{"product_id":"9780692805640","title":"Kronos Rising: Plague","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn AUTHORSdb 2017 Gold Medal Winner - Book 4 in the terrifying Kronos Rising series \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT HAS BEGUN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe terrifying prequel to \u003ci\u003eKRONOS RISING: KRAKEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Bonus Novelette - \u003ci\u003eKRONOS RISING: DIABLO\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon got up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Holy sh-t! Steve, the Taser's not stopping him!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It has to! Nobody can take that. Hit him again!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Look out! Here he comes!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon charged again, powering his way past the jolts of pain. He smashed into the nearest intruder with bone-jarring force, grappling with him, tearing at him. The struggle intensified as the two rolled around on the alley's blood-soaked cobblestones. The second creature joined in the battle, striking at his head with a hard stick in an effort to aid his comrade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon laughed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intruders were pathetically weak. He could sense it. He snatched the light from the closer one and backhanded him across the face with it, sending him sprawling. Then he turned toward the other one. He was stumbling backward, clawing at his hip, and obviously terrified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmused, Ron turned away and focused on the one on the ground. He took a deep whiff, smelling the hot blood that ran in rivulets from the downed newcomer's brow, and listened to the jackhammer beating of his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore food.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DEADLIEST KILLERS ARE THE ONES YOU CAN'T SEE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree weeks have passed since the monstrous \u003ci\u003eKronosaurus imperator's\u003c\/i\u003e attack on Harcourt Marina stunned the world. The death toll was horrifying, but Paradise Cove's traumatized survivors soon discover they have more to worry about than burying their dead and rebuilding their shattered lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying the pliosaur were hordes of primeval pathogens. With their host destroyed, the surviving Cretaceous-era bacteria must find new homes for themselves. They do: tiny, bipedal life forms whose warm, iron-rich blood provides perfect growing conditions. The pathogens begin to multiply and spread, their mutagenic qualities quickly warping their unwitting host's delicate bodies and minds. Soon, the infected are transformed into mindless beasts, consumed with a burning hunger for flesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd like all ravening beasts, they must feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Tree Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028278165744,"sku":"9780692805640","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692805640_p0.jpg?v=1763615282","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692805640","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}