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The Hatching: A Novel
The Hatching: A Novel
The Hatching: A Novel
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The Hatching: A Novel

Written by Ezekiel Boone

Narrated by George Newbern

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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The International Bestseller

“An apocalyptic extravaganza of doom and heroism…addictive.” —Publishers Weekly

“This is a fresh take on classic horror, thoroughly enjoyable and guaranteed to leave your skin crawling.” —Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead

“Guaranteed to do what Jaws did to millions of people.” —Suspense Magazine

An astonishingly inventive and terrifying debut novel about the emergence of an ancient species, dormant for over a thousand years, and now on the march.

Deep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. During the same week, the Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. laboratory. Something wants out.

The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic disaster. An ancient species, long dormant, is now very much awake.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 5, 2016
ISBN9781508218166
Author

Ezekiel Boone

Ezekiel Boone lives in upstate New York with his wife and children. He is the internationally bestselling author of The Hatching, Skitter, and Zero Day.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Very well written...but put off by the gay couples scenes. Last Exikel Boones for this reader.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a page turner for me. A cross betweeb horror and apocolyptic fiction, it had me hooked from the beginning. I really enjoyed the writing style. Told from many different points of view there are no real main characters until around page 75. It starts with the narrative shifting from an international setting (China, Peru, India, etc) to various places in the US. Back and forth from place to place and person to person, eventually the crisis is defined and we return to the States and the main characters emerge. I didn't find it scary and it's not really violent either but the topic is certainly freaky. It's fun to read an eotwawki that doesn't feature zombies or plagues for a change. Great characters enhance the plot and the only con I have is that the book doesn't have a finite ending. Instead we are left with impending doom. Fortunately the sequel has just come out!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book had great potential in my opinion, but just never quite grew wings. I question those that called it a “horror” book! Horror where? Possible sci-fi thriller maybe, but not really. Never really happened for me. And definitely not horror.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Listened to #2 first, now I’ve gotta do it again!!! Here is hoping for a #3!!!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It is an excellent fast paced suspense mystery that will not disappoint!.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Eek! I hate spiders so parts of this book were really cringeworthy, but in a good way. I absolutely adored this book! I can't wait for the sequel! I really hope its going to be in audio book format as well. The narrator was excellent. Some people compared the book unfavorably to a cheap horror movie, and it is. But so what? Its good creepy fun.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I cannot stress how much I hate spiders. The author maintains a great balance of painting a clear picture without making you feel like the spiders are crawling all over your skin. You also get to hear the storyline from multiple perspectives which usually ended up answering any lingering questions I had. Great book!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It just ended... I expected WAY more before the ending. Good build up. Great story. Short on ending though. It has potential for so much more.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    What's the author? Had spent a little more time on the epidemiology of the creature and the end was a little too ambiguous!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I'm never looking at spiders the same way!! This novel was interesting. It was a bit anticlimactic, but I liked that it paved the way for a second novel. I'm definitely listening to the second one. :)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    If you like creepy ,wow,this yr book. The story pulls you in from the beginning and flows,never letting go.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Pretty good entertainment. The writing isn’t great but it is definitely good. It’s a good page turner.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow! A great creature(s) story—Loved it—fun , realistic characters! I’d love to see these characters again!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A species of spider that has been dormant for 10,000 years suddenly reemerges in Peru, India and China. The spider breeds quickly, and is extremely aggressive, devouring everything in its path and devastating entire populations. Before the severity of the problem is realized, spiders have traveled around the world, threatening to destroy the human race in the progress.

    The action in the book skips across countries and across people. Most of the second half takes place in the United States, as the President tries to take control of the situation, and FBI Agent Mike Rich investigates on the ground. We also see the crisis unfold from the point of view of survivalists in the California desert, and a group of Marines.

