The Dream Stealers - Stuart Beard

Keep your children close at nightFor the Squidgicum-Squee’s a creepingNever let them leave your sightOr forever there’ll be weepingCount your children one to tenAnd when you’ve finished, count againFor where you counted ten beforeYou’ll find that there are ten no moreWhen 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?