故事讲述的是一群外星人静静地生活在海底，直到他们的生态系统被污染破坏后，他们被迫毁灭人类。科学家们竞相阻止世界末日的到来。这本书在德国和其他欧洲国家非常畅销。

　　The story is about an aliens that live quietly on the ocean floor until they are compelled to destroy humanity after their eco-system is disrupted by pollution. Scientists race to stave off an apocalypse. The book was a huge bestseller in Germany and other European countries. While the likes of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" trying to stir concerns about the environment, "The Swarm" becomes the latest in a growing number of films based on the philosophy that there will be payback for mankind's abuses of the planet.