    This is one of my top horror books of all time, maybe even the top one. This was a perfect horror book. The action moved quickly, and the threat felt real. I could definitely imagine the world being overrun by spiders and the human race being wiped out. The spiders are truly a formidable threat, and seem unstoppable. My only complaint is that the book ends on a cliff-hanger and now I have to wait for the sequel. I need to know what happens next.

    I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. As an example of the horror genre, it is an almost perfect book.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    There were things I liked about this book and things I didn't. On the plus side: I wanted to keep reading; I wanted to get creeped out (and I was). The negatives: too many characters, too much jumping around, no real connection with characters and an abrupt ending.

    It was "okay."
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Delivered at a fast and furious pace, The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone is the first of a three part series about creepy-crawly, voracious flesh-eating spiders. Yes, this book is an arachnophobia terror trip as an ancient breed of spider emerges in various places around the world and causes havoc, chaos and death to millions. Of course the really bad news is that this is only the first book, so the situation is bound to get even worse before the trilogy ends. The highly readable the story is character driven as the book jumps from place to place and from character to character showing how the terror is overtaking the world. Even though this sounds like a plot-line from a Saturday afternoon creature feature, the author elevates his story by embracing the outlandishness and delivering a piece of apocalyptic fiction that isn’t based on science but rather on one of mankind's basic fears, that of the eight-legged, multi-eyed, hairy predator. The Hatching is not a book to be read for it’s elegant prose, it is a caricature driven horror story that dishes up a large serving of shivers and fun. Personally I hate spiders and reading about them made me itch all over, but as horror stories go this one was okay but I will take marks off because the ending was an absolute cliff-hanger. Will I continue with this trilogy? You know, I probably will.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Let's be clear here people. You are only going to want to read this book if you are looking for a gross, scary, end of the world story starring man eating spiders.

    Check reality at the door and read for a fast moving terror ride. I enjoyed the hell out of this book. It delivered on the promise it made from the first few pages. It totally creeped me out and left me enthusiastically waiting for the next in the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was an excellent book! I have had this book sitting on my kindle for the past year and a half and have no idea why I am just now reading it. It really is as good as I heard. Maybe better. It was one of those books that I didn't want to set aside because I always wanted to know what was going to happen next. I am just glad that I finally decided to read this book.This story was told a little differently. Each chapter focuses on a different character or set of characters. Readers do get to see these characters at various parts of the books and sometimes their stories overlap but the focus of this book stays on the spiders. Don't get me wrong, I did feel like I knew the key characters in this story by the end of the book. I really liked how each chapter was like another piece of an overall puzzle.So this book is about spiders but not your everyday run of the mill spider. This book is about killer spiders, lots of killer spiders. These are spiders unlike anything the world has ever seen. They can kill with remarkable speed and are driven to do so. When a nuclear bomb is detonated in China, officials initially believe it is an accident but they soon wonder if it was really in response to the spiders. I was amazed by how realistic everything in this book seemed. I am really not too worried about giants waves of man eating spiders but I thought that the reactions to an extreme emergency felt genuine. I thought that the government's response to the situation wasn't outside the realm of possibility if there was a threat on this kind of level. I liked how this book really let the reader into the heads of people on all sides of the situation.I would highly recommend this book. I think that this was an incredibly entertaining book with a whole lot of excitement. I am really excited to continue on with this series because I need to know what happens next.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Update to review (7/1/2017): I have just finished the second book in this series, Skitter, and if you do not want to be irritated beyond belief by this trilogy, wait for the third book in the series to come out in February 2018 before starting the series. IMO the second book is just a set-up for the third, and you will be sorely disappointed that you can't read the entire story at one go.

    What a fantastic book! But then, I am a huge fan of the monster/creature movies like Them! (1954), The Thing (1982), Tremors (1990), and of course, Arachnid (2001). The Hatching was just like watching a really great creature feature. Without giving anything away, I can say that the book is about ancient carnivorous spiders who awaken and start terrifying/eating all the humans they come across.

