First published 2016
Gideon Crew receives his most critical assignment yet from Eli Glinn, the enigmatic leader of Effective Engineering Solutions. Five years earlier, Glinn's mission to retrieve a massive meteorite from a South American island ended in catastrophe. The ship Rolvaag sank in Antarctic waters, killing 108 crew members and leaving Glinn paralyzed. The meteorite went down with the vessel, but the disaster revealed a terrifying truth. The object was not a simple space rock but a living organism from deep space. Now the creature has embedded itself in the ocean floor two miles beneath the surface and continues expanding. If left unchecked, it will destroy all life on Earth. Glinn assembles his team for one final mission to eliminate the threat, requiring Gideon's specialized knowledge of nuclear weapons. As they prepare their assault, Gideon and his colleagues discover the alien entity possesses intelligence and will not accept destruction without a fight. The fate of humanity rests on their ability to outwit and destroy a creature unlike anything Earth has ever encountered.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, action, aliens
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, high-stakes
Setting: Antarctica, South America
Period: Contemporary
375 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: body-horror, death, graphic-violence