In the remote frozen hills of Maine, a group of top scientists gathers under a cloak of secrecy... THE TERROR BEGINS... As winter grips the sub-zero peaks, the peaceful little village is suddenly stricken by bizarre happenings—unexplained power surges, strange illnesses, alarming changes in blood chemistry... and corpses that refuse to die... A brilliant young medical troubleshooter and pathologist is called in to investigate. Dr. Susan Cullen's painstaking studies uncover a conspiracy of unthinkable proportions; a chilling medical experiment affecting both the living and the dead... AND THE NIGHTMARE EXPLODES... Stalked by a twisted psychopath, stunned by a sudden love affair, and confronted by multimillion dollar medical madness, Dr. Susan Cullen races to save the world from a horror worse than death — a horror she has only begun to understand... SHAMUS AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Rodman Philbrick grew up on the New England coast, where he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder. For many years he wrote thrillers, mysteries and detective novels. The Private Eye Writers of America nominated two of his T.D. Stash series as best detective novel, and then selected Philbrick's Brothers & Sinners as Best Novel in 1993. Philbrick's Freak the Mighty was the basis of a Golden Globe-nominated Sharon Stone movie titled simply The Mighty, released in 1998.