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The White Thaw
Paperback
HorrorMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Antillas Publishing House
Published: Jan 13 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Redemption lies deep beneath the ice. So does the infection.
Dr. Lena Petrova was once a rising star in paleo-biology until a single mistake destroyed her reputation. Now, she has one last chance at redemption: a covert expedition to Vostok-4, a Soviet research station abandoned for decades and recently exposed by the melting Siberian permafrost.
But the station isn't empty. Inside the sealed biosphere, Lena and her team discover a breathtaking, bioluminescent white fungal colony. It is beautiful, hypnotic, and ancient. It is also sentient.
As white spores clog the station's air filters and velvety rashes begin to bloom on the crew's skin, Lena realizes they haven't just discovered a new species-they've disturbed a hive-mind that has waited eons to feed. The fungus doesn't want to kill them; it wants to assimilate them, turning bone and sinew into its own alien architecture.
In the heart of the frozen dark, the thaw has begun. And once you breathe the spores, you are already part of the colony.
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