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Natural disasters. It was time for a drink. ” This is how marine biologist Sigur Johanson sums up the state of the planet just days before all hell breaks loose in Frank Schätzing’s eco-thriller The Swarm. Following disaster movies such as The Day After Tomorrow and The Core, the book focuses on a global threat set to end human civilization. Only this time, it comes from the depths of the ocean, and some of the book may be closer to reality than we would like. Initially, the threat builds slowly. Fish and whales disappear. Invasive species foul ship hulls. Jellyfish and toxic blooms appear mor