When a group of scientists at the bottom of the world uncover a hidden tropical world within a vast snow-covered mountain range, they think they’ve found a secret repository of unknown botanical species. But when several of the team go missing during the nights, they realize they’ve uncovered something far more sinister. And with an agenda far more horrifying than any of them could ever have imagined. Now, stalked through the darkness and the frozen landscape, the remaining scientists must band together or risk becoming the latest in a series of nightmarish experiments whose goal is too terrible to imagine… and possibly the destruction of Earth itself. Jon F. Merz is a writer with over two dozen published bestselling novels, a producer for New Ronin Entertainment and a trained black belt ninja. He has taught defensive tactics to civilian crime watch groups, police, military units, and agencies like the US Department of State, the Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Prisons. In his past, Jon served with the United States Air Force, worked for the US government, and handled executive protection for Fortune 500 clients. He lives with his wife and two sons in suburban Boston