Introduction

My life as a diner waitress, a single mom to five-year-old Leo, was perfectly ordinary.

Then came the frantic Facebook post from another mom: "CHLOE TRIED TO FLY!!! Off the balcony! Mr. Giggles! Candy Cloud Kingdom! HELP!"

My blood ran cold because Chloe was in Leo' s preschool class.

That evening, Leo whispered about Mr. Giggles, a "shadow man with spider legs" who promised kids they could fly to a magical kingdom.

The preschool insisted their security footage showed nothing unusual, and Leo' s teacher, Ms. Albright, seemed to think it was just childish fantasy.

But then Chloe, that sweet five-year-old girl, fell from her apartment window and died-just after Leo said she had "finished her mission" for Mr. Giggles.

Panic truly set in when Leo, attempting to make a dangerous "Star-Power Soda" for his own "mission," almost poisoned himself.

How could a child' s imagination turn so deadly?

Why did no one else believe me, especially when the evidence seemed to vanish right before my eyes?

Everyone thought I was losing my mind, but I knew my son was in grave danger.

Clutching a chilling, left-handed drawing with unique stars-just like a disturbing picture found near Chloe-I knew I had to find out who or what was truly manipulating these innocent children, even if it meant uncovering a truth far darker than any shadow man.