    Even though the book follows quite a few points of view, I never had any trouble keeping straight who the POV character was for each chapter. Every time I thought I knew where the story was going, I didn't. It's really nice that the Boone doesn't just kill off characters for shock effect, because I've come to like most of the main ones (in fact, I want them to be my friends!)

    The only gripe I have is that about 200 pages in I realized there was no way to wrap up the story within the pages that were left. Boone does a nice job of wrapping up this first wave of the story, but if you love the book, you will have to buy/borrow the next in the series. Thank goodness Skitter (The Hatching #2) is already in book stores!

    Also, I haven't stopped freaking out from every itch and weird feeling I've had since about 1/3 of the way through The Hatching, so read at your own risk, obviously.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Hey Hollywood, Get on board, this terrific fast paced book would make a terrific film. One of the best horror novels I've read in a long time. But if you have a fear of spiders, skip this. A real page turner!Please note: this is the first book in a Trilogy.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Es gibt so einiges, wovor sich der Mensch fürchtet: Jobverlust, Krieg, Krankheit, Tod; oder Tiere wie Löwen, Bären, Schlangen, Spinnen. Einer dieser Dinge behandelt „Die Brut“ von Ezekiel Boone – und es sind nicht Bären.Ezekiel Boone ist ein Pseudonym, von wem, weiß man nicht, allzu bekannt dürfte er aber nicht sein, denn selbst, wenn man sein Foto, das man auf seiner Webseite findet, googelt, erfährt man nichts. Sein Debütroman im deutschsprachigen Raum – in den USA gibt es bereits den Nachfolger der „Brut“, der bei uns voraussichtlich im August erscheint – ist allerdings das ekelhafteste, das ist seit langem gelesen habe. Es geht nämlich tatsächlich um Spinnen, und mit diesem Thema schlägt Boone eine ähnliche Richtung wie Linwood Barclay in seinen ersten Büchern ein – nämlich menschliche Alltagsängste. Nur, dass ich mir bei Boone schwer tue, dieses Buch im Thriller-Genre zu verorten, denn es sind nicht nur Spinnen, sondern Horden von Spinnen, die einfach alles fressen, was ihnen in die Quere kommt. Das würde eher ins Dystopie- oder Apokalypse-Genre passen – so wie die Geschichte allerdings erzählt wird, passt es am besten in die Horror-Schublade. Auf Bones Website werden beide Teile als "An apocalyptic extravaganza" beschrieben, was meine These zumindest nicht ausschließt, vielleicht sogar bestätigt. Um sicher zu gehen habe ich Boone kurzerhand via Facebook gefragt, welchem Genre er selbst "Die Brut" zuordnen würde und bekam folgende mehr oder weniger erhellende Antwort:"I think of the series as thrillers, but many people have labeled them horror novels. It wasn't until the I sold the book and was talking with editors that I even considered them horror. I thought of the novels to be more like big thrillers like Stephen King's THE STAND or Michael Crichton's JURASSIC PARK, or even the movie INDEPENDENCE DAY. I don't think there is a wrong answer, however."Vor allem in den ersten hundert Seiten wird es dem Leser nicht leicht gemacht, denn mit jedem Kapitel eröffnet sich ein neuer Erzählstrang auf einem neuen Standort; man weiß nicht, was wichtig ist und was nicht, welche Charaktere wichtig sind und welche nicht. Manchmal vergehen hundert Seiten, bis man wieder zu einem Strang zurückkehrt und man kann sich nur noch vage an die Charaktere erinnern. Aber gerade bei den Charakteren selbst macht es uns Boone leicht – sie sind nämlich alle gleich oder ähnlich, zumindest von ihren Charakterzügen, was vielleicht einfach zu lesen ist, weil man sich nicht alle paar Seiten umstellen muss, aber wenig für Boones Kreativität bei der Charakterzeichnung spricht. Wir haben zum Beispiel Melanie Guyer – die sich irgendwann als Hauptcharakter herauskristallisiert –, die Spinnenforscherin ist; wir haben Mike Rich, der Cop in Minnesota ist; wir haben Manny, der Stabschef im Weißen Haus ist; wir haben Gordo, der Survivalist in Desperation, Kalifornien ist; wir haben Kim, die Lance Corporal bei den Marines ist; und das waren bei weitem nicht alle, aber bei allen wird zumindest suggeriert, dass sie wichtig sein könnten – das trifft aber zumindest beim ersten von mindestens zwei Teilen der "Brut"-Reihe nicht zu, denn hier sind es nicht einmal eine Handvoll Charaktere und Stränge, die Relevanz für die Geschichte haben. Alle anderen wirken ohne dem Wissen, dass bald ein zweiter Teil kommt, wie Füllmaterial, um die Story aufzupeppen.Die Sprache ist einfach gehalten und die Geschichte ist in einem flotten und packenden Stil geschrieben; Kraftausdrücke sind weit gesät, alleine das Wort „Fuck“ kommt geschätzte 50-mal im Buch vor und wird von so gut jedem Charakter mindestens einmal benutzt. Ein Subthema ist Sex, ohne, dass der Sex wirklich stattfindet, aber fast jeder Charakter denkt darüber nach, mit wem er schläft oder gerne würde. Abgesehen davon bietet „Die Brut“ aber Stoff für eine ganze Serie von Albträumen, da die Szenen mit den Spinnen-Angriffen sehr authentisch beschrieben sind und das Kopfkino dabei auf Hochtouren läuft. Mich würde es nicht wundern, wenn der ein oder andere Leser diese Szenen überspringt, weil das Abendessen in seinem Magen einen anderen Weg als den üblichen nimmt. Showdown gibt es im ersten Teilen von "Die Brut" keinen, weshalb die Wertung dafür wegfällt.Fazit: Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob sich Ezekiel Boone mit der Thematik in „Die Brut“ bei seinem Debüt einen Gefallen bereitet, denn in Teilen ist das Buch wirklich abschreckend und ich kann mir vorstellen, dass es einige Leute deshalb abbrechen. Andererseits setzt Boone damit eine Duftmarke und man kann sich vorstellen, was in seinen nächsten Büchern (abgesehen von der "Brut"-Reihe) noch kommen könnte. Jedenfalls ist "Die Brut" nichts für schwache Nerven.Mehr Rezensionen gibt's auf Krimisofa.com
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    A ten-thousand-year-old egg sac has been found at the Nazca Lines and is sent to a laboratory in Washington, D.C. where it hatches and an ancient species of killer spiders emerge. Now the black, skittering mass is causing global pandemonium.

