First published 2023
Tony becomes obsessed with tracking down whoever keeps posting impossible scores at the Pizzaplex Fazcade. His investigation pulls him deeper into a mystery he cannot escape. Meanwhile, corporate executives at Fazbear Entertainment decide to use artificial intelligence for their storytelling needs. The technology produces consequences they never anticipated. In another tale, Abe moves into a new apartment where his Bobbiedot home assistants start malfunctioning. His search for answers leads him to first generation animatronics causing the problems. Abe realizes his new home was a terrible mistake. Scott Cawthon delivers three connected stories where characters take shortcuts and face deadly results. Each tale explores how quick fixes in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe create worse problems than the original ones.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action, artificial-intelligence
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: corporate-conspiracy, investigation, technological-consequences
Setting: Fazcade, Pizzaplex
240 pages · Paperback · Scholastic Inc.