For nearly a century, children have disappeared from Randwick State Primary School – and no one has stopped it.

When another child is taken, a burned-out teacher, already on borrowed time, refuses to look away.

Peter Young was supposed to keep his head down and survive the year. Instead, he uncovers a truth buried beneath silence and fear: something has ruled Randwick Primary from the shadows for decades. It watches. It waits. And it takes – while the staff turn a blind eye.

Only one man believes him. Martin Harwood, the new arrival with dangerous instincts and secrets of his own, sees the threat immediately. Together they discover the Black Spots – dead spaces where reality fractures and the missing are held, slowly erased until they become part of the school itself.

The latest disappearance was punishment. A warning aimed directly at Peter.

To save the child, Peter and Martin must step into the Black Spots and confront an enemy no one wants to name – before the ultimate lesson in fear is complete.

The dark took them. Now he’s coming to take them back.

About S.P.Krause

S.P. Krause is an Australian horror screenwriter and author whose work blends supernatural horror with psychological suspense and crime-driven character drama. His credits include a Blumhouse supernatural thriller alongside multiple produced genre films. Influenced by the Gothic horror era of Doctor Who, H.G. Wells, Nigel Kneale, the God Emperor Stephen King, and crime masters Georges Simenon, John D. MacDonald, and Patricia Highsmith, Krause writes stories where flawed characters confront forces both human and otherworldly. His work balances dark atmosphere with emotional depth, creating stories that haunt beyond the final page and fade out.