    This book is told from multiple perspectives - people from all over the world where these giant, man-eating spiders are out of control. It quickly became boring reading about these people. I wanted the main characters to be the spiders but they play a minor role compared to these peoples' lives and how they're preparing for and dealing with the spiders. It was disappointing.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Quick read and hard to put down. I was not aware that this was a 1st book to a possible series until the end, however it could stand on it's own as well.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I was intrigued by the description, "The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic disaster. An ancient species, long dormant, is now very much awake." The ancient species referred to are spiders. Personally I do not have acrophobia. I think tarantulas are cool. I prefer not to be bit by a spider or walk through one of their webs but they are not the stuff of my nightmares. I was expecting a horror novels with spiders. What I got was spiders as the horror, which I guess they are if you do not like spiders.

    The premise involves a new species (or possibly more than one species) of spiders appearing all over the world within a few days. The first ones are in Peru and hitch a ride to the United States on a private jet. At the same time, they pour out of a mine in China in such quantity that the Chinese government drops a nuclear bomb on the area. Some of the Chinese spiders hitch a ride on a container ship and crash into Los Angeles. Most of these spiders are eating all warm blooded creatures in their path, leaving only bones behind. They are appearing is such quantities that they are described as waves of black masses overtaking everything.

    The human characters in this book are less interesting than the spiders. The FBI agent, President, White House Chief of Staff and NIH arachnologist (studying the uses of spider venom in medicine) made no connection to me as the readers. They had few redeeming characteristics. The FBI agent was the most sympathetic but barely. The spiders appear and the main characters try to survive and find a solution to stopping the spider apocalypse. I found myself cheering for the spiders, which I do not think it what the author intended.

    I love horror. I love the apocalypse genre. I love original stories, which admittedly this was. But it just really did not do it for me.
    The ending of The Hatching leads me to believe it will be the first in a series. I will skip the rest of the series.

