The Swarm. A Novel of the Deep

Off the Peruvian coast a fisherman drowns, dragged to his death by a mysterious underwater current. He is not alone. Over the coming weeks, thousands like him wilt die each day - killed at sea, killed on beaches, killed by oceans that no longer behave in a way that mankind can predict. These deaths are not coincidence - and from the moment an enormous unidentifiable form flashes across the radar of two North Sea scientists, it is clear they are being caused by a natural force more complex and more devastating than anything science is able to comprehend. Beneath the waves, something is wreaking havoc on the global ecosystem, bringing the world to the brink of destruction. It is ecological disaster on an unprecedented scale - disaster that some are determined to prevent, but others are determined to exploit in their pursuit of power. Epic, intense and frighteningly real, Frank Schätzing's international bestseller THE SWARM is a thrilling cautionary tale for our age - a timely warning of the vulnerability of our existence in a fragile world.