WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING ';The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.' Stephen KingOnce every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping tripa tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsiteshockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungryTim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infectedor one another. Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Laterand all-consumingthis tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanityand terror hungers for more.
