By:
Nick Cutter
Publisher:
Armadillo Books
Publication
Date: February 25, 2014
Format: e-ARC
Source:
publisher via Netgalley
Troop
leader Dr. Tim Riggs takes his group of boy scouts to an isolated island. With
no way to get off the island until Sunday morning, Riggs tucks his kids in and
decides to sit on the porch for a bit before turning in. A stranger approaches
and right away Riggs knows there is something off with this guy but to keep his
kids safe he invites him in hoping to help him. What happens next will terrify
and disgust the reader.
The
Troop is told from many viewpoints giving the reader an inside look into the
fallout of a bio-engineered nightmare that ensues on the island. The five boys,
all 14, are a bit stereotypical but only adds to the story. Kent, the jock and
obvious leader of the group and Newton is the exact opposite with being
overweight and a mama’s boy. Max is the middle man and always looking to help
anyone out and Ephraim is a ticking time bomb at times. Rounding the group out
is Shelley who is unusual and harder to put a finger on why he is so different.
Together this group is dynamic and with the infection raging these
personalities became heightened.
With
the alternating telling of the events on the island and what happens off the
island via government research notes, recordings and witness statements, the
reader is privy to all aspects of this infections and the results of their
experiment.
This
is truly a horror novel and will have your stomach turning and wishing you
could close your eyes. Squirm worthy and a must for anyone that loves the
horror genre.
PURCHASE
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