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The Desert
Give up trying to leave. There's no way out.
Stay up high. You are safer up here.
Stay out of the fog.
Do not go into the hole.
Those are the final words in a bizarre journal left by the last apparent survivor of a platoon that disappeared during the Iraqi invasion in 2003. Seven years later, Captain Henderson and Specialist Densler realize that what happened to the "Lost Platoon" is now happening to them. Trapped in the middle of the desert, they must confront the horrifying creatures responsible for their misfortune, or risk suffering the same fate as that of the soldiers before them.
"Bryon Morrigan is a hard-hitting, no-nonsense horror writer who definitely has the right stuff! Read one of his novels and you will become a fan. I look forward to his next outing." -- John Russo, author/screenwriter of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
"A fine mesh of horror and military drama that I can't recommend enough." -- James A. Moore, author of BLOOD RED and HARVEST MOON
"It's fun, fast-paced, and deliciously creepy." -- Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of GHOST ROAD BLUES and BAD MOON RISING
"The Desert has more dangerous twists and sinister turns than Richard Nixon on crystal meth. When the end comes, all I need is a fifth of whiskey, a loaded handgun, and a copy of this book." -- Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE RISING and GHOUL
Stay up high. You are safer up here.
Stay out of the fog.
Do not go into the hole.
Those are the final words in a bizarre journal left by the last apparent survivor of a platoon that disappeared during the Iraqi invasion in 2003. Seven years later, Captain Henderson and Specialist Densler realize that what happened to the "Lost Platoon" is now happening to them. Trapped in the middle of the desert, they must confront the horrifying creatures responsible for their misfortune, or risk suffering the same fate as that of the soldiers before them.
"Bryon Morrigan is a hard-hitting, no-nonsense horror writer who definitely has the right stuff! Read one of his novels and you will become a fan. I look forward to his next outing." -- John Russo, author/screenwriter of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
"A fine mesh of horror and military drama that I can't recommend enough." -- James A. Moore, author of BLOOD RED and HARVEST MOON
"It's fun, fast-paced, and deliciously creepy." -- Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of GHOST ROAD BLUES and BAD MOON RISING
"The Desert has more dangerous twists and sinister turns than Richard Nixon on crystal meth. When the end comes, all I need is a fifth of whiskey, a loaded handgun, and a copy of this book." -- Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE RISING and GHOUL
278 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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Bryon Morrigan
2 books20 followersBryon Morrigan is a former military intelligence analyst with a Bachelor's Degree in forensic science and a Master's Degree in Classical History. He lives in St. Augustine, Florida.
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October 11, 2012
This book was so good I read it in a day! I really enjoyed the mixing of military with horror. The book was a really easy read and very fast paced. Without spoiling to much it's about two soldiers who are checking around Iraq for WMD's back in 2009 and they come across the remains of a soldier that was presumed KIA/MIA back in 2003. It goes on to tell the story about the missing platoon of soldiers and how they met their gruesome fate!
February 9, 2014
A cleverly written story with an unusual plot, at least in regards to Iraq. Definitely didn't expect the story to take the path that it did. Although I am still wrapping my mind over the weird predicament the Soldiers found themselves in, I was truly entertained. LOL And what was up with the outright hate of Military Officers? -chuckles- A lot of the time Enlisted Soldiers are older than some of the officers so I did understand the conflict a little bit.
Great read!
Great read!
June 22, 2013
The Desert is author Bryon Morrigan’s debut novel and tells the tale of a mysterious abandoned village buried deep in the Iraqi Desert found not once, but twice by the U.S. military. The main story takes place in 2009 and introduces the reader to Specialist Densler and the Captain he is carting around in a Humvee on the hunt to find WMD’s. They stumble onto an area where GPS doesn’t work and come across the body of a soldier and his journal. It becomes immediately clear that the solider went missing six years earlier along with the rest of “Eight Up Platoon” near the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. The Captain is excited to find the journal and possible clues as to what happened to the rest of the men, but when reading the journal it becomes clear that something strange is at work in the small village. Green mist flows out from the ground at night and there are hints of shadowy creatures wandering about. Plus they can’t find anyone else’s body.
