Billy
He picked Billy out of a crowd at the mall, followed his every step, obsessed with this bright, perfect child. He would take him far away, keep him as the son he'd always wanted. For Barton Royal, finding Billy was a dream come true.
For Billy Neary, torn from the security of his loving family, it was a nightmare beyond his imagination. And the terror had only just begun.
Whitley Strieber
Louis Whitley Strieber (born 1945) is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his perceived experiences with non-human entities. Strieber also co-authored The Coming Global Superstorm with Art Bell, which inspired the blockbuster film about sudden climate change, The Day After Tomorrow.