
The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite-shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry-Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip-a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. This "grim microcosm of terror and desperation haunting" (Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author) follows a scout troop on a terrifying fight for survival when they come across a mysterious-and deadly-stranger in the Canadian wilderness. This is old-school horror at its best." -Stephen King



But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths…and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine.Description " The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. There is no cure.īut far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a universal healer hailed as “ambrosia” has been discovered. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily.

It causes people to forget-small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things, like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. “Fans of unflinching bleakness and all-out horror will love this novel….Each new shock is freshly disturbing” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Ī strange plague called the ‘Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. From the acclaimed author of The Troop-a book that is “utterly terrifying” (Clive Barker).
