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    Summary

    Carson survived The Hour of Joy.

    He shouldn’t have.

    Ten years later, he goes back to Playtime Co.—to the place that broke him, to the people he lost, to the memories he never managed to outrun.

    Dogday and Catnap are still there.

    They say they never stopped caring.
    They say they always loved him.

    Carson knows better.

    He also knows he should leave.

    So why doesn’t he?

    As something inside him starts to crack—and something far more dangerous begins to take shape—Carson is forced to face the truth:

    The deeper he goes, the harder it becomes to tell if he’s being controlled…

    or if he’s starting to lose control.

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