Resident Evil: Underworld

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Underworld
Resident Evil Book 4
First edition cover
Author S. D. Perry
Country United States
Language English
Series Resident Evil
Genre(s) Horror novel
Publisher Pocket Books
Publication date May 1, 1999
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 256 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-671-02442-6
Preceded by City of the Dead
Followed by Nemesis

Resident Evil: Underworld is a novel written by S.D. Perry in 1999. Underworld is the fourth Resident Evil book written by S.D. Perry, the fifth in chronological order, and the second which is not based directly on one of the games.

[edit] Plot summary

Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Rebecca Chambers, and the survivors of the Caliban Cove incident are en route to Europe to rendezvous with the other surviving S.T.A.R.S. members for further operations against the evil Umbrella Corporation. John Andrews and David Trapp, two original characters created for the novels, help fill out the cast. While in the air, their plane is redirected by the mysterious Trent, an enigmatic figure who has been guiding and manipulating events throughout the entire series of novels. Trent informs the group of an Umbrella facility in Utah, used to test and train the company's experimental biological weapons. The facility's overseer, a man named Reston, is one of three people in the world in possession of a codebook which would allow access to all of Umbrella's most secret documents. Trent wants the group to infiltrate the facility, steal the codebook, and take down Umbrella once and for all.

Reluctantly agreeing to Trent's plan, the group make their way into the Umbrella facility. They soon find themselves trapped within the facility's testing area, forced to trek across four massive, artificial environments while evading Umbrella's deadliest new monsters.

They are joined by Henry Cole, an innocent electrician drawn into the fight against his will. The heroes must deal with Jay Reston, the head of this Umbrella facillity, which is called The Planet.

[edit] Creatures

  • Dacs - Tremendous birds with wingspans ranging from 8 to 10 feet. Their phase of the Planet is a forested area.
  • Scorps - Oversized, sand-colored scorpions ranging from 5 to 6 feet in length with regenerative abilities. Their phase of the Planet is a makeshift desert.
  • Spitters - A mutated creature with the combined genetic structures of a goat and a reptile. They are capable of spitting red acidic slime. They are exceptional climbers, and their phase of the Planet is a mountainous area.
  • Hunters - Reptilian creatures, similar to the Hunters from the game. Their phase of the Planet is made up to look like a typical city/urban area.
  • Fossil - A brand of Tyrant that is housed in the Planet. It resembles a humanoid Tyrannosaurus, and due to its simplistic mind, its only goal is to eat.
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