Thirteen-year-old Jamal is a prisoner of the "relentless siege of wakefulness." For him, the silence of the night is a "heavy blanket" that amplifies the frantic thump of his own heart. But Jamal isn't just hungry; he's being hunted. A spectral entity known as the Muffin Monster-a shimmering, "distorted" manifestation of his own internal anxieties-stalks him from the shadows of the refrigerator. To escape the cycle of terror, Jamal must embark on a "Psychological Journey" to discover that the monster isn't coming for him; it's coming from him.