Medical research? Genetic experiments? No one knows exactly what goes on inside the sprawling BioGenTech building on the edge of town. But after an enormous explosion at the facility, people in town start turning up dead . . . and in pieces. Something is loose in Hope Valley. Something big . . . and fast . . . and hungry. It has a lot of legs, a nasty disposition and a big appetite. This is one spider you can't step on.