An ancient species, long dormant, is now very much awake.

The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic disaster. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. During the same week, the Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. From the internationally bestselling author of the apocalyptic extravaganza ( Publishers Weekly) The Hatching series, this white-knuckled thriller is perfect for fans of Stephen King and Iain Reid.I stepped WAY outside of my comfort zone with this one…ĭeep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole.

Shawn is forced to bring Billy back, despite their longstanding mutual hatred, to discover and destroy the evil that lurks in the source code. But something about Nellie isnt rightand the reconstruction of the mansion is plagued by accidental deaths. He decides to set it up in the abandoned mansion they worked near all those years ago. Unable to let the past be forgotten, Shawn decides to resurrect his and Billys biggest failure: a next-generation computer program named Nellie that can control a houses every function. Years later, Billy is a failure, beset by poverty and addiction, and Shawn is the most famous man in the world.

While Billy walks away with Emily, Shawn takes Eagle Logic, which he uses to build a multi-billion-dollar company that eventually outshines Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined. But the hard work and escalating tension have not been kind to their once solid friendshipShawns girlfriend Emily has left him for Billy, and a third partner has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. After two years of living on cheap beer and little else in a bitterly cold tiny cabin outside an abandoned, crumbling mansion, young programmers Shawn Eagle and Billy Stafford have created something that could make them rich: a revolutionary computer they name Eagle Logic. In this classic haunted house tale meets Black Mirror ( Book Riot), a family moves into a home equipped with the worlds most intelligent, cutting-edge, and intuitive computer everbut a buried secret leads to terrifying and catastrophic consequences.

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