They have been absent from our worldfor 500 years Now the gargoyles have returned. Returning from a summer archeological expedition in the Yuctan,Berkeley University professor, Adam Landis, and a group of hisstudents stop off in a small Arizona desert town. None of themcan imagine the terror that awaits. When one of the students goes missing, it leads to the discoveryof a species long believed to be only myth and legend. Now a handful of townspeople must battle these creatures and destroythe colony, before tens of thousands of eggs hatch and an army ofgargoyles spreads across the country and around the world.