THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE UNBURIED.Sixty meters beneath the Arctic permafrost, the silence isn't a neighbor-it's a predator's cloak.The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was built to be the final fortress of human civilization. But when the shadowy Valerius Group drills too deep into the Earth's mantle, they don't find a new energy source. They find a prehistoric god. DRAGON?!Elias Thorne is a man of "high impact" principles: adapt, endure, or die. A former elite tracker now rotting in a high-tech subterranean brig, Elias has spent years preparing for a war that never came. Now, as the mountain fractures and the air turns to the metallic tang of copper and ozone, the war has found him.ONE PRISONER. ONE SCIENTIST. AN ARMY OF ANCIENT NIGHTMARES.When the "Zero-Point Grave" shatters, a terrifying new reality emerges. These aren't just monsters; they are thermophilic predators that feed on the very heat and electricity that power our modern world. As the facility transforms into a "Sulfur Labyrinth" of fire and ice, Elias must rescue Dr. Sarah Aris-the only person who knows the terrifying truth about what the Valerius Group was really farming in the dark.From the claustrophobic death-traps of the "Crawlspace of Kings" to a heart-pounding aerial pursuit across the Barents Sea, the stakes escalate from personal survival to a global extinction event.THE FOOD CHAIN HAS BEEN REWRITTEN.As the Apex mother leads her brood toward the thermal heart of the Norwegian coast, Elias Thorne must become the monster the world needs. He isn't fighting for a country or a cause; he's fighting for the right to remain at the top of the food chain.In a world where the "Surtur Breach" has been opened, there is only one rule: The world is no longer ours. We just live on the crust.