Feast

This time we travel, interestingly, not far from where the real me actually lives - to the swamps outside Charleston, SC. This book in particular is great because it slows the pace down a bit from the first book, yet WAY amps up the drama. There are certain situations in this book that will make some/ possibly many uncomfortable, but this is still a Jeremiah Knight/ Jeremy Robinson book - you don't have to worry about actually seeing any of the things I refer to. The monsters here are top notch, as always, but the case could be made that the real monsters of this story are the humans our heroes encounter - and along the way, we may just see the possibility that perhaps the monsters we know aren't so monstrous, and the people we know aren't so nice...

Every bit as hard-charging as the first book in the series, this release kept me listing well past the completion of my homeward commute (I read the audio version). With the world devolved into primordial chaos, one would assume the greatest threats would be the mutated creatures stalking the wild. Sadly, it seems it's the holdouts left from “civilized” society who are the most dangerous and depraved. As Peter and his family fight hostile forces from all directions they also find an unlikely ally. And there may yet be hope for the human race. Looks like we'll find out about that in book #3.