☢️ Nuclear Anxiety

Literature shaped by the shadow of the bomb—stories and reflections born from the dread of annihilation that has haunted the modern imagination since 1945. These books give form to a fear too vast to articulate otherwise.

Nuclear War

by Annie Jacobsen • 2024

North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.

4.36

53k+

🚀 Nuclear Deterrence 📋 Nuclear Policy 🏃 Arms Race

Nuclear War 91%

North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.

by Annie Jacobsen 2024

4.36

53k+ ratings

🚀 Nuclear Deterrence 📋 Nuclear Policy 🏃 Arms Race

Command and Control

by Eric Schlosser • 2013

One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.

4.27

15k+

🧪 Nuclear History 🥶 Cold War Era 💥 Technological Disaster

Command and Control 89%

One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.

by Eric Schlosser 2013

4.27

15k+ ratings

🧪 Nuclear History 🥶 Cold War Era 💥 Technological Disaster

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes • 1986

Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.

4.40

25k+

🔬 History Of Science ⚛️ Nuclear Physics ☢️ Atomic Age

The Making of the Atomic Bomb 89%

Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.

by Richard Rhodes 1986

4.40

25k+ ratings

🔬 History Of Science ⚛️ Nuclear Physics ☢️ Atomic Age

The Sum of All Fears

by Tom Clancy • 1991

Terrorists detonate a lost nuke in Denver, aiming to ignite a war between the superpowers.

4.08

67k+

⚙️ Techno-Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism 🎭 False Flag Attack

The Sum of All Fears 88%

Terrorists detonate a lost nuke in Denver, aiming to ignite a war between the superpowers.

by Tom Clancy 1991

4.08

67k+ ratings

⚙️ Techno-Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism 🎭 False Flag Attack

Arsenals of Folly

by Richard Rhodes • 2007

Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.

3.96

856

🧊 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Arms Race 🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship

Arsenals of Folly 88%

Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.

by Richard Rhodes 2007

3.96

856 ratings

🧊 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Arms Race 🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship

Departure 37

by Scott Carson • 2025

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

3.82

2k+

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up

Departure 37 88%

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

by Scott Carson 2025

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up

Going Nuclear

by Tim Gregory • 2025

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

4.47

309

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions

Going Nuclear 88%

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

by Tim Gregory 2025

4.47

309 ratings

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions

Metro 2033

by Dmitry Glukhovsky • 2013

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

4.03

78k+

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

Metro 2033 88%

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2013

4.03

78k+ ratings

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

Die Wolke

by Gudrun Pausewang • 1987

A nuclear cloud is spreading. With her little brother behind her, a girl pedals into the chaos.

3.67

5k+

🏭 Nuclear Disaster 👧 Sibling Protection 💔 Harrowing Realism

Die Wolke 87%

A nuclear cloud is spreading. With her little brother behind her, a girl pedals into the chaos.

by Gudrun Pausewang 1987

3.67

5k+ ratings

🏭 Nuclear Disaster 👧 Sibling Protection 💔 Harrowing Realism

Hiroshima

by John Hersey • 1946

Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.

4.05

91k+

☢️ Atomic Bomb 🎙️ War Journalism ✍️ Narrative Journalism

Hiroshima 87%

Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.

by John Hersey 1946

4.05

91k+ ratings

☢️ Atomic Bomb 🎙️ War Journalism ✍️ Narrative Journalism

On the Beach

by Nevil Shute • 1957

The last humans garden, race Ferraris, and fall in love as a radioactive cloud approaches.

3.98

50k+

🍄 Nuclear Fallout 🌫️ Quiet Extinction 👥 Found Family In Crisis

On the Beach 87%

The last humans garden, race Ferraris, and fall in love as a radioactive cloud approaches.

by Nevil Shute 1957

3.98

50k+ ratings

🍄 Nuclear Fallout 🌫️ Quiet Extinction 👥 Found Family In Crisis

The Bear and the Dragon

by Tom Clancy • 2000

China storms Siberia for its oil. To stop them, America arms Russia, risking nuclear war.

