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Synopsis
Deep beneath the Ural Mountains, in an underground city carved out by slave labor during the darkest hours of the Cold War, ancient caverns hold exotic and dangerous life-forms that have evolved in isolation for countless millennia. Cut off from the surface world, an entire ecosystem of bizarre subterranean species has survived undetected—until now. Biologists Nell and Geoffrey Binswanger barely survived their last encounter with terrifying, invasive creatures that threatened to engulf the planet. They think the danger is over until a ruthless Russian tycoon lures them to his underground metropolis, where they find themselves confronted by a vicious menagerie of biological horrors from their past—and by entirely new breeds of voracious predators. Now they're rising up from the bowels of the Earth to consume the world as we know it. USA Today praised Warren Fahy's debut novel, Fragment, as "a rollicking tale [that] will enthrall readers of Jurassic Park and The Ruins." Now Fahy sets off an even more thrilling stampede of action and suspense, bursting forth from the hellish depths of...Pandemonium.
Pandemonium: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This sci-fi horror thriller features graphic violence from predatory creatures attacking humans, body horror from exotic biological threats, references to Cold War slave labor, and intense life-or-death survival scenarios in an underground ecosystem.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include slavery, graphic violence, gore, animal death, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens and adults who love creature features like Jurassic Park with even more intense action will be thrilled by the deadly underground ecosystem and desperate survival story.