Bryan was 10 when his brother, Adam, just . . . disappeared. That was five years ago, and now Bryan is the only one who seems to remember what happened. Until he meets two others with their own unsolved mysteries. It seems that Adam isnt the first to disappear. Someone or something is after the kids in their neighborhood. The adults cant hear it, and they cant see it or feel itbut the kids can. And it all comes back to the skipping rhyme that every child in town knows by heart . . . and the Dark Man who haunts everyones worst nightmareswhile theyre awake.From the Hardcover edition.