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Grimweave
In the deepest, darkest jungles of Indochina, an ancient evil is waiting in a forgotten, primeval valley. It is patient, monstrous, and bloodthirsty. Perfectly adapted to its hot, steaming environment, it strikes its chosen prey: human. Now Michael Spiers, a Marine sniper, the only survivor of a previous encounter with the beast, is going after it again. Against his better judgement, he is made part of a Marine Force recon team that will hunt it down and destroy it. The hunters are about to become the hunted.
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First published May 31, 2015
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Tim Curran
149 books596 followersTim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Biohazard, as well as the novella The Corpse King. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, and anthologies such as Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and Vile Things.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
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August 11, 2016
When two marines chase a wounded man deep into the Cambodian jungle, one winds up dead and the other imprisoned. After he is rescued, Spiers tells the story of the creature that killed his commanding officer. In order to get out of the marines, Spiers agrees to go back to the valley as part of a unit to kill the beast. Will any of them make it out alive?
Tim Curran is the mutt's nuts and since spider creatures are involved, how could I not snap this one up? Before anyone gets their spoiler panties in a bunch, there's a spider on the cover and the title has the word 'weave' in it, you know something spidery is going to happen. Deal with it.
Like most of the reviews I've read, the first things that come to mind with Grimweave are Aliens or Predator, military vs. monster tales where you know there's a good chance only a couple people will survive. Nuking the site from orbit would have been a great option.
Tim Curran knows how to keep things tense. Even before any of the vermin are revealed, the jungle is a spooky place. From there, Curran deals out the gore and the grotesque arachnoid horrors slowly but surely, each encounter worse than the last. I also have to hand it to Curran for making the menace more than just the spider creature the cover depicts.
As I've said before, I think horror works best in short doses and Tim Curran is the king of the horror novella. This wasn't my favorite horror novella of his, however. The characters were kind of weak, even for a story of this type. I thought it maybe leaned a little too heavily on its Aliens/Predator roots. All things considered, I'm giving this a three out of five stars. It's three or four hours of creepy-crawling gory fun.
Tim Curran is the mutt's nuts and since spider creatures are involved, how could I not snap this one up? Before anyone gets their spoiler panties in a bunch, there's a spider on the cover and the title has the word 'weave' in it, you know something spidery is going to happen. Deal with it.
Like most of the reviews I've read, the first things that come to mind with Grimweave are Aliens or Predator, military vs. monster tales where you know there's a good chance only a couple people will survive. Nuking the site from orbit would have been a great option.
Tim Curran knows how to keep things tense. Even before any of the vermin are revealed, the jungle is a spooky place. From there, Curran deals out the gore and the grotesque arachnoid horrors slowly but surely, each encounter worse than the last. I also have to hand it to Curran for making the menace more than just the spider creature the cover depicts.
As I've said before, I think horror works best in short doses and Tim Curran is the king of the horror novella. This wasn't my favorite horror novella of his, however. The characters were kind of weak, even for a story of this type. I thought it maybe leaned a little too heavily on its Aliens/Predator roots. All things considered, I'm giving this a three out of five stars. It's three or four hours of creepy-crawling gory fun.
July 23, 2025
I swore that I read Tim Curran prior, but couldn’t figure it out. My mind ain’t as sharp as it used to be, I suppose, at the ripe age of 38. So this was a great concept, the setting and environment was so vivid and unsettling, the characters were developed pretty well, lots of action, and the creatures did not disappoint. Overall, I liked the experience quite a bit. However, the story did drag at a lot of points during the first half. There may be readers who really soak up the military-heavy dialogue and situations, but they didn’t overly appeal to me. And I found myself getting fatigued fairly often during that portion of the book. That’s not a put down to the author, as I think he did a great job with it all, but just not a great match for me personally. Everything else was spot on for my enjoyment. So it’s a solid creature feature, with some above average depth, this is a story that most horror fans will get something good out of.
