Harwood's Vortex

When Chuck Matthews comes to Abel Harwood's house hoping to see Laura, he instead witnesses Harwood's long-secret experiment split open a shimmering vortex in the street. From that breach pour glowing alien entities, and Harwood's cold indifference makes the danger even more terrifying as Chuck is driven into the chaos of the first attack. The invaders seem to thrive on radiation and electrical energy, vanishing in the rain and lightning only to reveal a far greater threat still lurking in the open gateway. Back in a New York City sliding toward panic and paralysis, Chuck discovers the invasion is crippling communication and overwhelming military resistance. As the creatures feed on power lines, radios, and the storm itself, he races to devise a defense. Then Laura arrives with the truth: Harwood deliberately contacted the aliens, using their guidance to build the gateway in a twisted bid for revenge and power. With the city collapsing around them, Chuck and Laura must return to Harwood's house to stop him and close the breach before he, too, is transformed by the force he unleashed. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.