Kundfavorit – Symbiote

As World War III rages, the scientists in Antarctica are thankful for the isolationuntil a group of Chinese scientists arrive at the American research base in search of help. In their truck is a horrifying sight, the first ever murder victim in Antarctica. The potential for a geopolitical firestorm is great, and, with no clear jurisdiction, the Americans dont know what to do. But they soon realize the Chinese scientists have brought far more with them than the body Within seventy-two hours, thirteen more lie dead in the snow, murdered in acts of madness and superhuman strength. An extremophile parasite from the truck, triggered by severe cold, is spreading by touch. It is learning from them. Evolving. It triggers violent tendencies in the winter crew, and, more insidiously, the beginnings of a strange symbiotic telepathy. A small group of survivors try to resist the siren call of the growing hive mind and stay alive long enough to solve the mystery of the symbiotic microbes origins. But the symbiote is more than a diseaseit could be the key to shifting the balance of power in a time of war. The survivors cannot let anyone infected make it to the summer season, when planes will arrive to take themand potentially the symbioteback to civilization.