Published: April 20, 2011
Words: 59,491 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466139275

Short description

Fire ants. Even when they're normal sized, they're horrible, wretched insects whose sting causes burning pain. But these ants are far from normal. And the city of Tampa, Florida has become infested with the oversized creatures. From the demented author of GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY) and PRESSURE comes a relentlessly paced novel of insect terror.

Extended description

Fire ants. Even when they're normal sized, they're horrible, wretched insects whose sting causes burning pain.

But these ants are far from normal. And the city of Tampa, Florida has become infested with the oversized creatures.

From the demented author of GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY) and PRESSURE comes a relentlessly paced novel of insect terror. As the city descends into pure chaos on a hot summer afternoon before the Fourth of July weekend, four groups of survivors must make their way to safety, past thousands of hyper-aggressive ants that can finish you off with just one searing sting.

Dustin, an entomologist, may have the secret to what is happening. Unfortunately, he's being held hostage by a pair of psychopathic convenience store robbers who are just as happy to let the city burn.

Packed with humor, action, and thrills, MANDIBLES is an over the top, large-scale, carnage-filled, insects-on-a-rampage extravaganza!

"No author working today comes close to Jef.. (Read more) Fire ants. Even when they're normal sized, they're horrible, wretched insects whose sting causes burning pain.

But these ants are far from normal. And the city of Tampa, Florida has become infested with the oversized creatures.

From the demented author of GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY) and PRESSURE comes a relentlessly paced novel of insect terror. As the city descends into pure chaos on a hot summer afternoon before the Fourth of July weekend, four groups of survivors must make their way to safety, past thousands of hyper-aggressive ants that can finish you off with just one searing sting.

Dustin, an entomologist, may have the secret to what is happening. Unfortunately, he's being held hostage by a pair of psychopathic convenience store robbers who are just as happy to let the city burn.

Packed with humor, action, and thrills, MANDIBLES is an over the top, large-scale, carnage-filled, insects-on-a-rampage extravaganza!

"No author working today comes close to Jeff Strand's perfect mixture of comedy and terror." -- Cemetery Dance
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Tags

horror, terror, florida, creatures, monsters, ants, jeff strand, fire ants, tampa

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Review by: Nigel Paresis on Aug. 23, 2011 :
After Jaws, I couldn't go back into the water. Now, after Mandibles, I can't ever have another picnic. In the best Bert I. Gordon tradition (wikipedia him, youngsters), we have a fantastic tale of murderous mutated mega-ants, devouring their way through everyone that gets in their way in lovely, humid Tampa. Blood! Gore! Ant guts! Everything you could want from a giant insect novel and more!

Keep your Raid handy, people. You never know what's going to crawl out from under your sofa.

Or who it might want to chew on.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: joe wilson on May 21, 2011 : (no rating)
Great book. I enjoyed it alot. I don't do spoilers so that is all there is to say except that I have read several Jeff Strand books and I have enjoyed them all.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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