A mutinous past. A monstrous escape. A mind on the brink.

1987: In the dead of night, two children flee a brutal orphanage. Only one survives. Decades later, Timothy Salter lives in silence and squalor, haunted by the sister he lost and the secrets buried with her.

2014: Deep in the English countryside, a notorious inmate with a taste for flesh escapes from a secure psychiatric hospital during a mysterious solar flare. Wolfe is more than a killer—he believes he's the heir to Jack the Ripper’s legacy, and he’s not finished yet.

As chaos spreads through Copse Hall, an institution hiding unethical experiments and buried guilt, psychiatrist Dr. George Kotlas is forced into a deadly game of survival. Meanwhile, the discovery of a forgotten manuscript hints at psychic phenomena and a dark intelligence manipulating events from the shadows.

When past trauma collides with present terror, and science meets the supernatural, the line between madness and evil begins to blur.

Terrifying, intelligent, and disturbingly plausible, The Night of the Mosquito is a relentless psychological thriller about trauma, power, and the monsters we create—inside institutions, and inside ourselves.

What readers are saying about The Night of the Mosquito:

“Reads as if it were written by a highly agitated, very pent-up Stephen King, in a dark, foul mood.” USA Kindle reviewer.
“Where has this author been?? He's up there with Stephen King, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell and the rest. You will not be disappointed by these books and characters.” UK Kindle reviewer
“A fast-paced thrill ride with the scariest character in a long time! Max China weaves together an escaped lunatic, a traumatised young man, and a town having trouble coming to grips with the aftermath of a natural phenomenon. This is a thriller in every sense.” USA Kindle reviewer.