This is a fast moving horror story that reads easy and keeps the energy up throughout. Short chapters give the story a sense of urgency, and flashbacks to the old journal entries sparked my curiosity about what was really going on. Densler’s thoughts about his Captain get a little bit repetitive-the Captain is an incompetent coward in Densler’s eyes and nothing that happens in the story disputes that belief. This served as a bit of a distraction for me, but I enjoyed this story despite this minor irritation. The author comes up with a creative batch of monsters rising up from the bowels of the earth through a dark pit in the ground, and even some pretty interesting theories about where they came from, which kept me tuned in the whole way.
I previously read the author’s follow up novel, Archeron, so I sort of got things backward. While it would have been best to read this book first, Archeron does a solid job of standing on its own, as does The Desert. I have to admit I enjoyed this, the author’s first effort, more than his second. My review of Archeron details my issues with that story, which definitely has its merits and was a fun read in its own right. The Desert was a more intriguing and provides more of an introduction to this strange new world that intrigued me. I am gathering there will be a sequel to Archeron. It is clear there is more story to tell.
Much like I stated in my other review, I give high praise to the author for crafting an intriguing mythology that give his book a unique flavor. He has an excellent knowledge of the military and that shows in his work as well, though his disdain for commissioned officers is hard to miss and is somewhat distracting. The Desert is a fun read, and while Archeron is, in my view, not quite as good, it is still an entertaining continuation of this saga, and gives me plenty of reason to want to check out the author’s third act when it comes out.
This is a fast moving horror story that reads easy and keeps the energy up throughout. Short chapters give the story a sense of urgency, and flashbacks to the old journal entries sparked my curiosity about what was really going on. Densler’s thoughts about his Captain get a little bit repetitive-the Captain is an incompetent coward in Densler’s eyes and nothing that happens in the story disputes that belief. This served as a bit of a distraction for me, but I enjoyed this story despite this minor irritation. The author comes up with a creative batch of monsters rising up from the bowels of the earth through a dark pit in the ground, and even some pretty interesting theories about where they came from, which kept me tuned in the whole way.
I previously read the author’s follow up novel, Archeron, so I sort of got things backward. While it would have been best to read this book first, Archeron does a solid job of standing on its own, as does The Desert. I have to admit I enjoyed this, the author’s first effort, more than his second. My review of Archeron details my issues with that story, which definitely has its merits and was a fun read in its own right. The Desert was a more intriguing and provides more of an introduction to this strange new world that intrigued me. I am gathering there will be a sequel to Archeron. It is clear there is more story to tell.
Much like I stated in my other review, I give high praise to the author for crafting an intriguing mythology that give his book a unique flavor. He has an excellent knowledge of the military and that shows in his work as well, though his disdain for commissioned officers is hard to miss and is somewhat distracting. The Desert is a fun read, and while Archeron is, in my view, not quite as good, it is still an entertaining continuation of this saga, and gives me plenty of reason to want to check out the author’s third act when it comes out.
March 27, 2009
The Desert by Bryon Morrigan
Dark Hart Press $16.25 (through powell’s here in Portland)
278 pages
This is a great first novel written by a newcomer that I read over a month ago and kept forgetting to post a review of. Set in a dual time line of the early days of the latest U.S. invasion of Iraq and a more current atmosphere of the conflict. The desert is only the second horror novel I’ve read to address the current war. The only other one I know of is John Shirley’s underrated HellBlazer tie-in Warlord.
I am not sure what the author did when he was military intelligence but his bio says that was his job. The experience shines on every page and gives the author a credibility important to the overall impact of the book.
A story of ghosts and demons haunting the arena of conflict reminded me of the Korean film R Point however the desert is better plotted and executed. The scares are piled on like a thick gravy on mashed potatoes. There is a lot here for horror junkies to get there fix on. Zombies, ghouls,ghosts all make themselves apart of the show in solid way that is never gratuitous. The setting sets this novel apart and it is highly recommended.
Is it perfect? It’s a pretty amazing book that will establish Morrigan as an author on the rise. As a reader I only found two things to nitpick.
A lot of the reviews have compared this book to Aliens as a military drama. I wish I had not read that blurb on the back of the book because it highlighted for me a major difference and the only weakness in the Desert. The desert focuses on three characters through the majority of the action. In Aliens Cameron did an excellent job of setting up brief but memorable characterizations so when the aliens started picking off people we felt each one. Each death brought a strong impact.