November 20, 2023
This is not the first Tim Curran I have given a try, but it is the first I have finished. And with that, I'm seeing a pattern. Tough grizzled sociopathic man who cussed like a sailor at younger subordinates. He cuts his own path, and those pansies at HQ wouldn't know how to do it better if their asses depended on it. I don't mind a character being tougher than woodpecker lips, but these are caricatures, not characters. People don't talk or act this way, anywhere. It almost made me want to give up the ghost on this book. Luckily, the book made a quick turn-around, and I found myself enjoying it for the creature feature set in the Vietnam War that it was. This book is like Predator meets Arachnid (sci-fi flick from early 2000s). There's even the rugged Native American who can sense the creatures nearby. I found myself rubbing my temple a few times when this character popped up, but I held tough. It is a fun story. The characters are basically all canon fodder anyway, which is fine. I expect that from creature horror. I just wish the characters were a little more fleshed out than ego maniac, loony, naive voice of reason, crayon eating marine, and so forth. I know I sound like I didn't enjoy this, but I did. There were some neat deaths and some cool creatures to boot. It's fun. Just fun. You can shut off your brain and watch a small platoon get carried off by big ole eight legged freaks.
There it is and there you have it.
There it is and there you have it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 8, 2015
Hands up those who loved the film Predator? Now keep those hands raised if you would love to have seen something like that film only played more as a straight horror - complete with things in the jungle that are far more nightmarish than a 7 foot guy with a scorpion-like face?
If your hand is still raised, then lower it to log into your favourite book retailer's site and hesitate not a millisecond longer. Because Tim Curran's latest, Grimweave, is most certainly for you.
Though the similarities to that John McTiernan classic film are many, Grimweave also throws a bit of James Cameron's Aliens at the reader given that the story follows Spiers, and his initial ill-advised foray into an uncharted part of the jungle, where bad things befall he and his ranking officer during the Vietnam War. He is then recruited into a squad of the meanest and nastiest recon marines and tasked with guiding them back from whence he came, so they can (presumably) blow the holy hell out of whatever is lurking in the jungle. Only things aren't quite what they seem. On multiple levels...
Curran yet again exploits the direct line he seems to have into the nightmares of the collective unconscious as he details a series of monstrous threats that at times left this reviewer grimacing in revulsion. His usual highly descriptive prose is also in play, but given Grimweave clocks in at about 145 pages (with the last 10% of the book dedicated to pushing some other author's novel), you can at least be assured he does not get too bogged down in the finer details of every tree, plant and native inhabitant of the jungle.
Perhaps the main area this one falls down in is with the barely-detailed support cast. Main protagonist Spiers is brought to life in a reasonable fashion, but the squad he travels with are painted in exceptionally broad strokes - so broad that I had trouble differentiating between most of them. Which meant that when they started dying horrible deaths, I was never affected by their losses.
As such, this one comes in as better than average but not as good as high-quality Curran outings like Blackout, Dead Sea or Grim Riders.
3.5 (Rounding up to 4) Living Strands of Web for Grimweave.
If your hand is still raised, then lower it to log into your favourite book retailer's site and hesitate not a millisecond longer. Because Tim Curran's latest, Grimweave, is most certainly for you.
Though the similarities to that John McTiernan classic film are many, Grimweave also throws a bit of James Cameron's Aliens at the reader given that the story follows Spiers, and his initial ill-advised foray into an uncharted part of the jungle, where bad things befall he and his ranking officer during the Vietnam War. He is then recruited into a squad of the meanest and nastiest recon marines and tasked with guiding them back from whence he came, so they can (presumably) blow the holy hell out of whatever is lurking in the jungle. Only things aren't quite what they seem. On multiple levels...
Curran yet again exploits the direct line he seems to have into the nightmares of the collective unconscious as he details a series of monstrous threats that at times left this reviewer grimacing in revulsion. His usual highly descriptive prose is also in play, but given Grimweave clocks in at about 145 pages (with the last 10% of the book dedicated to pushing some other author's novel), you can at least be assured he does not get too bogged down in the finer details of every tree, plant and native inhabitant of the jungle.
