A new novelization based on the cult 1980 sci-fi/horror, Scared to Death. Based on the screenplay by William Malone and the story by William Malone and Robert Short. PREY FOR THE UNKNOWN A series of gruesome murders has Los Angeles in a panic. The police believe they're looking for a psychopath. The press screams that a satanic cult is on the loose. Only two people know the truth. Ted Lonergan, ex-cop-turned-novelist, fears the killer isn't human. Geneticist Sherry Carpenter suspects her former employer is connected to the carnage. Together they'll pursue a mysterious being through a city that's scared to death. But will they be the hunters, or the hunted?