Lost Boys Author:Orson Scott Card The Perfect Place To Raise A Family — From the bestselling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a gripping story of terror within a small town. Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina with high hopes. But Step's new job with a software company turns out to be a snake pit, and eight-year-... more »old Stevie's school is worse. As Stevie retreats into himself, focusing more and more on a mysterious computer game and a growing troop of imaginary friends, the Fletchers' concern turn to terror. Young boys whose names match a list of Stevie's nonexistent friends have mysteriously vanished from Steuben. And as evil strikes out from the most trusted corners, it's suddenly clear: Stevie's next on the list.« less
I tried OSCard's Enders series and failed to get through it. I will honestly try again. This "horror" book is so different from that scifi series and you will be shocked at the end of the book.
Lost Boys is well written and a study in the life of a middle income American family. It is a realistic account of the latter day Morman experience. It has a gripping ending that you will often think about after the book...
I actually really liked this book. It is definitely not what you think of when you think of OSC. However, after the first few chapters, I could hardly put it down. It helped, I think, that although I am not a member of the church, I know quite a bit about it since my best friend is Mormon (as is Card). There were places in this book that I thought felt very Stephen Kingish, but that only added to my enjoyment of the book since I am a huge SK & OSC fan.
Although, IMHO, it felt like a few loose ends were not tied up (leaves you wondering what ever happened to such and such character), I liked the ending. It was very sad, but good.
A great creepy ghost story, a great serial-killer story, and a really neat period piece -- the father of the family is a computer programmer in the early 80s, just as the IBM PC was coming out. Bits of it remind me of Stephen King ... if King could write people as achingly real as these.