3.92

32k+

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller ⚔️ Near Future War

The Bear and the Dragon 87%

China storms Siberia for its oil. To stop them, America arms Russia, risking nuclear war.

by Tom Clancy 2000

3.92

32k+ ratings

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller ⚔️ Near Future War

Moonraker

by Ian Fleming • 1955

A national hero's card cheating pulls Bond into a missile project hiding a deadlier deception.

3.81

32k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Nuclear Thriller 💀 Nazi Villain

Moonraker 87%

A national hero's card cheating pulls Bond into a missile project hiding a deadlier deception.

by Ian Fleming 1955

3.81

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Nuclear Thriller 💀 Nazi Villain

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

by Andrew Leigh • 2021

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

3.81

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion

What's the Worst That Could Happen? Summary

What's the Worst That Could Happen? 87%

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

by Andrew Leigh 2021

3.81

53 ratings

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion

State of the Union

by Brad Thor • 2004

Sleeper agents activate suitcase nukes in American cities; one operative has hours to stop them.

4.22

31k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Threat

State of the Union 87%

Sleeper agents activate suitcase nukes in American cities; one operative has hours to stop them.

by Brad Thor 2004

4.22

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Memorial Day

by Vince Flynn • 2004

A nuclear device is seized, but a second bomb is already racing toward the capital.

4.33

53k+

☢️ Nuclear Terrorism ⏰ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Lone Wolf Operative

Memorial Day 87%

A nuclear device is seized, but a second bomb is already racing toward the capital.

by Vince Flynn 2004

4.33

53k+ ratings

☢️ Nuclear Terrorism ⏰ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Lone Wolf Operative

Prisoner's Dilemma

by William Poundstone • 1992

A Hungarian polymath invented game theory. The Cold War turned his thought experiment real.

3.92

2k+

🎲 Game Theory 🥶 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Strategy

Prisoner's Dilemma 87%

A Hungarian polymath invented game theory. The Cold War turned his thought experiment real.

by William Poundstone 1992

3.92

2k+ ratings

🎲 Game Theory 🥶 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Strategy

The Cold War

by John Lewis Gaddis • 2005

Two empires, opposite ideologies, enough bombs to end everything. Why the Cold War stayed cold.

3.95

9k+

🧊 Cold War History 🪆 Soviet Union 🦅 American Foreign Policy

The Cold War 87%

Two empires, opposite ideologies, enough bombs to end everything. Why the Cold War stayed cold.

by John Lewis Gaddis 2005

3.95

9k+ ratings

🧊 Cold War History 🪆 Soviet Union 🦅 American Foreign Policy

Shopping for Bombs

by Gordon Corera • 2006

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

3.80

123

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

Shopping for Bombs 87%

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

by Gordon Corera 2006

3.80

123 ratings

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

The Hercules Text

by Jack McDevitt • 1986

A pulsar signal brings alien knowledge with the power to remake civilization or end it entirely.

3.67

1k+

🛸 First Contact 🧑‍🔬 Hard Science Fiction 📜 Dangerous Knowledge

The Hercules Text 87%

A pulsar signal brings alien knowledge with the power to remake civilization or end it entirely.

by Jack McDevitt 1986

3.67

1k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact 🧑‍🔬 Hard Science Fiction 📜 Dangerous Knowledge

Overkill

by James Barrington • 2004

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

4.28

1k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Overkill 87%

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

by James Barrington 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

The Manchurian Candidate

by Richard Condon • 1959

Brainwashed in Manchuria, a soldier returns as a weapon aimed at the presidency by his mother.

