Synopsis: "The paper was yellowed with age and edged in black. The spidery words were elegantly penned. Whosoever possesseth this letter and dares to break this chain shal suffer disaster and death ... Abby and Brian knew what they had found. A chain letter. But it was unlike any chain letter their friends had ever gotten. This one was evil—they kniew it in their souls. They dared not break this chain. They would send the letter to t hier special friends. And they would know who had broken the chain—by who had died ...." — quoted from the first printing of the Zebra mass market paperback's back cover.