Nicholas Kaufmann

Over the years, Dr. Laura Powell has seen things in her morgue that no one has ever seen before—a corpse filled with an unknown fungus, a body completely petrified mere moments after death—but she's never had a dead body wake up on the autopsy table.

Medical Examiner Dr. Laura Powell didn't think anything could be more frightening than what she uncovered in an autopsy a year ago. Yet, in this chilling sequel to Nicholas Kaufmann’s best-selling The Hungry Earth, the cause of death is literally petrifying....

Sakima, New York, a sleepy, idyllic city nestled in the Hudson Valley. That changes drastically the day a local high school student is found dead, an apparent suicide. Called in to perform the autopsy, Laura uncovers a strange growth inside the body that leads to a horrifying discovery....

1983. The US nuclear submarine USS Roanoke embarks on a classified spy mission into Soviet waters, but the Roanoke crew isn't alone. Something is on board with them. Something cunning and malevolent....