4.08

25k+

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🎭 Political Satire 🧠 Brainwashed Assassin

The Manchurian Candidate 86%

Brainwashed in Manchuria, a soldier returns as a weapon aimed at the presidency by his mother.

by Richard Condon 1959

4.08

25k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🎭 Political Satire 🧠 Brainwashed Assassin

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

57k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 86%

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.89

57k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture

The Precipice

by Toby Ord • 2020

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

3.94

5k+

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety

The Precipice 86%

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

by Toby Ord 2020

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety

The Bomber Mafia

by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

4.02

65k+

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

The Bomber Mafia 86%

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

by Malcolm Gladwell 2021

4.02

65k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

Malorie

by Josh Malerman • 2020

A survivor list names her parents. Malorie boards a blind train through a world where looking kills.

3.79

28k+

🐦‍⬛ Unseen Horror 👩‍👧‍👦 Overprotective Mother 🔗 Generational Rift

Malorie 86%

A survivor list names her parents. Malorie boards a blind train through a world where looking kills.

by Josh Malerman 2020

3.79

28k+ ratings

🐦‍⬛ Unseen Horror 👩‍👧‍👦 Overprotective Mother 🔗 Generational Rift

Our Final Invention

by James Barrat • 2013

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

3.72

4k+

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Our Final Invention 86%

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

by James Barrat 2013

3.72

4k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Cell

by Stephen King • 2006

A signal drives cell phone users insane; one father crosses the burning world to save his son.

3.65

238k+

🧟 Survival Horror 🚗 Apocalyptic Road Trip 💻 Techno-Horror

Cell 86%

A signal drives cell phone users insane; one father crosses the burning world to save his son.

by Stephen King 2006

3.65

238k+ ratings

🧟 Survival Horror 🚗 Apocalyptic Road Trip 💻 Techno-Horror

Red Storm Rising

by Tom Clancy • 1986

Soviet refinery burns; Kremlin blames NATO, launches blitzkrieg, and ignites World War III.

4.21

85k+

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🚢 Submarine Warfare ✈️ Aerial Combat

Red Storm Rising 86%

Soviet refinery burns; Kremlin blames NATO, launches blitzkrieg, and ignites World War III.

by Tom Clancy 1986

4.21

85k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🚢 Submarine Warfare ✈️ Aerial Combat

Lucky Day

by Chuck Tingle • 2025

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

3.80

13k+

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror

Lucky Day 86%

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

by Chuck Tingle 2025

3.80

13k+ ratings

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror

Hirošiman kukat

by Edita Morris • 1959

A Hiroshima housewife hides her husband's radiation sickness from the American lodger she takes in.

4.05

1k+

🏯 Postwar Japan ☢️ Nuclear Aftermath 🏥 Radiation Sickness

Hirošiman kukat 86%

A Hiroshima housewife hides her husband's radiation sickness from the American lodger she takes in.

by Edita Morris 1959

4.05

1k+ ratings

🏯 Postwar Japan ☢️ Nuclear Aftermath 🏥 Radiation Sickness

The Gun

by C.J. Chivers • 2010

3.95

3k+

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology

The Gun 86%

by C.J. Chivers 2010

3.95

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror

This Book Is Full of Spiders 86%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror

The 14th Colony

by Steve Berry • 2016

A former spy races to stop a Soviet sleeper from nuking the inauguration.

4.07

13k+

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Sleeper Agent ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism

The 14th Colony 86%

A former spy races to stop a Soviet sleeper from nuking the inauguration.

by Steve Berry 2016

4.07

13k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Sleeper Agent ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam

by Kenneth W. Ford • 1998

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

4.16

352

⚛️ Nuclear Physics 🌌 Quantum Gravity 📜 History Of Physics

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam 86%

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

by Kenneth W. Ford 1998

4.16

352 ratings

⚛️ Nuclear Physics 🌌 Quantum Gravity 📜 History Of Physics

The Girls of Atomic City

by Denise Kiernan • 2013

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

3.73

32k+

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age

The Girls of Atomic City 86%

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

by Denise Kiernan 2013

3.73

32k+ ratings

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age

The Sheep Look Up

by John Brunner • 2003

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

3.91

6k+

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

The Sheep Look Up 86%

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

by John Brunner 2003

3.91

6k+ ratings

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Ghosts 86%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

2054

by Elliot Ackerman • 2024

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

3.43

3k+

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue

2054 86%

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

by Elliot Ackerman 2024

3.43

3k+ ratings

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue

The Hunt for Red October

by Tom Clancy • 1984

A Soviet captain must outrun his own fleet in a silent submarine to reach America.

