else is coming for him.