"It begins like a campfire story: Five boys and a grownup went into the woods...It ends in madness and murder. And worse...Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later-and all-consuming-this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller will take readers deep into the heart of darkness and close to the edge of sanity. 'The TROOP scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.""-Stephen King."