In darkness waiting

With its exploration of the "insect" inside us all, In Darkness Waiting proves more relevant today than ever. Considering a read of In Darkness Waiting is like considering a trip through the Amazon with no weapons and no vaccinations and no shoes. It's like contemplating a journey in the Arctic clad only in your underwear. Or maybe it's more like dropping into one of those spelunker's challenges, those chilling pitch-black shafts into the Earth's crust—and when you get down there your light burns out and you remember the chitinous fauna of the cavern... Towards the end you'll discover one of the most extreme yet literate passages ever written. It may well be the most outré scene ever created.