THE TV EVENT OF THE YEAR IS NOW A THRILLING NOVEL! The sparkling waters around the tropical island of Malau attract surfers, fishermen, and tourists from all around the world. Now they’ve attracted something else. Something big . . . and incredibly dangerous. It begins with an earthquake, and the mysterious deaths of two young women. Local authorities are baffled by the tragedy, until a visiting American scientist realizes that the tremors have driven an unknown creature up from the ocean depths . . . and there may be more than one. Soon the entire island will tremble beneath the thunderous tread of a gigantic mutated behemoth, the likes of which the world has never seen. No warning, no scientific theory can prepare mankind for the awesome reality of . . . GARGANTUA