Godzilla at World’s End
Author: Marc Cerasini
Pages: 321
Year: 1998
Publisher: Random House

Synopsis: In the year 2001, amid the frigid ice fields of the South Pole, a group of teenage science students and a team of U.S. Army Rangers make an eerie discovery.
Miles below the surface of Antarctica, a race of ancient crystalline beings has awakened after a million years of frozen slumber. Horrified at finding their world “infected” with a human plague, these Ancient Ones create an army of virulent monsters. The evil, insectlike Megalon is let loose on Russia. Gigan, a cyborg, lays waste to South America. Manda, a gargantuan snake, invades China. And Hedorah, the Smog Monster, descends on Japan.
As Earth becomes a battleground of titanic monsters, the young scientists and soldiers at the bottom of the world must join forces with Godzilla, King of the Monsters, to become the last line of defense against a race older than humanity itself.

Review: In this, the third entry in Marc Cerasini's great series of Godzilla novels, the author continues the great writing and continuity that were present in the first two novels. This time, a forgotten race of ancient beings found underneath the continent of Antarctica let loose a barrage of bio-engineered monsters to destroy the “human-infection” that had plagued the Earth. Cerasini once again does a great job of evoking the feelings of both humans and monsters in this book, which are all very likable characters in their own right, as the story moves along at its nice pace. The monsters are portrayed very well and are true to their film-counterparts. My favorite parts would have to be the battles between Anguirus and Gigan, Godzilla and Biollante, and Rodan and Battra. Definitely a book worth getting for any G-Fan!