This novelization has been adapted from the movie screenplay by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich On a deserted island far away, a blast from a nuclear bomb destroyed all life Or did it? One lizard egg survived Now thirty years later, the effects of the radiation have mutated it into a monstrous giant lizard, as tall as a skyscraper He is swift, agile, deadly - and determined to survive They call him GODZILLA On the island of Manhattan, in New York City, four people - a scientist, a reporter, a cameraman and a mysterious stranger - must band together to stop Godzilla