Keep your children close at night
For the Squidgicum-Squee's a creeping
Never let them leave your sight
Or forever there'll be weeping Count your children one to ten
And when you've finished, count again For where you counted ten before
You'll find that there are ten no more When the Squidgicum-Squee comes creeping.
 
A brooding malevolence has emerged from the shadows, and loved ones are disappearing without a trace. Stranded on a strange alien world, with no idea how he got there or how he was going to get back home, Joshua Ellis meets a mysterious pirate; but can he be trusted? Will Joshua and his new friends discover the dark secret of the Dream Stealers and prevent the unearthing of an ancient evil? Or are they already too late?