The Black Curtain has ripped open, massive and dark. The Stompers swarm through it, elusive and frightening. The Black Coma consumes the people of the Earth. Shadow Ka rule the lands with a mighty vengeance. Everything has come to a head, and the world is grim. Jimmy Fincher is the only one who can save it. To accomplish the impossible, he must solve the Riddle of the Red Disk. He must find the Dream Warden and receive the Fourth Gift. He must go to a place where nightmares live and face them alone. But most important of all, Jimmy must face the shocking and terrible truth of what lies beneath his enemy's true nature. The War has just begun.