British Army radiation drills at a remote Scottish base attract a subterranean, radioactive entity of unknown nature that vanishes, leaving two severely radiation-burned soldiers... and a bottomless crack in the earth. Others who meet the thing in the night suffer likewise, and with increasing severity; it seems to be able to absorb radiation from any source, growing bigger and bigger. What is it How do you destroy a thing that feeds on energy沿着公路瘸腿向塞勒姆市前进,其实早在几个月前瘸腿就有去塞勒姆市讨生活的打算,不过考虑到路途的遥远和未知的危险,瘸腿犹豫不决,这次食物危机迫使他不得不行动起来,本来瘸腿准备了一辆越野车,还有好不容易收集……