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

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 Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Twentieth Anniversary Screening and Clowns Vs. Spiders 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!