Morrigan did a great job with the characters but this book needed a few more characters to flesh it out. Certainly as a writer I understand how hard it is to juggle so many characters but it’s an essential element of the military drama. The only other minor criticism I have was the over use of exposition. The characters did a lot of explaining in long dialogues.
That being said I look forward to more work from this author. The action was intense, the tension solid and it played amazingly well as movie in my head.
Dark Hart Press $16.25 (through powell’s here in Portland)
278 pages
This is a great first novel written by a newcomer that I read over a month ago and kept forgetting to post a review of. Set in a dual time line of the early days of the latest U.S. invasion of Iraq and a more current atmosphere of the conflict. The desert is only the second horror novel I’ve read to address the current war. The only other one I know of is John Shirley’s underrated HellBlazer tie-in Warlord.
I am not sure what the author did when he was military intelligence but his bio says that was his job. The experience shines on every page and gives the author a credibility important to the overall impact of the book.
A story of ghosts and demons haunting the arena of conflict reminded me of the Korean film R Point however the desert is better plotted and executed. The scares are piled on like a thick gravy on mashed potatoes. There is a lot here for horror junkies to get there fix on. Zombies, ghouls,ghosts all make themselves apart of the show in solid way that is never gratuitous. The setting sets this novel apart and it is highly recommended.
Is it perfect? It’s a pretty amazing book that will establish Morrigan as an author on the rise. As a reader I only found two things to nitpick.
A lot of the reviews have compared this book to Aliens as a military drama. I wish I had not read that blurb on the back of the book because it highlighted for me a major difference and the only weakness in the Desert. The desert focuses on three characters through the majority of the action. In Aliens Cameron did an excellent job of setting up brief but memorable characterizations so when the aliens started picking off people we felt each one. Each death brought a strong impact.
Morrigan did a great job with the characters but this book needed a few more characters to flesh it out. Certainly as a writer I understand how hard it is to juggle so many characters but it’s an essential element of the military drama. The only other minor criticism I have was the over use of exposition. The characters did a lot of explaining in long dialogues.
That being said I look forward to more work from this author. The action was intense, the tension solid and it played amazingly well as movie in my head.
July 18, 2013
This book has in at all the elements of pulp fiction that we love. Action, Adventure, zombies, and long legged beasties. Heck even a short I think 2 paragraph love scene. This is pulp fiction along the lines of James Herbert and the early works of Ramsey Campbell. The Desert is a in your face deal with me horror, no finesse just one punch after another.
January 29, 2013
I was a bit disappointed in this story, I really enjoy military vs something creepy this didn't hold my interest, and was hard to finish. The little thing that bugged me was the use of AR 15 as a military weapon M14 or M4 would have a better choice.
October 11, 2012
Good read look forward to reading the sequel Acheron
September 22, 2016
Will write review soon.
February 19, 2021
This is the first work by author Byron.
This is a supernatural/action novel. The author captures the military "feel" quite well.This brought an added element of realism to the story, making suspension of disblief that more possible. I read the kindle version and no typos or editiing issues that I observed,
Like I said, this is a supernatural/action novel. ot os NOT Wuthering Heights or War & Peace. The chatacyers are somewhat shallow in comparison to other literary works. Approaching this work withthat in mind, you'll enjoy it. There are good twists to the story and best of all, it has a nice finish.
This is a supernatural/action novel. The author captures the military "feel" quite well.This brought an added element of realism to the story, making suspension of disblief that more possible. I read the kindle version and no typos or editiing issues that I observed,
Like I said, this is a supernatural/action novel. ot os NOT Wuthering Heights or War & Peace. The chatacyers are somewhat shallow in comparison to other literary works. Approaching this work withthat in mind, you'll enjoy it. There are good twists to the story and best of all, it has a nice finish.
March 13, 2008
This is a first novel from Morrigan, and typically with first novels I try -- I say try -- to be a little more flexible in my reviews. Hell, consider my own credentials…
It weighs in at 278 pages, but it's a very fast read. It took me about two days to get through this. The pacing helps, especially when the plot has a span of about nine days. The book is an adventure into military horror, as the author puts it. I've no problem with that -- SF has its own "military" sub-genre as well. It's a fitting descriptor for the book, given is theme and setting.