    I received an advanced review copy of The Hatching from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Since the day I spotted this ARC on a fellow IG's account, I knew I had to have this story! I pre-ordered both the audiobook and novel (sadly I missed out on the totally awesome book sleeve for the ARC's that had been previously released) and waited. Until July 5th! The audiobook was released and I pounced with the intensity of a mountain lion- not a house cat. From there on, I cringed, wriggled and writhed from the story.Nothing's more horrific that a story like this... I found great appreciation in the writing style of The Hatching, by Ezekiel Boone. It was like reading/listening to a movie with giving the main characters their bit of the story, then switching to an incident somewhere in the world. It lent realism and dimension. There were layers of activity, even to people unknown or minor, that kept the story flowing. I also liked the idea of strong women. There was a Madame President of the US, a divorced entomologist who was considered THE specialist, and a military leader who was respected by her male peers. It's nice to see. FBI Agent Rich was actually the frayed ending. Strong but frayed. Okay, so what was the story about? It was about nature making a comeback. It was about hunger and it was about them wanting out! All around the world, strange events were taking place. A black wave rolled over land and sea, leaving nothing in its wake. Well, actually it did, but I can't tell. SPOILERS and all... ?Rating: ?????out of 5 specs*The Good Night's Sleep is next.**Audiobook portion from Audible.com and the physical book is from my personal library.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Okay,so I have to say I had a real problem with The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone. I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked it. It was entertaining, exciting, and, in places, positively creepy. But here's the thing, I like a good impending apocalypse as much as the next person -nuclear war, bring it on, an unstoppable disease or zombie infestation, count me in, but man-eating spiders... ah, hell no!3.5
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Dormant for better than a thousand years, skittering spiders emerge to devour the humans and run rampant over the planet.Designed to play on readers’ arachnophobia, this creepy apocalyptic tale [think 1977's “Kingdom of the Spiders”] is classic horror of the “nature gone berserk” variety. The fast pace of the story will keep readers on the edge of their seats even as they glance around the room to make certain the carnivorous creepy-crawlies have not invaded . . . yet.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The creep factor in this book abounds. It deals with spiders and the horror and suspense builds slowly enough to hook you in and not let you go. I hate spiders, and of course hate them more now than ever. I was looking for something extra scary and this book hit the mark. The spiders are super icky and taking over several countries. I liked how the Nazca Lines in Peru were written in. I found myself researching those while reading the book. If you are looking for a super creepy, super scary read, this one definitely hits the mark. Not for the faint of heart.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    From the cover and title, I’m sure you can guess this story involves some sort of insect. Responsible world leaders have ensured their countries are prepped for a variety of events: plague, nuclear war, asteroid collision, etc. Yet insect infestation somehow missed the top 10 list. Incidents of voracious bugs start popping up across the globe: Peru, China, USA, India, etc. Get ready to be creeped out by the creepy crawlies!This was a pretty entertaining creature feature. The tension starts slowly. Perhaps this really is just a touristy walk through the Peruvian jungles. Maybe the Chinese really did have a training accident that involved a small nuclear detonation. Those odd shimmers beneath the seismic lab in India? Probably nothing. The action picks up with a private airplane crash and an entomologist, Melanie, examining an egg sac that is hundreds of years old. US President Stephanie Pilgrim will be tested as few presidents have. The bugs have hit US soil and it’s only a matter of time before the crunching sounds of chewing insects cause the White House staff to puke.This book has a pretty large cast and more and more characters kept being added in even late into the book. Now some are simply there to die