In a quiet suburban town, children's laughter fades into silence as a string of grisly tragedies leaves families devastated. Kids vanish without a trace or are found brutally murdered, their rooms strewn with broken toys and shattered innocence. The police are powerless, and hope seems lost. Among the grieving is a father who has lost his little girl-a spark of joy in a world now consumed by darkness.
Desperate for answers and justice, the father turns to forbidden magic, using the remnants of his daughter's spirit to breathe life into four beloved plush toys. Once symbols of comfort and safety, these stuffed guardians are now weapons of vengeance, brought back to end the terror.
But these toys are far from ordinary:
- Grin, a dog plushie with a grin full of sharp teeth, revels in chaotic violence, taunting his enemies before tearing them apart.
- Mama, a teddy bear with a soft exterior and unbreakable resolve, channels her maternal instincts into relentless brutality.
- Hare, a shy bunny plushie, conceals her bloodthirsty glee beneath her quiet demeanor, thriving in the carnage.
- Horn, a noble unicorn plushie, serves as the team's moral compass, balancing the madness while delivering precise and devastating justice.
Together, these four set out to unravel the mystery behind the children's deaths. Their journey leads them through abandoned toy factories, eerie attics, and nightmarish playrooms filled with puppets, dolls, robots, and other corrupted playthings.
His best friend is shot dead, and the world thinks Metropolitan Police Officer George Reynolds did it.
They were in the one place that should've been safe, their police station. At least it was until aspiring detective George Reynolds came lucid from another blackout. Blood pools tantalisingly across the floor and there's two bullet holes in the wall. His best friend, officer Chris Wells is dead and George finds himself with the body and no memory of how.
Only a tape recorder and a locker key for a clue. It's a dangerous game, from a lifetime of planning, rigged to make George look guilty and force him to remember what he really is and what he went through as a child. A pure born werewolf. Kidnapped from his real family to be experimented on.
George gets dangled on strings by the killer puppet master and taken on a haunting journey never to be forgotten again. Made to relive the past trauma of a tragic fire that took the lives of the family that tortured him. Bodies continue to fall, all framed to fit the murderous narrative of an elaborate plot for revenge.
When he finally remembers, when he's finally broken, another unique side to George wakes. So does a dark new world from the shadows. George learns the painful truth, and none of it is good. Nobody saw the real killer coming or expected that it could be someone they trusted. It will take everything George has to save his friends, new and old. Nobody will be the same. Nor will their view of the world. Its rife with the supernatural.
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[[word count: 114,000 words]]
Warning Contains Murder, blood, demons, satanic worship, down-to-earth werewolf/demon wolf, guns, dead bodies, and talk of foster care may trigger. Ghosts. Tormenting nightmares.