Everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who the October Boy is and how he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a bloody butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. Before Halloween is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror--and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy.

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."