WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING 'The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.' -Stephen KingOnce every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip-a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite-shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry-Tim