Perhaps the main area this one falls down in is with the barely-detailed support cast. Main protagonist Spiers is brought to life in a reasonable fashion, but the squad he travels with are painted in exceptionally broad strokes - so broad that I had trouble differentiating between most of them. Which meant that when they started dying horrible deaths, I was never affected by their losses.
As such, this one comes in as better than average but not as good as high-quality Curran outings like Blackout, Dead Sea or Grim Riders.
3.5 (Rounding up to 4) Living Strands of Web for Grimweave.
September 5, 2015
Another solid Tim Curran story. Claustrophobic, intense and dripping with gore. As with his other books, all is not revealed until the very least page. I love the way this guy writes!
February 27, 2017
The Predator /Alien influence in this one is undeniable, but it definitely has the signature Curran stamp on it. There was even a little Heartbreak Ridge Sgt. Highway going on here. Cool.
You can’t go wrong with Tim Curran. An entertaining and fast moving creature feature. 3.5+ Stars.
You can’t go wrong with Tim Curran. An entertaining and fast moving creature feature. 3.5+ Stars.
November 17, 2017
Curran continues to impress this reader with his tightly plotted and richly descriptive tales of terror, though Grimweave in particular may not be for every reader. Set during the Vietnam War, this novel is overflowing with dehumanizing racism, wanton machismo and military lingo. Centering around two ill-advised missions into an arboraceous valley teeming with arachnid horrors, the marines who make up the cast of this short novel are an over-the-top assortment of grotesque masculinity. This plays well with the horror that lies in wait for our psychotic jarheads, thanks to the tenebrous sexuality which webs its way through the depictions of their gruesome ends. Like Nightcrawlers, this novel's denouement strives for the terror-laden awe of the sublime, marking Curran a deft student of Lovecraft.
November 6, 2024
80s/90s-style predator inspired chaos in the jungle. would make a pretty intense “hard R” action throwback movie.
no need for deep thoughts on this one, just regress in age and enjoy. ;)
no need for deep thoughts on this one, just regress in age and enjoy. ;)
August 1, 2023
We`re in the Vietnam war and there are some mysterious creatures that are hunting people without discrimination or nationality.
The idea was well implemented and the writing delivers.
The action is quite frenetic and the short format of a novella was a good thing for this one.
A good horror effort overall!
The idea was well implemented and the writing delivers.
The action is quite frenetic and the short format of a novella was a good thing for this one.
A good horror effort overall!
July 13, 2015
Fun action-filled quickie that is in many MANY ways similar to the first "Predator" movie which I loved. At the start, I was initially put off by the corny cliched military characterizations and over-the-top dialogue which is more "Rambo II" or next year's "Call Of Duty" than realism, but once I caught on that it was intended as such, I was able to enjoy this thrilling B-movie-in-a-book.
"Dead Sea" is the only other Curran book I've read, but he has a rare talent for creating original and terrifying monsters. I'm looking forward to checking out more of his books.
"Dead Sea" is the only other Curran book I've read, but he has a rare talent for creating original and terrifying monsters. I'm looking forward to checking out more of his books.
June 9, 2015
I've been following Curran on and off for the last 5 or 6 years. It's true, there was a time where I wasn't reading any of his work because it all seemed the same: over-descriptive writing, gore in place of a a decent storyline, repeated plots and recycled violence. However, in more recent months, I've found myself returning to his works, and it seems that time off has been totally worth it. Curran has stepped up his game, writing quicker, more action-packed novellas in place of the plodding, sometimes boring novels of previous years. Now, in Grimweave, Curran once again returns to Vietnam, only, unlike Headhunter, this time, the creature he creates is far more scary and gruesome:
"The Creature was waiting for him. It was sitting there, clinging to the lip of the chasm like some great and impossible insect about the size of a pickup...or maybe two of them. It was some sort of thing Spiers had seen through the scope, only much, much larger. Its body was wide and low, cream-colored, roughly figure eight-shaped, like two plated discs joined together, each of which seemed to be formed of interlocking segments. Not smooth in the least, but chitinous and ridged, convoluted with bony furrows and narrow furrows like ribs, lots of knobs and hollows set between. And spines. A series of them rose from its dorsal plates and each of them looked long enough to skewer a man. Obscenely skeletal, the creature had at least ten legs, maybe as many as a dozen, each big around as a fence post and jointed like those of a crab. A sheer membrane of flesh webbed them together at the upper extremities. At each leg was a bulging pod that oozed nets of spreading, living webs. It looked like a living exoskeleton."
