The town of Rock Creek is about to overrun with spiders. The book opens with a group of teens that are getting ready to explore a cave just outside the town. After entering, there is what feels like a slight earthquake. Soon they are surrounded by thousands of tiny spiders. One of the teens, Asia, manages to escape the cave but not before being bitten all over her body. By exiting the cave, she discovers that the spiders do not like light. They thrive in the dark. She starts running and doesn't stop until she reaches an RV with a family living in it. They take her in, and she soon realizes the spiders are living inside her. She is covered in bites and once she starts scratching, they start spilling out of her body, eating her from the inside out.
Unfortunately, she will not be the only victim to befall the spiders. The local exterminator Walter is beyond busy with call after call, which normally would be a good thing, but the calls are just a tad bit odd. People calling about sound within the walls, movement in the attic, spiders spotted all over the town and people mutilating their bodies. One resident even reports a spider bigger than him hiding in his attic. Now the town is facing being overrun with spiders and if they're not stopped, they may just take over another town, then another, etc. What will happen to the people of Rock Creek? Can the spiders be eradicated, or will they spread regardless?
This book was very creepy crawly. I have entomophobia: the fear of bugs. I hate all bugs, including spiders. If I even think I have a bug on me, I freak out. So, to think about hundreds of tiny spiders eating their way through my body is really scary and oh so gross. The character of Walter gave me really strong John Goodman vibes from the movie Arachnophobia. The story is broken up into parts, each one having a different take on what's going on within the town and who its affecting. All in all, it's a great story and if you love body horror with creepy crawlies, then this is the book for you.
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