"The Desert" takes place in Iraq in 2009, laboring under the probable assumption that we still have troops seeking out weapons of mass destruction there. Captain Henderson and Specialist Densler are on a patrol/search in the middle of nowhere where they find a cave with a corpse in a US uniform. Said MIA is SPC David Forbes, lost with his platoon in 2003. Fortunately he left a journal -- which is a standard Lovecraftian influence. It helps build for what's to come, but as a device I wonder if it gets cut off too soon. Most of the later pages are missing, which would have detailed the Platoon's trip down a mysterious hole in a mysterious village. I'm undecided as to whether it worked or not. On the one hand, it saves us from inadvertent spoilers and the possible cliche of the "moment of doom from the last idiots that went down here." On the other, we don't get to experience that doom either, and a later plot element has a sense of "what the hell" to it? It's a balance and a tough one to make, but for the most part Morrigan makes it work.
Densler and his Captain, who during the course of the plot reveals himself to be a Sobel-grade chicken shit, arrive at the village described in the journal. They've lost GPS and radio, and something on the other side of communications start acting up. This is where the Captain starts losing it. After encountering a mysterious green fog that's presumed to be a chemical weapon, Densler and Henderson find the underground passage and decide to follow the lost Platoon. There they encounter the only survivor from the ill-fated unit, Sergeant Patel. As an aside he's described as the "biggest Pakistani you would ever see." I chuckled at this because I have a Patel as an inlaw, and I kept mixing him up with someone like the Rock in my mind's eye. This isn't really a problem, just a point of amusement. Patel in that part of the world is like Smith here in the States.
Patel fills the others in on "what's going on" and we start seeing the various creatures in the area, all surrounded by the same green fog. The Captain, in typical fashion, is killed by the monsters and zombified so as to further their nefarious plans, which is to detonates some underground nukes to help open the way to hell so everything can work its way out. They think.
I had a little problem with this part of the novel because of some excessive theorizing as to where these creatures came from and how they were made. Plus I also saw some telling to further the plot when showing would have sufficed. It weakened the action of the novel, and killed some of the emotional connect. Nukes are frightening weapons, and the realization that the ones in this story become armed should send a chill down my spine, but it doesn't. Plus it gets handled to easily in favor of focusing on the heroes' escape. The pacing works well, but Morrigan violates one of his own rules in order to bail out Densler later on. The very ending is atypical of most survivor style horror, which I appreciated, despite the rules violation.
I also liked the major "monstrous" entity and its method of attack. It seemed well thought out and it made sense for ghosts or hellish entities to cause some serious damage to the living that way. Another strength of the writing is the attention to detail when it comes to the military aspects of the characters and their actions. Morrigan uses his own military experience to ensure accuracy, and while it gets a little heavy on the details, the context of it works given the characters, their training and situation.
If, like me, you don't like short short chapters, this book will annoy you. I had the same problem with Tara Moss's "Covet" in that the short chapters interrupted the flow of the story at times. In addition some chapter breaks didn't need to be breaks, although I doubt I'll see this in future releases. Call it a hunch.
"The Desert" isn't a great novel, but it's fairly good. Over all I recommend it because it's a newer take on the genre, although some might say this was already covered in the film "Aliens." Nevertheless, Morrigan's writing shows skill along with a commitment to research and accuracy, and I think his writing will prove a contribution to the genre.
It weighs in at 278 pages, but it's a very fast read. It took me about two days to get through this. The pacing helps, especially when the plot has a span of about nine days. The book is an adventure into military horror, as the author puts it. I've no problem with that -- SF has its own "military" sub-genre as well. It's a fitting descriptor for the book, given is theme and setting.
"The Desert" takes place in Iraq in 2009, laboring under the probable assumption that we still have troops seeking out weapons of mass destruction there. Captain Henderson and Specialist Densler are on a patrol/search in the middle of nowhere where they find a cave with a corpse in a US uniform. Said MIA is SPC David Forbes, lost with his platoon in 2003. Fortunately he left a journal -- which is a standard Lovecraftian influence. It helps build for what's to come, but as a device I wonder if it gets cut off too soon. Most of the later pages are missing, which would have detailed the Platoon's trip down a mysterious hole in a mysterious village. I'm undecided as to whether it worked or not. On the one hand, it saves us from inadvertent spoilers and the possible cliche of the "moment of doom from the last idiots that went down here." On the other, we don't get to experience that doom either, and a later plot element has a sense of "what the hell" to it? It's a balance and a tough one to make, but for the most part Morrigan makes it work.
