Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)

by Mira Grant

Science was all about curiosity. It was a world where the kids who touched hot stoves and poked sticks down mysterious holes in their backyards could get better tools, protective gear, and bigger holes to poke at. Asking scientists not to look into an open box was like asking cats not to saunter through an open door. It simply wasn’t practical.

It would be a lethal weapon in anyone’s hands. In hers, it stood a chance of killing gods.

Most of the bed was covered in weaponry. They still found room.