If there is any doubt that Curran is one of the most descriptive, highly visual authors in the field, that quote, directly from the book, should shut down any naysayers. That he has such a rich imagination doesn't surprise me, but the fact that he can translate that into words and sentences so rich in detail and vivid illustration is a skill that all authors want, but few can immolate. Even now, as I work on my own short stories and formulate ideas for others, it's Curran's strong talent that has been a huge inspiration for me. In a way, it's unfortunate that Curran still sneaks under the radar in literary circles, however, the fact that he seems to be grossly underrated isn't necessarily a bad thing. I can only imagine how much his work would suffer should he, somehow, sign a massive contract with Scribner or Harper.
Grimweave may not be quite as strong as Hive or Hive 2 (both of which really introduced me to the Cthulhu mythos and Lovecraft as a whole), but don't let that keep you from giving it a shot. It's actually a lot of fun and a quick, entertaining read.
"The Creature was waiting for him. It was sitting there, clinging to the lip of the chasm like some great and impossible insect about the size of a pickup...or maybe two of them. It was some sort of thing Spiers had seen through the scope, only much, much larger. Its body was wide and low, cream-colored, roughly figure eight-shaped, like two plated discs joined together, each of which seemed to be formed of interlocking segments. Not smooth in the least, but chitinous and ridged, convoluted with bony furrows and narrow furrows like ribs, lots of knobs and hollows set between. And spines. A series of them rose from its dorsal plates and each of them looked long enough to skewer a man. Obscenely skeletal, the creature had at least ten legs, maybe as many as a dozen, each big around as a fence post and jointed like those of a crab. A sheer membrane of flesh webbed them together at the upper extremities. At each leg was a bulging pod that oozed nets of spreading, living webs. It looked like a living exoskeleton."
If there is any doubt that Curran is one of the most descriptive, highly visual authors in the field, that quote, directly from the book, should shut down any naysayers. That he has such a rich imagination doesn't surprise me, but the fact that he can translate that into words and sentences so rich in detail and vivid illustration is a skill that all authors want, but few can immolate. Even now, as I work on my own short stories and formulate ideas for others, it's Curran's strong talent that has been a huge inspiration for me. In a way, it's unfortunate that Curran still sneaks under the radar in literary circles, however, the fact that he seems to be grossly underrated isn't necessarily a bad thing. I can only imagine how much his work would suffer should he, somehow, sign a massive contract with Scribner or Harper.
Grimweave may not be quite as strong as Hive or Hive 2 (both of which really introduced me to the Cthulhu mythos and Lovecraft as a whole), but don't let that keep you from giving it a shot. It's actually a lot of fun and a quick, entertaining read.
October 2, 2023
“The sight of atrocities and mayhem so vile the human brain could not hope, nor dare, to fathom. The atmosphere was physically suffocating, humid, rank, fetid, and spiritually noxious. It hung over the team like a wormy shroud, draped over them, filling their hearts with a foul black sap and their souls with something putrid.”
Trapped in a devastating war, in an inhospitable jungle, marine sniper Spiers encounters monsters that defy imagination.
Are they an undiscovered species, aliens, or manmade horrors? The reader is dragged along through the mud & blood to find out.
Tim Curran is one of my favourite authors, his range of terrifying novels knows no bounds and we are thrust into the midst of the Vietnam War for this ride. It’s not a long story, so it can easily be conquered in a day; if your mind can handle the atrocities within of course…
“The sunset was painting the hilltops with blood. Terror lived in him, sliding through him and taking hold of his guts and dragging them up into his chest.