Densler and his Captain, who during the course of the plot reveals himself to be a Sobel-grade chicken shit, arrive at the village described in the journal. They've lost GPS and radio, and something on the other side of communications start acting up. This is where the Captain starts losing it. After encountering a mysterious green fog that's presumed to be a chemical weapon, Densler and Henderson find the underground passage and decide to follow the lost Platoon. There they encounter the only survivor from the ill-fated unit, Sergeant Patel. As an aside he's described as the "biggest Pakistani you would ever see." I chuckled at this because I have a Patel as an inlaw, and I kept mixing him up with someone like the Rock in my mind's eye. This isn't really a problem, just a point of amusement. Patel in that part of the world is like Smith here in the States.
Patel fills the others in on "what's going on" and we start seeing the various creatures in the area, all surrounded by the same green fog. The Captain, in typical fashion, is killed by the monsters and zombified so as to further their nefarious plans, which is to detonates some underground nukes to help open the way to hell so everything can work its way out. They think.
I had a little problem with this part of the novel because of some excessive theorizing as to where these creatures came from and how they were made. Plus I also saw some telling to further the plot when showing would have sufficed. It weakened the action of the novel, and killed some of the emotional connect. Nukes are frightening weapons, and the realization that the ones in this story become armed should send a chill down my spine, but it doesn't. Plus it gets handled to easily in favor of focusing on the heroes' escape. The pacing works well, but Morrigan violates one of his own rules in order to bail out Densler later on. The very ending is atypical of most survivor style horror, which I appreciated, despite the rules violation.
I also liked the major "monstrous" entity and its method of attack. It seemed well thought out and it made sense for ghosts or hellish entities to cause some serious damage to the living that way. Another strength of the writing is the attention to detail when it comes to the military aspects of the characters and their actions. Morrigan uses his own military experience to ensure accuracy, and while it gets a little heavy on the details, the context of it works given the characters, their training and situation.
If, like me, you don't like short short chapters, this book will annoy you. I had the same problem with Tara Moss's "Covet" in that the short chapters interrupted the flow of the story at times. In addition some chapter breaks didn't need to be breaks, although I doubt I'll see this in future releases. Call it a hunch.
"The Desert" isn't a great novel, but it's fairly good. Over all I recommend it because it's a newer take on the genre, although some might say this was already covered in the film "Aliens." Nevertheless, Morrigan's writing shows skill along with a commitment to research and accuracy, and I think his writing will prove a contribution to the genre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 3, 2016
This is only "sort of" a zombie novel. It's more like a demon novel,but to some extent it does have a reanimated corpse concept -- in the same general way that Brian Keene's universe does, albeit in a substantially different context.
This novel started out REALLY strong, with a lot of elements I really like. There's a realistic-feeling, unsentimental depiction of the drudgery of military life in a war zone. There's an essentially hard-boiled tone. There's a Lovecraft-style frame story involving a manuscript written by an interrogator from a vanished squad in Iraq. It's going really strong. The first-person tone in the framed story (the fictional manuscript) is stronger than the third-person tone of the novel overall, but it's still pretty fluid-sounding and stylistically readable -- a far better read than many, many books I've read from much larger and more commercial publishers. The first third or so of the novel is hopped up on an intoxicating sense of dread -- again, shades of Lovecraft, with a gutsy feeling of confused, oppressive doom. LOVE IT.
While I enjoyed the book, I feel like the author didn't quite keep it together for the whole novel; at a certain point, the book starts feeling less mysterious and more like a video game. After the Big Reveal, the beasties didn't scare me like they should have...and based on the first third of the book, I should have been EFFIN' TERRIFIED.
I don't know who Bryon Morrigan is, but my gut feeling is that this was an unfinished manuscript that the author (sort of) repurposed it into a frame story -- something I'm a big fan of; I don't think there's anything wrong with it, since I LOVE frame stories. But I think maybe the ultra-mysterious sense of dread that's in the first-person framed story wasn't easy to duplicate once the monsters came onstage and had to interact with the protagonist(s).
