This mission changes everything. 1986. You're sent away from your lab cell in Russia. To where? The town of secrets. Hawkins Indiana. You are there to do one thing, but what Brenner forgets is that you're still a teenager, longing for a normal life. You love them as friends (and possibly more for one) , but if you fail your mission, you die

"ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ, ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ꜰᴀʀ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏw. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴍʏ ᴘᴀɪɴ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ʀɪᴅ." A fourteen year old boy with a curious past trails the Hawkins crew, eventually getting caught up in the terrible peril they will eventually face. But from peril comes eventual sacrifice, whether that be good or bad.