Now the beast was in view.”
Trapped in a devastating war, in an inhospitable jungle, marine sniper Spiers encounters monsters that defy imagination.
Are they an undiscovered species, aliens, or manmade horrors? The reader is dragged along through the mud & blood to find out.
Tim Curran is one of my favourite authors, his range of terrifying novels knows no bounds and we are thrust into the midst of the Vietnam War for this ride. It’s not a long story, so it can easily be conquered in a day; if your mind can handle the atrocities within of course…
“The sunset was painting the hilltops with blood. Terror lived in him, sliding through him and taking hold of his guts and dragging them up into his chest.
Now the beast was in view.”
June 18, 2015
Are you ready to be terrified again? If you're a fan of Tim Curran's work like I am, then this book will not disappoint. It's full of the classic chilling drama that we have all come to expect from his work. The characters are all very cool, especially Spiers. Man goes through the stuff, and you just aren't sure how he will come out, or even if he will at all. I found the creatures to be particularly unnerving, mainly due to a certain fear that I have...lol. This book offered me everything I fully expected it to. I recommend this, not only to fan's of Tim Curran, but to fans of sci-fi/horror in the first place. You will not be sorry that you picked this up
August 14, 2017
I had a great time reading this novel.
It's fast-paced, and really soaks in the ambience of the jungle. I was genuinely creeped out by the end. A lot of death in that awful jungle.
It's fast-paced, and really soaks in the ambience of the jungle. I was genuinely creeped out by the end. A lot of death in that awful jungle.
November 8, 2024
Another super creature feature book by Tim Curran. I'm in love with this man's writing style, it just pulls me right into the story and won't let me go.
This one is a creepy, action monster story from the Vietnam war. Plenty of descriptive scenarios that could verge on repetitive but I found them fine (what do you expect from a story that's set mostly in woodland areas). Certainly creeped me out as the main character (and side characters) are getting stalked from an unseen force in the jungle.
Definitely worth your time!
This one is a creepy, action monster story from the Vietnam war. Plenty of descriptive scenarios that could verge on repetitive but I found them fine (what do you expect from a story that's set mostly in woodland areas). Certainly creeped me out as the main character (and side characters) are getting stalked from an unseen force in the jungle.
Definitely worth your time!
July 13, 2022
Up next from Darth's Colossal Stack of Stuff is "Grimweave," the short 2015 novel by horror artist-writer Tim Curran.
Writing in a setting he does so well, Tim Curran takes us to the smothering, oppressive jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia. After a USMC sniper team experiences something unusual and decidedly terrifying, Marine corporal Spiers must later return to the scene with a crack Marine unit. With mission unknown, foe unknown, Spiers must conquer his fears and steel his nerves as he faces a true abomination, something unholy, something to be feared.
Goodness knows Tim Curran has mastered the art of historical horror, and "Grimweave" is proof aplenty. Gruesome, gory, profane, and terrifying, "Grimweave" is a fevered horror tale that should satisfy even the most discerning horror fan. With a plot that takes some cues from Predator, "Grimweave" is a new take on the classic man vs. beast scenario, a la Moby Dick. While the author drops hints here and there (as does the cover art) as to what kind of creature Spiers and company are fighting, Curran takes the story in some wholly unexpected directions and gives you some beasties worth remembering.
As with any Curran tale, you can expect an exceptionally written piece of literature that rivals anything on the market. Curran can evoke mood as well anyone in the biz. How someone can use mere words to instill such oppressive fear and terror in a reader is beyond me, but Curran has that ability for sure. Occasionally, the setting got repetitive, as did the author's descriptions of it. There's only so much humping through the jungle a reader can take before things get old, but darned if Curran's descriptions of Vietnam aren't pure gold. The story is exceptionally well-researched and packs some serious believability, even with the over-the-top premise. Weapons, tactics, and dialogue all feel very real. Curran approaches the subject of the Vietnam War in a balanced way, which I appreciate. Even though the war is just a vehicle for storytelling, the author shows some real nuance in his renderings of the tale. However, the brutality of the conflict is still on full display. Though a horror story at heart, "Grimweave" is still a piece of historical fiction and works well as such.
