384 pages | paperback |

The Troopscared the hell out of me, and I couldnt put it down. This is old-school horror at its best. Stephen King

This grim microcosm of terror and desperation haunting (Christopher Golden,New York Timesbestselling author) follows a scout troop on a terrifying fight for survival when they come across a mysteriousand deadlystranger in the Canadian wilderness.

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping tripa tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsiteshockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungryTim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infectedor one another.

PartLord of the Flies, part28 Days Laterand all-consumingthis tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanityand terror hungers for more.