The Swarm

  • Over 4,5 million copies sold / translated into 27 languages
  • May 2011: Ocean Award of the Research Institute IFM-Geomar Kiel and the Deutsche Bank
  • English language mini-series to be released in Spring 2023
  • New essay by the author about the books' impact and topicality since its first publication and a previously unpublished chapter available soon

Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic, eyeless crabs poison Long Island’s water supply. The North Sea shelf collapses, killing thousands in Europe. Around the world, countries are beginning to feel the effects of the ocean’s revenge as the seas and their inhabitants begin a violent revolution against mankind. At stake is the survival of the Earth’s fragile ecology – and ultimately, the survival of the human race itself.

The apocalyptic catastrophes of The Day After Tomorrow meet the watery menace of The Abyss in this gripping, scientifically realistic, and utterly imaginative thriller.

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Bulgaria: Paradox / China: Gingko Book / Czech: Euromedia / Denmark: A Mock Book (Audio: Storytel) / Finland: Bazar / France: Presses de la Cité / Great Britain: Hodder / Hungary: Athenaeum / Italy: Nord/Longanesi / Japan: Hayakawa / Poland: Publicat / Russia: EVERBOOK / Spain: Planeta / Taiwan: Ye-Ren / Turkey: Pegasus / Ukraine: Bohdan / USA: Regan/HarperCollins 

Previously sold but rights reverted: Brazil: Record / Estonia: Varrak / Greece: Kastaniotis / Korea: Gimmyoung / Netherlands: Signature/Bruna / Norway: Aschehoug / Portugal: Dom Quixote / Romania: RAO / Slovakia: Ikar / Slovenia: Ucila International Zalozba/ Krize  / Sweden: Bazar Förlag 

  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch eBook
  • Release: 21.09.2009
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-30026-0
  • 1008 Pages
  • Author: Frank Schätzing
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Frank Schätzing

Frank Schätzing , born in 1957, published his debut Death and the Devil in 1995. His eco-thriller The Swarm was published in 2004 and went on to sell more than 4.5 million copies. It was translated into 27 languages. This was followed by the bestsellers  Limit (2009), Breaking News (2014) and The Tyranny of the Butterfly (2018). He has also written two bestselling non-fiction titles: Notes from an Unknown Universe (2006) and  What If We Just Saved the World? (2021). Frank Schätzing has received numerous awards for his works and they have sold 9 million copies altogether.

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