"Grimweave" features superb characterization. Just as the author takes a nuanced approach to the setting, so does he also to the characterization. The majority of the characters are American Marines, and the author fleshes out each player in a compelling way. Some characters are thoughtful, others crazy, but there's not a dud in the bunch; no phoning it in here. Equal to the characterization is the dialogue. I've never read an author who can nail period dialogue like Curran, and "Grimweave" is a prime example. While the crass utterances of the American G.I. may curl your hair, there is an artistry to this kind of dialogue, and Curran is its virtuoso.
I've said a lot for such a short novel, but I'm quite taken with Tim Curran's forays into the dark. "Grimweave" proves that horror is as imaginative and thought-provoking as any genre and well worth the time of any bibliophile--if you can stomach the content!
NOTE: If you enjoyed "Grimweave" and would like to read another Tim Curran story set in Vietnam, check out 2013 novella "Headhunter."
Writing in a setting he does so well, Tim Curran takes us to the smothering, oppressive jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia. After a USMC sniper team experiences something unusual and decidedly terrifying, Marine corporal Spiers must later return to the scene with a crack Marine unit. With mission unknown, foe unknown, Spiers must conquer his fears and steel his nerves as he faces a true abomination, something unholy, something to be feared.
Goodness knows Tim Curran has mastered the art of historical horror, and "Grimweave" is proof aplenty. Gruesome, gory, profane, and terrifying, "Grimweave" is a fevered horror tale that should satisfy even the most discerning horror fan. With a plot that takes some cues from Predator, "Grimweave" is a new take on the classic man vs. beast scenario, a la Moby Dick. While the author drops hints here and there (as does the cover art) as to what kind of creature Spiers and company are fighting, Curran takes the story in some wholly unexpected directions and gives you some beasties worth remembering.
As with any Curran tale, you can expect an exceptionally written piece of literature that rivals anything on the market. Curran can evoke mood as well anyone in the biz. How someone can use mere words to instill such oppressive fear and terror in a reader is beyond me, but Curran has that ability for sure. Occasionally, the setting got repetitive, as did the author's descriptions of it. There's only so much humping through the jungle a reader can take before things get old, but darned if Curran's descriptions of Vietnam aren't pure gold. The story is exceptionally well-researched and packs some serious believability, even with the over-the-top premise. Weapons, tactics, and dialogue all feel very real. Curran approaches the subject of the Vietnam War in a balanced way, which I appreciate. Even though the war is just a vehicle for storytelling, the author shows some real nuance in his renderings of the tale. However, the brutality of the conflict is still on full display. Though a horror story at heart, "Grimweave" is still a piece of historical fiction and works well as such.
"Grimweave" features superb characterization. Just as the author takes a nuanced approach to the setting, so does he also to the characterization. The majority of the characters are American Marines, and the author fleshes out each player in a compelling way. Some characters are thoughtful, others crazy, but there's not a dud in the bunch; no phoning it in here. Equal to the characterization is the dialogue. I've never read an author who can nail period dialogue like Curran, and "Grimweave" is a prime example. While the crass utterances of the American G.I. may curl your hair, there is an artistry to this kind of dialogue, and Curran is its virtuoso.
I've said a lot for such a short novel, but I'm quite taken with Tim Curran's forays into the dark. "Grimweave" proves that horror is as imaginative and thought-provoking as any genre and well worth the time of any bibliophile--if you can stomach the content!
NOTE: If you enjoyed "Grimweave" and would like to read another Tim Curran story set in Vietnam, check out 2013 novella "Headhunter."
March 13, 2019
*Actiongeladene Hetzjagd durch den Dschungel von Indochina*
Im Dschungel von Indochina lauert eine blutrünstige, riesige Kreatur… Diese scheint perfekt auf die feucht-heiße und urzeitliche Umgebung angepasst zu sein.
