The Troop

Summary

It begins like a campfire story: Five boys and a grown-upwent into the woods. It ends in madness and murder. And worse …

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boysinto the Canadian wilderness for a three-day camping trip—a tradition ascomforting and reliable as a good ghost story and a roaring bonfire. But whenan unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin,disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed tosomething far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of abioengineered nightmare. An inexplicable horror that spreads faster than fear.A harrowing struggle for survival that will pit the troop against the elements,the infected … and one another.

Part Lord of the Flies,part 28 Days Later—andall-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller will takelisteners deep into the heart of darkness and close to the edge of sanity.