A viral video. Half a million views. And the monsters in the footage are real.
When a shaky cell phone video of eight-legged creatures attacking residents of a Caracas apartment complex starts going viral, Project Cerberus has a problem. The footage looks authentic. The creatures — new, bioluminescent, spider-like things Cerberus is calling Weavers — don't match anything in the files. And the man who shot the video, a hyperkinetic citizen journalist who's been predicting his own assassination for years, might be the only person who knows where to find the rift.
Captain Memphis Stone and HELLStalker One are wheels-up for Venezuela before the video hits a million views.
What they find in the heart of Caracas is unlike anything they've encountered: a massive, partially-constructed tower block called El Carey, housing hundreds of residents who've been fighting the Weavers on their own for weeks — with improvised weapons, raw courage, and a determination that stops Stone cold. This isn't a rescue op.
These people don't need saving.
They need backup.
But Stone is fighting two wars simultaneously. The nightmares that started in Antarctica are getting worse — vivid, tactical, crawling with the voice of something from the other side that keeps telling him their numbers are legion. As the Weavers multiply and the rift at the heart of El Carey grows, the line between what Stone is experiencing and what he's imagining starts to blur.
Something has been inside Memphis Stone's head since CERN. And whatever it is, it's been patient.
The HELLStalkers series continues — military supernatural thriller for fans of Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International, John Scalzi's Old Man's War, and the relentless horror-action of Aliens. Because some wars are fought floor by floor.
