The Swarm
A Novel

Humanity has gone too far in polluting and destroying the oceans and everything that lives in it. It’s like the ocean itself has decided that humanity needs to be stopped, by all means necessary. Tides are shifting. Peaceful sea creatures suddenly become aggressive and deadly. Ships start sinking. A......more

5.0 stars I absolutely loved this epic science fiction novel that attacks climate change and environmentalism in a creative way. This chunky novel reminded me of Neal Stephenson's work because it explored hard science fiction concepts through an epic lense. This is not a character focused story but I......more

Borring.... Yawn. Meeting the Queen of yrr couldn't have been any less exciting. Maybe the original would've been better. Maybe a reread? Q: He was one of many, too many. What he'd experienced in the early hours of that morning had been going on elsewhere all over the world. The parallels were striking......more

From the first time I laid eyes on the plot of The Swarm, I knew I had to read it. Nature taking revenge through marine animals for all the shit man has caused. Whales killing people, worms coordinating their efforts to cause tsunamis, mutant crabs spreading a deadly virus and so on... I was imagini......more

This is by far one of the most amazing books I have ever read in my life. First off, the plot is beyond epic. For as long as we can remember, we have always thought about the existence of aliens in outer space, but we rarely thought about them being underwater. This is where Schatzing does his magic......more