The Widow

Entomologist at the Royal Entomological Society, Aaron Pike is tasked with locating Professor Philip Jackson, a renowned arachnologist, who has gone missing.

Jackson is needed to help investigate a spate of black widow attacks in London. Reluctantly, Aaron takes young assistant Adele with him to Jackson's home, which has been left derelict for some time. After visiting Jackson's lab, Aaron finds out that Jackson hasn't been seen in months. With the help of Jackson's...
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Entomologist at the Royal Entomological Society, Aaron Pike is tasked with locating Professor Philip Jackson, a renowned arachnologist, who has gone missing.

Jackson is needed to help investigate a spate of black widow attacks in London. Reluctantly, Aaron takes young assistant Adele with him to Jackson's home, which has been left derelict for some time. After visiting Jackson's lab, Aaron finds out that Jackson hasn't been seen in months. With the help of Jackson's former assistant, Celia, Aaron and Adele unearth a shocking secret, experiments that Jackson and disgraced geneticist, Jonas Eckstein, have been conducting in secret on exotic spiders.

Recently widowed urban photographer Zoe Hardcastle visits Abney Park Cemetery where she is bitten by a black widow spider. After a lengthy spell in hospital, Zoe is amazed to find that she is in exceptional shape. Her body is changing, growing stronger. And while she grows in strength, so does her desire to have a baby.

Aaron's investigation leads him to Aldwych Station, an abandoned subway beneath the streets of London, where he comes face-to-face with pure terror. Nothing could prepare him for what he encounters in the tunnels below--the home of The Widow.