Josie Hopper hasn't been the same since losing her Father and Boyfriend in what Hawkins knows as the Starcourt Fire. Nearly a year has passed, and strange things have been occurring. Disembodied voices, unexplainable apparitions, and painful memories have begun to creep into Josie's life. She begins to suspect the darkness has returned to Hawkins. What form it has chosen to take is unknown. It is only after witnessing the death of Chrissy that Josie becomes painfully aware that her suspicions are indeed more than just that. Forced to go on the run with Munson for Chrissy's murder, she will begin to realise her time is running out. And Eddie? This time, he'd stay and fight. Because the truth was, he'd walked into Mordor for her.