Uncharted: The Mystery Terrain

By: Makrand Patil

Narrated by: Anthony Pica

It was supposed to be a quick dash to the mall. Yet, a day later, Francine's elderly happy-go-lucky neighbors, Paul and Cathy, still hadn't returned, and the young mother of one was beginning to run out of patience in her task of watching their home. With the gnawing question of their obvious haste to get out of the house, Francine's curiosity leads her indoors to theirs, where she finds a waiting cache of virtually every gift she's ever wished for.

Were George and Helen a pair of publicity-wary Santa Clauses? And are Francine's worries over them nothing but the fevered over-imagination of an introvert?

The answers to those things nonetheless do take a curious turn when a new player enters to reveal that identity might be as slippery and stunning as an eel with the newly vanished couple, and a chilling game of hide and seek might be in the works.

But who are the players?

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