The Chrysalis

"Creepy, powerful, wonderfully twisted."--New York Times bestselling author Jonathan MaberryDon't Go in the BasementIn 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.