Water Worms is an American spine-chilling story that offers romance too. A young Japanese-American doctor takes the strong female lead. Fishermen in China are found, not just dead, but as light as hay with every drop of water missing from their bodies. American scientists are drawn into the mystery.Killer worms, new to science, suck on water in human blood to make more of their kind. They surface in Massachusetts. An entire hospital in Boston is overrun, and from there the worms pour into the Charles River that snakes through the city. Dogged research by the young heroine doctor leads to a discovery. There is a love story as well, between her an an eccentric entomologist who becomes infected by these worms. They go on the run together when the President orders the killing of those infected.The story ends on an up-lifting note.