**Book 2** Defeating Vecna brought many changes to the closely knit group of friends in Hawkins, Indiana. Finally freeing the town from the grasp of the Upside Down and clearing his name meant that Eddie had a new lease on life. A lease he shared with something that wanted control and craved bloodshed. Eddie and the group are thrust back into a war, but no longer for the world, this time it's to save the man who gave his life for them. ***I do NOT own rights to any of the characters or locations represented in this story. The story itself, however, is my own creation.***