What I will say is that it was basically a good read, and I liked it enough that I'd be more than willing to check out the author's other work. What I will also say is that I was a lot more scared 10% of the way through than I was at the novel's climax. I would have liked to have the dread ramped up and been left brutalized, and the second half of the novel didn't measure up to the expectation I formed from the first part.
Promising writer, some wonderful horror elements. I'll look forward to seeing what Bryon comes up with next.
This novel started out REALLY strong, with a lot of elements I really like. There's a realistic-feeling, unsentimental depiction of the drudgery of military life in a war zone. There's an essentially hard-boiled tone. There's a Lovecraft-style frame story involving a manuscript written by an interrogator from a vanished squad in Iraq. It's going really strong. The first-person tone in the framed story (the fictional manuscript) is stronger than the third-person tone of the novel overall, but it's still pretty fluid-sounding and stylistically readable -- a far better read than many, many books I've read from much larger and more commercial publishers. The first third or so of the novel is hopped up on an intoxicating sense of dread -- again, shades of Lovecraft, with a gutsy feeling of confused, oppressive doom. LOVE IT.
While I enjoyed the book, I feel like the author didn't quite keep it together for the whole novel; at a certain point, the book starts feeling less mysterious and more like a video game. After the Big Reveal, the beasties didn't scare me like they should have...and based on the first third of the book, I should have been EFFIN' TERRIFIED.
I don't know who Bryon Morrigan is, but my gut feeling is that this was an unfinished manuscript that the author (sort of) repurposed it into a frame story -- something I'm a big fan of; I don't think there's anything wrong with it, since I LOVE frame stories. But I think maybe the ultra-mysterious sense of dread that's in the first-person framed story wasn't easy to duplicate once the monsters came onstage and had to interact with the protagonist(s).
What I will say is that it was basically a good read, and I liked it enough that I'd be more than willing to check out the author's other work. What I will also say is that I was a lot more scared 10% of the way through than I was at the novel's climax. I would have liked to have the dread ramped up and been left brutalized, and the second half of the novel didn't measure up to the expectation I formed from the first part.
Promising writer, some wonderful horror elements. I'll look forward to seeing what Bryon comes up with next.
August 22, 2010
At some point I read a review or a description of this book that led me to believe that it was a zombie book. I have been watching a lot of zombie movies and was excited to read a zombie novel. Although it had a few zombies in it, it was definatly not a zombie novel. What I ended up with was an amazing horror/military adventure book.
It grabbed me from the first page and it was a book that I had a hard time putting down. It was outstanding. It was not a terribly original idea...2 army soldiers go out into the desert and end up finding the body and journel of a member of a platoon that when missing at the beginning of the iraqi war 3 year prior. It told of unspeakable horrors that the platoon faced. The 2 men then find the village that was discussed in the journel and all hell (literally) breaks loose.
It was an outstanding read!!
It grabbed me from the first page and it was a book that I had a hard time putting down. It was outstanding. It was not a terribly original idea...2 army soldiers go out into the desert and end up finding the body and journel of a member of a platoon that when missing at the beginning of the iraqi war 3 year prior. It told of unspeakable horrors that the platoon faced. The 2 men then find the village that was discussed in the journel and all hell (literally) breaks loose.
It was an outstanding read!!
November 5, 2008
Fun story and good effort for a first novel without a big publisher. However, there were many gramitical/spelling errors; along with some story flaws that could have used a better editor and some re-writes. There is potential for sure... just feels like a rough draft! Even with all that was lacking the fun nature of the story earned the 2nd star.
April 22, 2011
I got an email from permuted telling me about this book, so of course I immediately downloaded it to my nook. Well I'm pretty sure I got my $2.99 worth! What a great, fast, and creepy story! When eight up was spending that first night in the village? ouch. Sleeping with the light on, lol. I can't wait for the follow up this fall.
January 28, 2008
Excellent first novel. Fast paced and suspensful. Not at all predictable. Highly recommended.
July 29, 2012
A slog to get through, didn't like any of the characters, didn't care what happened. Seeing the other reviews, and knowing this is a first time novelist, I wish I liked it more but it was just okay.
July 24, 2013
Weak story with very little plot or character development. Chapters were inexplicably short and broke the story up in places that didn't need it.
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