Synopsis

The initial reports of an attack on a swimmer in a lake near Berlin set in motion a relentless and disturbing investigation. Wade journeys to Germany, where he encounters contemporary victims of a creature that has surfaced in European waters with increasing frequency over the last seven centuries. His inquiries lead him to Spain, where Wade witnesses firsthand the terrifying reality of the wels catfish: a living, aggressive predator capable of attaining man-eating size and embodying the very ho