Following the death of Lee and armed with the new weapon discovered by Reagan, the Abbots must venture off the sand path with the newest member of their family in order to protect themselves and offer a solution to the outside world. They soon are faced with the grim reality that the invading creatures are not the only threats lurking in the unknown.

"In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book, an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence we must create. By recounting his own experience and discussing the observations of poets,...