The Chrysalis

"Creepy, powerful, wonderfully twisted."--New York Times bestselling author Jonathan MaberryDon't Go in the Basement In a brutal spasm of bad luck, Tom and Jenny Decker lose both their cheap Manhattanapartment and their barely-above-minimum-wage jobs. Their luck runs hot when they stumble upon a surprisingly affordable house in thesuburbs, an old friend of Tom's offers him an amazing opportunity, and Jenny discoversthat she's pregnant. But there are dark secrets galore in the Deckers' new/old house. The place has aviolent past. There's a thing in the basement, a bizarre chrysalis Tom conceals fromJenny. Touching it makes him feel like a winner, like he can tackle any challenge--themortgage, the commute, impending fatherhood. Until the night everything goes horribly wrong and the Deckers' dream life isexposed as the phantom it always was. The night the chrysalis starts to hatch.