While hiking on East Rock, lonely Yale science professor Dr. Herman Benson discovers a bizarre, glowing mineral. He contacts a mysterious old colleague named Dr. Morales, who persuades him to participate in a gruesome experiment. Dr. Herman Benson consents to take the oath of the secretive and powerful Society for the Discovery of Anti Earth Life Forms. When the mineral is injected into the marrow of a wild hare, a new organism is created, and there is no turning back. The creature escapes; leading the two men down a path of cruel deception that ends in a shocking twist.
Shane VanOosterhout is the author of The Greenest Man and the novel Crinklefoot.