Wenn sich im Dschungel plötzlich nichts mehr regt und alle Tiere verstummen, dann nimm dich in acht… denn seine Opfer sind Menschen… Es wird dich jagen, hetzen und dann, wenn du glaubst, du bist entkommen, schlägt es gnadenlos zu…
Michael Spiers, ein Marine-Scharfschütze, ist der einzige Überlebende eines Aufeinandertreffens mit der Kreatur. Er schließt sich einer Marine-Force-Recon Einheit an, um das Monster zu jagen und zur Strecke zu bringen.
Die Hetzjagd, die daraufhin beginnt, bringt weitaus schlimmere Schrecken ans Tageslicht, als sich die Spezialeinheit gedacht hat… Wer wird überleben??! Oder besser gefragt… wieviele?!
Auf etwa 200 Seiten erzählt Tim Curran eine monstermäßige Story…
Lange Vorreden, Abschweifungen oder Gefühlsduseleien sucht man vergebens - direkt, schonungslos und voll auf die Zwölf werden hier Instruktionen, Manöver und Anweisungen verteilt. Sollt es so etwas wie „Männerromane“ geben, dann gehört dieses Buch definitiv dazu…
Genauso wie Spiers, hat man auch als Leser kaum Zeit um durchzuatmen… Wir pirschen uns von einem Busch zum nächsten Baum, lauern, warten… um dann, voller Adrenalin, der Bestie gegenüber zu treten, um dann festzustellen…. (hoppla, fast gespoilert 😂 )
Mehr kann ich euch nun wirklich nicht verraten!!!
Von mir gibt’s 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Für mich hätte es dann doch noch ein bisschen mehr von Allem drum herum sein dürfen! Aber ich mache mich definitiv erstmal auf die Suche nach weiteren Büchern des Autors und freue mich schon auf kommende Veröffentlichungen!!
Mein Dank geht an den Luzifer VerlagVerlag, der mir das Buch als Rezensionsexemplar zu Verfügung gestellt hat…
Keine Fotobeschreibung verfügbar.
Im Dschungel von Indochina lauert eine blutrünstige, riesige Kreatur… Diese scheint perfekt auf die feucht-heiße und urzeitliche Umgebung angepasst zu sein.
Wenn sich im Dschungel plötzlich nichts mehr regt und alle Tiere verstummen, dann nimm dich in acht… denn seine Opfer sind Menschen… Es wird dich jagen, hetzen und dann, wenn du glaubst, du bist entkommen, schlägt es gnadenlos zu…
Michael Spiers, ein Marine-Scharfschütze, ist der einzige Überlebende eines Aufeinandertreffens mit der Kreatur. Er schließt sich einer Marine-Force-Recon Einheit an, um das Monster zu jagen und zur Strecke zu bringen.
Die Hetzjagd, die daraufhin beginnt, bringt weitaus schlimmere Schrecken ans Tageslicht, als sich die Spezialeinheit gedacht hat… Wer wird überleben??! Oder besser gefragt… wieviele?!
Auf etwa 200 Seiten erzählt Tim Curran eine monstermäßige Story…
Lange Vorreden, Abschweifungen oder Gefühlsduseleien sucht man vergebens - direkt, schonungslos und voll auf die Zwölf werden hier Instruktionen, Manöver und Anweisungen verteilt. Sollt es so etwas wie „Männerromane“ geben, dann gehört dieses Buch definitiv dazu…
Genauso wie Spiers, hat man auch als Leser kaum Zeit um durchzuatmen… Wir pirschen uns von einem Busch zum nächsten Baum, lauern, warten… um dann, voller Adrenalin, der Bestie gegenüber zu treten, um dann festzustellen…. (hoppla, fast gespoilert 😂 )
Mehr kann ich euch nun wirklich nicht verraten!!!
Von mir gibt’s 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Für mich hätte es dann doch noch ein bisschen mehr von Allem drum herum sein dürfen! Aber ich mache mich definitiv erstmal auf die Suche nach weiteren Büchern des Autors und freue mich schon auf kommende Veröffentlichungen!!
