Fragment. A Novel

Aboard a long-range research vessel, in the vast reaches of the South Pacific, the cast and crew of the reality show Sealife believe they have found a ratings bonanza. For a director dying for drama, a distress call from Henders Island-a mere blip on any radar-might be just the ticket. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders-and the ultimate test of survival begins. For when they reach the island's shores, the scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find-creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history.
This is not a lost world frozen in time; this is Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path for half a billion years-a fragment of a lost continent, with an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.