Christmas Presence (Large Print)

<p><strong>Worlds are waiting to be opened.</strong></p><p>All Van Holloway wanted was to survive the night unnoticed. He didn't ask to be dragged to a Christmas party full of people he barely knew or to end up in the same room as Charli McNichols-the girl he's had a silent crush on since September. He certainly didn't plan to follow her into a game that wasn't a game wearing glasses that weren't really glasses.</p><p>What begins in a crowded game room ends somewhere else entirely. Somewhere cold. Somewhere impossible.</p><p>Inside a hidden world buried beneath holiday cheer Van and Charli discover a place filled with clockwork toys forgotten workshops and secrets meant to stay buried. They stumble out with more than they bargained for and something comes back with them.</p><p>Now the rules of reality are shifting. Time slips. Closets snow. Strangers appear. Something wants what Van took and it's willing to do whatever it takes to find him.</p><p>The green hat was only the beginning.</p><p>From festive parties to frozen halls from droids in Santa suits to gingerbread rebels Van and Charli are caught in a battle between belief and cynicism myth and machinery. If they want to make it back home-and remember who they are-they'll need to trust each other hold on to what's real and face the one thing more powerful than magic:</p><p>Doubt.</p><p><strong>Christmas Presence: The Prequel</strong> launches the Claus Universe saga blending sci-fi and holiday fantasy in a story full of sharp humor suspense and heart. For fans of <em>Stranger Things</em> <em>The Santa Clause</em> and <em>Ready Player One</em> this is a bold reimagining of Christmas like you've never seen before.</p>