Alex Wolford doesn't know much about the world before the Stymphs came. But he knows that he, and everyone else in the underground California Base...they are prey. The Stymphs prowl in the dark. Humans, now reduced to thousands scattered worldwide, have to hide every night. Scrounging in dead buildings to live. Risking a bloody death every time you go outside. Until the survivors discover a map to a secret place. A weapon from the days when humanity ruled Earth. Alex has to decide...is survival enough anymore? Or is retaking the world worth facing a horde of ravenous monsters? "A yank-to-the-side on the post-apocalyptic genre."