In the fall of 1987, the opening of the rifts left the town of Hawkins scarred. The main group united around a single goal: find Vecna and kill him. But Vecna had vanished completely, and both his whereabouts and his plans remained a mystery. To make matters worse, the government placed the entire town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her to go into hiding once again. As the anniversary of Will's disappearance approached, a painfully familiar sense of dread came crashing back. The final battle was near, and this time they would face a force of darkness more powerful and deadly than ever. To end this nightmare once and for all, everyone would have to join forces for one last fight.