An apocalyptic horror novel The Gates is the 1st book in the epic Hell on Earth series, a terrifying thrill ride of epic proportions. You cannot escape death when death is everywhere. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS A TERRIBLE ENEMY HAS BEEN WAITING... NOW THE GATES ARE OPEN... AND HUMANITY'S EXTINCTION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN... All across the globe strange gates have appeared at random. Anyone who touches one dies. Anyone who tries to interfere with one dies. The world's best scientists have no idea what they are, but one thing is certain... these strange gates are about to open. Humanity holds its breath. On the United States' chaotic East Coast, Coast Guard captain Guy Granger sets off on a desperate journey across the Atlantic to find his kids. Mina Magar is a photojournalist forced to take pictures of horrors she could never have imagined as something terrible emerges onto London's busy Oxford Street. Rick Bastion is a fading pop star with his head in a bottle and no hope for the future—even before the apocalypse began on his doorstep. For all of them, staying alive is almost impossible, but they must try. Hell is coming and no one can escape it. Mankind must fight back or become extinct. The gates are open. And all Hell is about to break loose.