horribly, but some appear to be keepers. On one hand, I really enjoyed that this was a world-wide catastrophe and that meant characters from a variety of nations, both men and women. A diverse cast usually means an awesome cast. On the other hand, we don’t get to spend a whole lot of time with any one character. I wanted to get attached to some characters, but by even the end of the book, I was only half way there. Mike Rich, FBI agent that reports to the Minneapolis event, was one of my favorite characters. He has this back story that involves a daughter (Annie) and his divorced wife (Fannie) plus he has this really tough job. Then I also like Melanie, and not just because we both share a love bugs. She’s in her 40s, has kept both mind and body in shape, and owns that lab in the sense that she is definitely the boss. Even though we get a lot less of her, I also liked Kim, who is in the marines and has to make some tough choices in this story.The bugs were awesome! There’s this sorta maybe tie in with the Nazca lines in Peru, a small mind in the middle of nowhere China, and the underground monitoring area beneath the seismic lab in India. The source of these bugs is a bit of a mystery, especially since they popped up in multiple countries around the same time. Then I also felt that people reacted realistically. There’s the initial disbelief, even with videos (perhaps an intricate hoax?). Then a few people get their hands on some actual insects and things start to go from fascinating for bug people to potential security issue for the nation. As the story bounces around the various characters, we get to see how scientists, preppers, politicians, military personnel, parents, one old coon dog, and murder mystery writers react.As things spiral down, some questions are answered and some are not, a few tiny things are resolved, and several big picture things are not. The book does end on a bit of a cliff hanger. I am very much hoping that Book 2 will be out in audio soon.I received a copy at no cost from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.The Narration: George Newbern has quite a good voice to listen to. He especially did a great job with imbuing the character voices with emotions. I like his sometimes coldly analytical Melanie, his gruff Scottish mystery writer, and his young Annie, daughter of FBI agent Mike Rich. Since this is a world-wide cast, we had characters from all over the world. Sometimes Newbern did a national accent and sometimes he chose not to. I think the performance would have been just a touch better if he had gone the extra mile with the national accents. Still, it was a pretty good performance and I hope he narrates Book 2.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Does the cover art of Ezekiel Boone's new novel, The Hatching, give you the creepy crawlies? All that spider web sticking to the letters.....even the title alone is creepy.No? Well, this might......"There are thirty-five thousand species of spiders, and they've been on earth for at least three hundred million years. From the very origin of humanity, spiders have been out there, scuttling along the edges of firelight, spinning webs in the woods, and scaring the hell out of us, even though with a few rare exceptions, they are no real threat. But these were something different."Peru. An ancient spider egg sac in a wooden box is discovered. It's shipped back to the US, already beginning to hatch. But it's not the only one......Okay, I don't mind spiders and I'm happy to move them outside without killing them. But...if they were bent on killing me? Skittering and moving faster than......oh, now my skin is crawling.....Having an everyday creature that we're accustomed to seeing (and squishing) seems even more horrifying than say, a creature from outer space. (Sharks, bears and birds also come to mind)I am a huge fan of 'cast' or ensemble novels with multiple characters. Boone excels at this in The Hatching. Each set of characters - from political, military, agents and scientists trying to understand and contain the spiders, to preppers in the Californian desert, and across the world to China, Afghanistan, India and Scotland - all bring wildly different points of view and pieces of the plot to The Hatching.The Hatching was a great, fun, squirmy read. A hugely entertaining read and it's got movie written all over it. I see that online the book is listed as The Hatching Series: Book One. The ending of this book left me thinking it was all over. But, I can see where the story could continue. This reader will be picking up Book Two for sure.