Anthropologist Carl Stevens looked out at what used to be his quiet suburban neighborhood and mused that his whole world seemed to have changed. He had no idea how right he was.

When civilization collapses around you into depravity and madness, the only reasonable response may be to arm yourself to the teeth and try to fight your way out!

A missing child, predatory bands of machete-wielding youths, neighbors who begin to display cranial features more suited to the prehuman fossils Stevens studies—The Third Beast is a gripping tale of imagination, suspense, terror, and headlong action.

"An impressive accomplishment . . . really nightmarish fantasy, replete with thrills. . . . I found the story fascinating, its effect powerful." —Paul Spencer, editor, Kalki