An apocalyptic extravaganza of doom and heroism�addictive.� �Publishers Weekly

�This is a fresh take on classic horror, thoroughly enjoyable and guaranteed to leave your skin crawling.� �Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead

�Guaranteed to do what Jaws did to millions of people.� �Suspense Magazine

An astonishingly inventive and terrifying debut novel about the emergence of an ancient species, dormant for... over a thousand years, and now on the march.

Deep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. During the same week, the Chinese government �accidentally� drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. laboratory. Something wants out.