4.12

390k+

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🤖 Techno-Thriller 🚢 Naval Procedural

The Hunt for Red October 86%

A Soviet captain must outrun his own fleet in a silent submarine to reach America.

by Tom Clancy 1984

4.12

390k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🤖 Techno-Thriller 🚢 Naval Procedural

Die Physiker

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1962

Feigning madness, three physicists hide a world-ending discovery from spies who share their asylum.

3.89

44k+

🎭 Feigned Madness ⚛️ Mad Scientist ☢️ Cold War Paranoia

Die Physiker 86%

Feigning madness, three physicists hide a world-ending discovery from spies who share their asylum.

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1962

3.89

44k+ ratings

🎭 Feigned Madness ⚛️ Mad Scientist ☢️ Cold War Paranoia

Age of Danger

by Andrew R. Hoehn • 2023

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

3.81

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia

Age of Danger 86%

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

by Andrew R. Hoehn 2023

3.81

70 ratings

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia

Grasshopper Jungle

by Andrew Smith • 2014

An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.

3.64

19k+

🧬 Engineered Plague 🐛 Giant Insect Horror 🔬 Cold War Secrets

Grasshopper Jungle 86%

An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.

by Andrew Smith 2014

3.64

19k+ ratings

🧬 Engineered Plague 🐛 Giant Insect Horror 🔬 Cold War Secrets

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

by Clay McLeod Chapman • 2025

A liberal New Yorker races south as a viral possession consumes his parents through their screens.

3.27

15k+

🎭 Social Horror 📺 Media Possession 🦠 Memetic Virus

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes 86%

A liberal New Yorker races south as a viral possession consumes his parents through their screens.

by Clay McLeod Chapman 2025

3.27

15k+ ratings

🎭 Social Horror 📺 Media Possession 🦠 Memetic Virus

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

by Robert Jervis • 1976

The reason states stumble into war is not malice, but a pattern of predictable misperceptions.

4.17

417

🧠 Political Psychology 🌐 International Relations 📈 Conflict Escalation

Perception and Misperception in International Politics Summary

Perception and Misperception in International Politics 86%

The reason states stumble into war is not malice, but a pattern of predictable misperceptions.

by Robert Jervis 1976

4.17

417 ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🌐 International Relations 📈 Conflict Escalation

Area 51

by Annie Jacobsen • 2011

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

3.86

11k+

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

Area 51 86%

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

by Annie Jacobsen 2011

3.86

11k+ ratings

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

by Tom Clancy • 1988

The Soviet Union's most decorated soldier is the CIA's best mole. His time is running out.

4.10

61k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔬 Techno Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt

The Cardinal of the Kremlin 86%

The Soviet Union's most decorated soldier is the CIA's best mole. His time is running out.

by Tom Clancy 1988

4.10

61k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔬 Techno Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror

Sick Bastards 86%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror

I Am Legend and Other Stories

by Richard Matheson • 1954

Every night, the last human alive bars his door against a vampire horde, his sanity fraying.

4.00

137k+

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🧪 Scientific Vampirism 🧟 Coexisting Infected

I Am Legend and Other Stories 86%

Every night, the last human alive bars his door against a vampire horde, his sanity fraying.

by Richard Matheson 1954

4.00

137k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🧪 Scientific Vampirism 🧟 Coexisting Infected

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Symbiont 86%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

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