In Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Col. George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston) disappears into the Forbidden Zone, only to return in the film’s climactic scene. For forty-eight years, the question has remained–what happened to Taylor?

Finally the truth is revealed. Beneath the irradiated wasteland, the astronaut faces the deadly wonders of a gleaming city and its inhuman citizenry. On the surface the gorillas–led by General Ursus–launch an all-out assault to exterminate the savage animals known as humans.

And out in the desert, the chimpanzee scientist Milo strives to reconstruct the spacecraft that brought the humans from the past. Events spiral at a breakneck pace, with the fate of a world at stake.

The 1968 film Planet of the Apes was a seminal work of science fiction that inspired generations of filmmakers and authors. Now a who’s who of modern writers–including Kevin J. Anderson, Nancy Collins, Jonathan Maberry, and John Jackson Miller–produces sixteen brand-new, exclusive stories set in the world of the original Planet of the Apes films and television series. Each writer will explore a different drama within the post-apocalyptic world, treating readers to their unique visions and non-stop adventure.

Andrew E.C. Gaska, Greg Cox, Dan Abnett, Nancy Collins, Will Murray, Bob Mayer, John Jackson Miller, Paul Kupperberg, Kevin J. Anderson, Sam Knight,  Jim Beard, Robert Greenberger, Greg Keyes, Ty Templeton, Dayton Ward, Rich Handley, Jonathan Maberry