Der Schwarm

The ocean strikes back - in Frank Schätzing's masterful thriller, humanity faces an unimaginable threat emerging from the seas. Schätzing portrays the global uprising of nature against mankind. A worldwide disaster scenario unfolds between Norway, Canada, Japan, and Germany, filled with psychological and political dramas, culminating in a breathtaking conclusion. A fisherman disappears without a trace off the coast of Peru. Oil drilling experts discover strange organisms in the Norwegian Sea that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers of seabed. Meanwhile, an eerie change is occurring with the whales along the coast of British Columbia. None of these events seem to be connected. However, Sigur Johanson, a Norwegian biologist and intellectual, does not believe in coincidences. Indigenous whale researcher Leon Anawak also arrives at a disturbing realization: a catastrophe is looming. But who or what is triggering it? As the world teeters on the brink, scientists, along with British journalist Karen Weaver, uncover a monstrous truth. The global disaster scenario that Frank Schätzing unfolds step by step with chilling logic is frighteningly plausible. It is based on such precise scientific and ecological research that this novel is much more than a brilliantly written, suspenseful thriller. The book urgently raises the question of humanity's role in creation. With "The Swarm," his sixth book, Cologne bestseller author Frank Schätzing has positioned himself among the top ranks of international thriller writers. A rare event in contemporary German literature.