Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus is out today, the sixth tie-in novel to Netflix's flagship love letter to '80s horror. While the previous five novels in the series haven't made too many waves outside of hardcore Stranger Things fandom, Flight of Icarus has itself a solid hook. Set two years before the events of the show's most recent season, it fills in a bunch of lovely lore about one of the show's most beloved characters as he embarks on a side-quest filled with music, mayhem, and Dungeons & Dragons.
Eddie Munson (played by English actor Joseph Quinn) became an instant fan favourite when he was introduced at the start of Season 4 — no small feat when you're joining an ensemble cast as established as that of Stranger Things. Eddie won hearts left and right as the rebellious metalhead leader of the Hellfire Club (actual purpose: tabletop gaming) who, despite outward appearances, quickly emerged as one of the kindest and noblest characters on the show.
Warning for late-arrival spoilers, but Eddie's death in the Season 4 finale was decried as a waste of one of the show's best characters, with even his fitting send-off protecting his young friends marred by the fact that he was still believed to be a satanic murderer by the public at large. There are those who are hoping that Eddie will make a return in some form in the final season regardless; but in the meantime, at least we get a whole novel to fill in more of his backstory — although knowing more about what a sound dude he was is unlikely to make his ultimate fate feel any less tragic.
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