After the spring of 1986, nothing in Hawkins was ever the same. Vecna wasn’t killed — only wounded. Max’s body survived, but her mind is trapped in a silent coma. Eddie died a hero, but his name still echoes in the town that blames him. The Byers family returned with Eleven, hoping for peace, but instead they stepped into a Hawkins torn apart by the earthquake - a crack between worlds that never stopped spreading. Now, strange things are waking up beneath the town. Creatures crawling out of the fault lines...