After surviving a near-death experience, David finds himself haunted by numerous tortured souls, all demanding he kill someone named Fitz. Are the ghosts real, is he hallucinating or are people trying to drive him insane? As his paranoia ramps up, he discovers these are ghosts of people not yet dead.
Beyond Hawkins Lab, Starcourt Mall, Dungeons and Dragons, Monsters, and Mindflayers, the powerful children that have escaped from Hawkins Lab are out in the world, trying to live normal lives, but it comes at a steep cost.