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Karen Weaver, a scientific journalist, then manages to get hold of the last surviving submarine and dives into the depth of the oceans. There she releases a dead human pumped full of the yrr's natural pheromone, hoping to trigger an "emotional" response. This works and the yrr cease their attacks on
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which kills millions and severely damages the coastal infrastructure. Whales and sea-borne mussels band together to attack and incapacitate a commercial freighter. Swimmers are driven from the coast by sharks and venomous jellyfish. Commercial ships are attacked and sometimes destroyed. France sees
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The epilogue reveals that a year later, mankind is still recovering from the conflict with the swarm. The knowledge that humans are not the only intelligent lifeform on Earth has plunged most religious groups into chaos. Parts of the world still suffer from the epidemic the yrr sent to destroy the
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Johanson finds out that one of the scientists has been working on a modified pheromone to eradicate the yrr completely. Johanson disagrees with this approach because the elimination of the yrr may completely destroy the marine ecosystem and thus the human race. Li, however, is unwilling to accept
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had been lifted word for word from his writings. The allegations were rejected by the author and publisher as ordinary research work. In November 2005, the public prosecutor's office dropped the criminal investigation. Frank Schätzing agreed to acknowledge Dr Orthmann in the next edition of
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When it becomes clear that all those events are related, an international scientific task force is created under the lead of the United States, led by Lieutenant General Judith Li, a close friend and adviser to the President. Sigur Johanson, a marine biologist working at the
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with two torpedoes containing the modified pheromone. The scientists are trying to stop her and at the same time implement their own plan to save humanity. She is stopped at the last moment by Johanson who gives his own life to detonate the torpedoes and kill Li.
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that dominance over the Earth may not be a God-given birthright of mankind, and the United States in particular. While she gives orders to have Johanson killed, the ship is attacked and crippled by the yrr and a final showdown ensues on the sinking
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threat to their marine homeland. Humanity now faces the difficult task of rebuilding their society and industry without coming into conflict with the ever-watching superpower under the sea again.
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Four characters from the novel actually exist and were written into it by Schätzing as thanks for answering his questions on the scientific background: Gerhard Bohrmann and Heiko Sahling are
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was a number-one-bestseller for eight months in Germany and has been translated into 18 languages. It was lauded by many critics and readers for its accurate representation of
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In April 2005, marine biologist and science journalist Thomas Orthmann filed a criminal complaint for copyright infringement, claiming that dozens of passages in
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was to be one of the prime financial benefactors of the project. The release date was estimated to be 2015, but as of 2018 the film was still in development.
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in an attempt to find the yrr and make contact with them. They discover that the yrr are single-cell organisms that operate in swarms, controlled by a single
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The book follows an ensemble of protagonists who are investigating what at first appear to be freak events related to the world's oceans. A new species of
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where extraterrestrials inhabit the ocean floor and threaten human population out of the oceans and shoreline habitation.
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Knowledge article at ]; see its history for attribution.
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and German producers Michael Souvignier, Ica Souvignier and Till Grönemeyer bought the film rights to
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Frank Doelger and Mark Huffam to Produce ‘The Swarm’ For European Pubcasters’ Pact The Alliance
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in May 2006. On May 9, 2007, it was announced that a film based on the novel was in the works.
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General Li and a small group of scientists take to the sea on the helicopter carrier USS
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which chronicles humanity's unexpected encounter with a sentient aquatic species.
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An alliance of European public broadcasters produced a TV series titled as
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which describes a brief period when a previously unknown species of
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attacks boats and people near the shoreline of the coast of
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an outbreak of an epidemic caused by contaminated lobsters.
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The character of Samantha Crowe is strongly based on
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a machine-translated version of the German article.
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Frank Schätzing
German
Science fiction
Regan Books
Germany
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978-3596164530
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68373551
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science fiction
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Frank Schätzing
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marine worm
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