Zusatztext Having sold more than 800!000 copies in Germany! this riveting eco-thriller is well placed for a repeat performance in the English language. Informationen zum Autor Frank Schätzing has had a career as a marketing executive as well as being the author of several highly successful historical crime novels, and he lives and writes in Cologne. Schätzing became Germany's most successful thriller writer in decades when he published Der Schwarm in 2004. THE SWARM (Der Schwarm) topped the German bestseller charts for over a year after it was published, and was translated into English and published by Hodder in the UK in 2006. Uma Thurman bought the film rights to THE SWARM in May 2006, which is now in development and due for release in 2010. Klappentext Frank Schätzing's amazing novel is a publishing phenomenon with translation rights sold around the world, drawing rave reviews for both pulsating suspense and great scientific knowledge. The world begins to suffer an escalating and sensational series of natural disasters, and two marine biologists begin to develop a theory that the cause lies in the oceans, where an entity know as the Yrr has developed a massive network of single-cell organisms. It is wreaking havoc in order to prevent humankind from destroying the earth's ecological balance forever. The Americans, under the ruthless General Judith Lee, take a more pragmatic approach than the scientists, seeking to wipe out the being of the deep. The scene is set for a massive confrontation... A suspense-packed ecological thriller Financial Times This thriller is a space-ship bound for another world. Die Zeit A rip-roaring monster movie of a plot with unexpectedly credible human characters The Times An international blockbuster ... But think twice about making it your beach book. However hot the vacation sun, this novel may give you the shivers ... enjoy Evening Standard Good fun, written in fluent thrillerese, and there are some vivid action-thriller moments Metro An effervescent cocktail of adventure Der Spiegel A gripping thriller starring nature unleashed Stern A gigantic thriller Die Welt 'A massively good read. A gripping marine biodiversity thriller the like of which I have not seen since "Jaws". I particularly liked the portrayal of biologists as interesting, sexy human beings, rather than just evil or hopelessly mistaken gene-manipulators.' Dr James Mallet, Professor of Biological Diversity, University College London A mind-bending, Crichton-esque fate-of-the-planet thriller that whiplashes the reader from micro- to macro-terrors faster than you can say 'ecosystem'... never ever predictable... enormously entertaining science fiction / horror epic... I recommend you dive right in Fangoria A gripping novel with fast-paced action, interesting and believable characters, and a fascinating look into the uncharted depths of the ocean ... Enthralling, I was on tenterhooks throughout ... Comparable in quality to Stephen King, Martin Cruz Smith, and Elmore Leonard Peter Constantine, award-winning translator of Thomas Mann's SIX EARLY STORIES The world could collapse around you [while reading DER SCHWARM], and you wouldn't notice. Die Welt A monster of science-fiction, rich in facts Stern After these 1000 breathtaking pages you see the sea with different eyes. Focus This book wants to be read from beginning to end, morning, noon, and night. The outside world could disintegrate and the reader would not notice because of the spellbinding power of the collapsing world in Frank Schatzing's apocalyptic thriller. Die Tageszeitung With THE SWARM, Frank Schatzing lifts the German suspense novel up to the international level. Suddeutsche Zeitung THE SWARM must be read quickly because before the reader can finally get to sleep, he must wander far and wide before crossing the finish line happy but exhausted...Whoever has read Frank Schatzing...

Having sold more than 800,000 copies in Germany, this riveting eco-thriller is well placed for a repeat performance in the English language.

Vorwort
More gripping than Crichton, classier than Cussler, Frank Schätzing's record-breaking ecological thriller is now in paperback.

Autorentext

Frank Schätzing has had a career as a marketing executive as well as being the author of several highly successful historical crime novels, and he lives and writes in Cologne.

Schätzing became Germany's most successful thriller writer in decades when he published Der Schwarm in 2004. THE SWARM (Der Schwarm) topped the German bestseller charts for over a year after it was published, and was translated into English and published by Hodder in the UK in 2006. Uma Thurman bought the film rights to THE SWARM in May 2006, which is now in development and due for release in 2010.

Klappentext

Frank Schätzing's amazing novel is a publishing phenomenon with translation rights sold around the world, drawing rave reviews for both pulsating suspense and great scientific knowledge.

The world begins to suffer an escalating and sensational series of natural disasters, and two marine biologists begin to develop a theory that the cause lies in the oceans, where an entity know as the Yrr has developed a massive network of single-cell organisms. It is wreaking havoc in order to prevent humankind from destroying the earth's ecological balance forever.

The Americans, under the ruthless General Judith Lee, take a more pragmatic approach than the scientists, seeking to wipe out the being of the deep.

The scene is set for a massive confrontation...