Richard Clabaugh

Following a major terrorist attack, the US government initiates the ODIN surveillance system, made up of millions of mobile, robotic security cameras known as "Eyeborgs." When the physical evidence in a string of odd murders doesn't line up to the surveillance recordings, one federal agent finds himself working outside the system to find out who's really controlling the Eyeborgs.

With its high murder rate, the town of Gastonia, N.C., has earned itself the nickname "Little Chicago." Cal returns home to Gastonia after college to find his childhood best friend Andre in deep with a local drug dealer.

After a military plane crashes outside of a small American town, its cargo — a genetically engineered, sixty-foot-long python — begins stalking and killing the locals.