Crickets Books

With the novel CRICKETS , New York Times bestselling author William C. Dietz returns to his military science fiction roots. When CIA Special Operations officer, Major Jim Carter, is sent to the town of Serene, Texas he’s still grieving for Agent Cathy Abbey, who was not only a fellow agent--but the woman he loved. And the woman he chose to shoot rather than let Al-Shabaab insurgents abduct her. A decision that haunts him. When Carter arrives in Serene, it’s to discover that all one hundred and twenty-one citizens of the town have been murdered by insectoid creatures assumed to be extraterrestrials. None of the authorities know how the aliens arrived on Earth, or what their intentions are, but one thing is for sure… They’re hungry. And they like meat. During the initial investigation Carter meets army officer and entomologist Anne Blake, who dissects one of the aliens. That’s the beginning of a relationship which will be severely tested as Blake strives to learn everything there is to know about the Prax, the extraterrestrials strive to kill her, and Carter battles to keep the scientist alive. Millions die, governments fall, and the future of the human race is on the line. CRICKETS .

New York Times bestselling author William C. Dietz returns to his military science fiction roots with a sequel to CRICKETS . The insectoid Prax landed on Earth approximately 12,000 years ago and immediately went into hiding. Now that it seems safe to do so, the ravenous carnivores have awoken from their long slumber, to feast on what they call “The Meats.” Meaning humans. Humans are good at war. But so are the Prax. And, as book two begins, the situation is dire. Approximately 2.8 billion humans have been killed. Russia has gone dark. Central America has been overrun. And India is a “farm” from which the aliens harvest roughly 65,000 people a day. A number equal to India’s birthrate. And that, according to the CIA, is what the so-called Crickets have in mind for the U.S. That’s the situation when something completely unforeseen occurs, shocking both the Prax and the humans, and putting both on the defensive. Marine Corps Captain Lester Evans will fight the menace while FEMA manager Cassie Lang will save as many lives as she can. But will their efforts, and those of many others, be enough to save mankind?