X The Unknown — Shaun Hutson

A new, updated novelization of a classic Hammer film

In a quiet field in Buckinghamshire, a huge crack has appeared in the earth's surface, and people are dying--incinerated beyond recognition. At the same time, hospitals have noticed an increase in catastrophic deformities in fetuses, and cancer levels are soaring. Dr. Adam Royston, a scientist working at the nearby military base, thinks he knows what it is; a creature as old as the earth that slumbers for centuries, then wakes to feed on the energy and radiation produced by humans. But if he's right, and they can't find a way to destroy the creature roaming the countryside, then it's not just Buckinghamshire that could be in danger, but the whole world.