AREA 291

Radiation burns lead MUFON investigators Dr. Rachel Katz and Adam Reid to Area 291, the forbidden scar off Malibu. With Woods Hole biologist Dr. Jasper, they dive a trench that shouldn’t exist—and wake something that refuses to stay buried. Overnight, markets crater, viruses spread, streets riot. Leaks expose a pact: governments and the Vatican traded a slice of humanity for alien weapons. Hunted above and stalked below, the three must return to the abyss before the harvest begins in full. The ocean keeps its secrets—and its debts.