Zoo is a pulse-racing thriller from James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling author, that explores a terrifying premise: what if the animal kingdom decided to turn on humanity? Co-authored with Michael Ledwidge, this New York Times bestseller delivers a non-stop thrill-ride that has been described as the novel Patterson "was born to write" .
The story follows Jackson Oz, a young biologist whose once-promising academic career was derailed when he became obsessed with a controversial theory he calls HAC—Human-Animal Conflict . As a young man, Oz watched the escalating pattern of animal attacks around the globe with growing dread. When he witnesses a coordinated ambush by lions in the African wilderness—behavior that defies all known natural laws—the true scale of the coming violence becomes terrifyingly clear.
Alongside French ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races against time to warn world leaders. But the attacks are spreading, growing in ferocity and cunning. From household pets turning on their owners to coordinated assaults by wild animals crippling entire cities, the world descends into chaos . The ultimate question becomes: can Oz prove his theory is real before there is no place left for humans to hide?
