Eleven-year-old Brad Simpson has worked alongside Hollywood's biggest names and can conjure tears so real they leave the entire crew in stunned silence. But what this young star really wants is to slow down, stay close to home, and play some baseball.
When he lands a role in THE PIONEERS, a promising new TV series, Brad thinks he's finally getting his wish. The cast is great, the director believes in him, and there's even talk of forming a baseball team with his co-stars.
Then the visions begin.
Something is very wrong on this set. Brad sees things the others can't--an old-fashioned baseball field flickering into existence where no field should be, menacing figures in vintage white uniforms with red pinstripes, threats whispered from nowhere demanding he leave. Rumours swirl about a cursed baseball team from the 1890s who played on this very ground and never won a single game.
When a terrifying accident nearly kills the entire young cast, Brad realises the ghosts aren't just legends. They're angry. They're desperate. And they have a very particular interest in him.
Now Brad must draw on everything he has--his courage, his fierce love of baseball, and his determination to never let anyone down--to protect his friends and save the show before the phantom players destroy it all.
A Heartstopper Horror where Hollywood glamour meets supernatural terror on the diamond.
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Talented eleven-year-old actor Brad Simpson has just wrapped up a movie with several famous actors, but he's more than ready to settle down with a steady role on "The Pioneers", an exciting new TV show. Despite his growing friendship with his young cast mates, Brad senses something seriously amiss on the set. He experiences terrifying visions and threatening ghosts. When an accident nearly costs the entire cast their lives, the director is forced to shut down filming while the kids recuperate.
It begins to look as if the show won't make it to the screen...not unless Brad and his scared-but-determined co-stars team up to play a game of baseball against the Los Angeles Pioneers, a ghostly, doomed baseball team made up of failed actors from the late 19th century. Will Brad and his new friends solve the mystery of the ghostly field and successfully banish the spooks from the set to keep their show in production?