DISCLAIMER: I am the editor of this novel and also a good friend of the author. Even so - *especially s0* - I can't let this go by without a review. I have watched CJ's writing grow and grow, EXPONENTIALLY. He is so much better at storytelling and plot/character development than he was two years ago! His early novels were imaginative and well-written, but unpolished, raw, in-the-rough versions of better things to come!

Treaters is a lot of things: horror novel, love story, survivalist fiction. The best thing, though, is it is a story about two PEOPLE (and a dawg!), characters who begin to feel as real as friends or family, who are doing what they can to survive impossible odds. It has elements/feels of The Walking Dead, but ... not. It has elements/feels of The Stand, but ... not. It has elements/feels of The Bible, but ... not.

There are some graphic elements to the story, but CJ moderates them well so that nothing is too explicit. I would consider this appropriate for ages 16+.