Nancy Wheeler’s high school graduation just got turned Upside Down.
The Hawkins Post reporter teams with her friend and fellow sleuth Robin Buckley to solve an unexplained phenomenon in the forthcoming novel Stranger Things: One Way or Another, penned by TV writer and novelist Caitlin Schneiderhan and published by Random House Worlds.
Mark your calendars: The puzzling new story hits shelves Dec. 2. Check out the official cover above, and don’t forget to preorder at Penguin Random House.
Following the events of Stranger Things’ fourth season, One Way or Another finds Nancy and Robin hot on the heels of a new mystery — and they won’t stop until they solve it. What kind of mystery do Nancy and Robin find? Read on for the official synopsis.
“Hawkins, Indiana, is in recovery. It’s been two months since Vecna’s earthquake tore through the town, and its residents are still reeling from the devastation,” the official synopsis reads. “Nancy Wheeler has spent every waking minute on the hunt for Vecna, but he’s continued to elude her. How can she head to Emerson for college in the fall if Hawkins is still under the influence of the Upside Down?
“When fellow classmate Joey Taft starts acting shifty at graduation, Nancy is convinced Vecna’s found his newest victim. Joined by fellow amateur sleuth Robin Buckley, Nancy doesn’t waste any time questioning Joey. What the girls discover leads them down the path of a bigger story than The Hawkins Post could ever have assigned Nancy. Why are people around town suddenly getting sick? Why is there a strange man tailing Nancy as she investigates? And, most important, does this even have anything to do with the Upside Down?
“Together with Robin, Nancy embarks on a dangerous quest for the truth. The deeper the two dig, the further Nancy finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue that threatens to trap her in Hawkins … forever.”
Schneiderhan hails from Silver Spring, Maryland, and now resides in Los Angeles. She “hatched from a cocoon of Terry Pratchett novels when she was 13 years old,” she says, and her “love of fun, genre-focused storytelling runs deep.” Schneiderhan’s work can be seen on the global phenomenon Stranger Things, and she still has a full shelf of Pratchett paperbacks.
The first four seasons of Stranger Things are now streaming, only on Netflix. Stranger Things 5, the final season, arrives with the first four episodes on Nov. 26, followed by three episodes on Christmas, and the finale episode on New Year’s Eve.
