When Brian Niemand accepts a position as a research assistant in the theoretical physics department at the university, he has no idea that he’s about to become a part of one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. The implications are staggering, but such knowledge always comes at a price, and as Brian finds out, the cost is measured in lives. Where did the project get its test subject, an amputated leg, and what’s inside Brian’s house that stalks him at night? The answers are buried where only he can exhume them, but when he finds himself surrounded by a series of brutal slayings, he learns that before he can take the first step to saving his own life, he must go back to Zero. BONUS MATERIAL An exclusive short story: The Hands of GodExcerpt from Michael McBride's forthcoming novel, Vector Borne*Excerpt from Bloodletting, also by Michael McBride PRAISE FOR MICHAEL McBRIDE “McBride is one of the very best new horror writers out there, and he’s destined to go far. Get in now at the start. You won’t be sorry.” - Tim Lebbon, author of Echo City and Fallen “Zero is a creepy, effective blend of science and the supernatural.” - Brian Knight, author of Feral and Broken Angel “A scintillating tale, beautifully paced and visually stunning; Zero is thought provoking and eloquent. One hell of a fine read from an author on the fast track.” - James A. Moore, author of Deeper and Serenity Falls “I was hooked on the first page.” - Horror World “With ZERO, Michael McBride has crafted a Science Fiction-Horror hybrid that would have been perfect as one of the better episodes of The Outer Limits.” - Hellnotes ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael McBride is the author of Burial Ground, Vector Borne, Bloodletting, Innocents Lost, and Predatory Instinct. He lives in Westminster, Colorado with his wife and five children.

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"McBride writes with the perfect mixture of suspense and horror that keeps the reader on edge." —Examiner IT LIVES. In a research hangar in Virginia, a Unit 51 team studies an ancient but long-dormant virus that can transform human physiology—and turn it into something else. . . IT MUTATES. In the Amazon rainforest, a newly evolving life form known as Subject Z acquires the ability to think conceptually, build elaborate traps, create new carriers—and spawn a new race . . . IT SPREADS. In Mexico and Turkey, the men and women of Unit 51 race to uncover a global link between the mutations: a connection as ancient as the oldest tombs on earth—and as alien and unknowable as the universe itself. But time is running out. The infected are growing in number. And the nightmare is...

Two years after the death of her husband and the disappearance of her daughter, Vanessa still refuses to accept that her child is dead, even when the discovery of a young girl’s remains in the bayou appears to bring the search to a tragic end. But hope can be found in the least likely of places...

The butchered remains of twelve year-old Jasmine Rivers are discovered in the cellar of an abandoned farmhouse on the desolate eastern plains of Colorado, the fourth mutilated body found in the last two months. The FBI is still searching for the missing parts of the previous three. Hundreds of miles away in Arizona, eleven corpses are exhumed from the Sonoran Desert. They've been mummified and bundled in the traditional Inca style. But the Inca lived in South America, and these bodies aren't centuries old. Seemingly unrelated victims that share a common cause of death: exsanguination. Special Agent Paxton Carver follows the trail of blood, which leads him to the continuation of genetic experimentation that began during World War II and a designer retrovirus capable of altering human chromosomes. Can he track down the virus and prevent further exposure before the real bloodletting begins?

For every generation there is a child born of such evil as to claim hundreds of lives. Cast from the very fires of Hell, the Bloodspawn's sole purpose is to summon death and bathe humanity in bloodied carnage. Harry Denton knows that such a child has been brought unto this earth, for not only has he seen him, but he spared the boy's life when he had the opportunity to destroy it. Now, years later, Harry is called back to the decrepit convent where he saved the baby's life, knowing full well what he will find... The Bloodspawn has a destiny to fulfill. Let the slaughter begin.

"McBride writes with the perfect mixture of suspense and horror that keeps the reader on edge." —Examiner IT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't. IT HAS THRIVED Six months ago, a secret paramilitary team called Unit 51 was sent to the station. They thought the creature was dead, the nightmare was over. It wasn't. IT HAS EVOLVED In a Mexican temple, archeologists uncover the remains of a half-human hybrid. They believe it is related to the creature in Antarctica, a dark thing of legend that is still alive—and still evolving. They believe it needs a new host to feed, to mutate, to multiply. They're right. And they're next. And the human race might just be headed for extinction . . . "Highly recommended for fans of...

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 . . . 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 . . . 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...