Subhuman by Michael McBride - Book Tour + Giveaway
Subhuman
Unit 51 #1
by Michael McBride
Genre:
Horror, Thriller, Supernatural, Aliens
Horror, Thriller, Supernatural, Aliens
THEY ARE NOT HUMAN.
At a research station in Antarctica, five of
the world’s top scientists have been brought together to solve one
of the greatest mysteries in human history. Their subject, however,
is anything but human . . .
the world’s top scientists have been brought together to solve one
of the greatest mysteries in human history. Their subject, however,
is anything but human . . .
THEY ARE NOT NATURAL.
Deep beneath the ice, the submerged ruins of
a lost civilization hold the key to the strange mutations that each
scientist has encountered across the globe: A misshapen skull in
Russia. The grotesque carvings of a lost race in Peru. The mummified
remains of a humanoid monstrosity in Egypt . . .
a lost civilization hold the key to the strange mutations that each
scientist has encountered across the globe: A misshapen skull in
Russia. The grotesque carvings of a lost race in Peru. The mummified
remains of a humanoid monstrosity in Egypt . . .
THEY ARE NOT FRIENDLY.
When a series of sound waves trigger the
ancient organisms, a new kind of evolution begins. Latching onto a
human host—crossbreeding with human DNA—a long-extinct life form
is reborn. Its kind has not walked the earth for thousands of years.
Its instincts are fiercer, more savage, than any predator alive. And
its prey are the scientists who unleashed it, the humans who spawned
it, and the tender living flesh on which it feeds . . .
ancient organisms, a new kind of evolution begins. Latching onto a
human host—crossbreeding with human DNA—a long-extinct life form
is reborn. Its kind has not walked the earth for thousands of years.
Its instincts are fiercer, more savage, than any predator alive. And
its prey are the scientists who unleashed it, the humans who spawned
it, and the tender living flesh on which it feeds . . .
Praise for Michael McBride
“A fast-paced and frightening ride. Highly recommended for fans of
creature horror and the thrillers of Michael Crichton.”
—The Horror Review on PREDATORY INSTINCT
creature horror and the thrillers of Michael Crichton.”
—The Horror Review on PREDATORY INSTINCT
“McBride writes with the perfect mixture of suspense and horror that keeps the reader on edge.” —Examiner
Subhuman/McBride Blog Entry #2
in Conjunction with Business Insider Article:
“Scientists are closing in on warm caves under Antarctica which could support secret life”
(http://www.businessinsider.com/warm-caves-under-antarctica-which-could-support-secret-life-2017-9)
Life
always finds a way. There’s no other rational explanation for how anything can
survive in Antarctica, a continent where the winter is spent in total darkness
and at an average temperature of more than fifty degrees below zero. We’re
talking about an environment as barren and desolate as the surface of the moon,
and yet trapped beneath the ice is an amazing biome unlike any other on the
planet.
The
world might be dead aboveground, but it is alive with volcanic activity below.
Geothermal heat is responsible for keeping entire networks of lakes and rivers
from freezing at depths of more than two miles beneath the surface and, as
we’re only now learning, the formation of systems of caves warm enough to
support higher orders of life. In addition to bacteria and fungi, soil samples
have demonstrated traces of DNA from algae, mosses, and small animals, among
them species of unknown origin not found anywhere else in the world.
While
exploration of the caves has only just begun, some speculate that these warrens
could potentially cover the entire continent beneath the ice, connecting them
with the site of the recent discovery of a 13,000 year-old meteorite containing
fossilized bacteria theorized to be of extraterrestrial origin. Combining an
isolated subterranean ecosystem with organisms that shouldn’t have otherwise
survived is a recipe for disaster.
It’s
this precise scenario that forms the basis for the first book in the Unit 51
Series, Subhuman, in which a team of
scientists discovers that something terrifying has survived beneath the ice,
something that’s not entirely human. I challenge you to imagine the
possibilities presented by this article and then read Subhuman—coming this November from Kensington Publishing, available
wherever books are sold—and you’ll soon learn that far worse things than death
await us below.
Michael McBride was born in Colorado and still resides in the shadow of
the Rocky Mountains. He hates the snow, but loves the Avalanche.
He works with medical radiation, yet somehow managed to
produce five children, none of whom, miraculously, have tails, third
eyes, or other random mutations. He writes fiction that
runs the gamut from thriller (Remains) to horror to science fiction
(Vector Borne, Snowblind) . . . and loves every minute of it. He is a
two-time winner of the DarkFuse Readers' Choice Award.
the Rocky Mountains. He hates the snow, but loves the Avalanche.
He works with medical radiation, yet somehow managed to
produce five children, none of whom, miraculously, have tails, third
eyes, or other random mutations. He writes fiction that
runs the gamut from thriller (Remains) to horror to science fiction
(Vector Borne, Snowblind) . . . and loves every minute of it. He is a
two-time winner of the DarkFuse Readers' Choice Award.
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