Soon after, a covert military operation ...cleanses... all traces of a top-secret project gone horrifically wrong.
Three years later, it begins again...when the quiet of a warm autumn night in a sleepy California town is shattered by a streak of light across the sky, the thunder of impact, and the unleashing of something insidious. Spreading, multiplying, and transforming everything in its path, this diabolical intelligence will not be denied until the townsfolk...and eventually, all living things...are conquered. Until they are all crawling. . . .
This newest Book is cinematically vivid and streamlined, its characters instantly identifiable and sympathetic -- Paul Di Filippo, Scifi.com
Shirley's latest is as terrifying as it is thought-provoking. -- Paul Goat Allen, BookPage
Crawlers is a Book that is accessible and entertaining to a broad audience (more commercial) while remaining intelligent and retaining more than surface meaning (as he's always done). -- Paula Guran, DarkEcho Horror
...just because it's formulaic doesn't make it a bad story, and I expect Shirley is really planning to pitch it as a B-Horror movie, which might be fun to see. -- Ernest Lilley, SF Revu