They survived the freeze. Now the forest is hunting them.
After eleven years of ice and underground refuge, the survivors have returned to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Ben Tildon and Paisley are beginning to imagine a future together. Families are arriving. A town is taking shape.
But the wilderness has swallowed the streets, and reclaiming their home means cutting into territory that no longer belongs to them.
When a clearing crew is attacked, the men who escape describe a creature that should not exist. Armored, unnaturally fast, and strong enough to tear men apart, it is unlike any predator they have faced.
Ben rides out to recover the dead. What he finds makes one thing clear: the danger is closer-and harder to kill-than anyone imagined.
As grief turns to anger, Bishop urges caution. The town needs land to survive, but every venture into the forest could cost more lives. Ben must help protect the people who followed them home without leading them into another slaughter.
They came back to build a life. First, they have to keep it.
Feral Earth is Book Five in Surrender the Sun, the post-apocalyptic survival series by USA Today bestselling author A. R. Shaw.