Mein Dank geht an den Luzifer VerlagVerlag, der mir das Buch als Rezensionsexemplar zu Verfügung gestellt hat…
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October 11, 2022
Another solid book from Tim Curran. We are set on vietnman war and they are hunting VC's when they go deep into the jungle - not in vietnam but on cambodja. We all know that Cambodja, Laos were allied with the Vietnam unofficially.
After the killing of his superior officer he returns and hopes for a discharged until a group of rangers want to go to that place. As the quest begins one by one they died - but not by VC hands but other strange beings. One of the most interesting things is that everything is hidden in plain sight , you know something is strange, you've seen the cover and expect giant spiders stuff but Curran never really lets you on the stuff. Imagine Predator (The real one not the remake). The guys are being killed one by one and you don't even know what is killing them (well you get glimpses but never really know).
This is the same feeling. I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the story and the ending. Advisable if you like the monster of the week. Don't expect nothing major in term of characterization BUT it's okay.
After the killing of his superior officer he returns and hopes for a discharged until a group of rangers want to go to that place. As the quest begins one by one they died - but not by VC hands but other strange beings. One of the most interesting things is that everything is hidden in plain sight , you know something is strange, you've seen the cover and expect giant spiders stuff but Curran never really lets you on the stuff. Imagine Predator (The real one not the remake). The guys are being killed one by one and you don't even know what is killing them (well you get glimpses but never really know).
This is the same feeling. I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the story and the ending. Advisable if you like the monster of the week. Don't expect nothing major in term of characterization BUT it's okay.
March 15, 2023
3.5 stars rounded to four on account of this rating system.
I had an unexpectedly pleasant time with this short book. Takes place during the Vietnam War and you follow a Marine stationed out there. What follows is a steady decent into an unknown hell right here on earth very few know about. Go in knowing this is a creature feature. There were a handful of fun and exciting action sequences spread through the entire book. Admittedly I did struggle in the begging but thing picked up and now I'm glad I stuck with this book.
I had an unexpectedly pleasant time with this short book. Takes place during the Vietnam War and you follow a Marine stationed out there. What follows is a steady decent into an unknown hell right here on earth very few know about. Go in knowing this is a creature feature. There were a handful of fun and exciting action sequences spread through the entire book. Admittedly I did struggle in the begging but thing picked up and now I'm glad I stuck with this book.
May 9, 2024
This was an enjoyable little creature feature with an excellent and refreshing setting for a horror. You can definitely see the influence Predator had on this book, but it has its own unique voice as well. Overall, I didn't really enjoy any of the characters as they felt a bit laughable to me, but the horror elements and the suspense as you slowly learn more of what is really out there definitely made up for it. Certifiably creepy and worth a read if you want a quick fright.
December 8, 2018
Very well-written.
Takes you right into the jungle warfare of the Vietnam era.
Recommend.
Takes you right into the jungle warfare of the Vietnam era.
Recommend.
December 3, 2015
Grimweave owes a lot to Predator, ALIENS, and various other military vs monster shoot 'em ups. Maybe that's why it's so easy to envision Curran's hapless Marines blasting away at an enemy they can't see. If you can get past the drawn-out introduction and skim over the buckets of stereotypically profane soldier-speak, this book is a short yarn that'll keep you entertained long enough to get to the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull-style ending.
June 19, 2016
Grimweave by Tim Curran
This is my first Tim Curran experience, and will definitely return for another visit. In Grimweave, Curran develops a literary claustrophobic surrounding, as the reader is plopped in an unknown section of heavy duty militant jungle. However the opposing enemy is not the only deadly threat that dwells in this dense foliage.
This is my first Tim Curran experience, and will definitely return for another visit. In Grimweave, Curran develops a literary claustrophobic surrounding, as the reader is plopped in an unknown section of heavy duty militant jungle. However the opposing enemy is not the only deadly threat that dwells in this dense foliage.
July 3, 2015
More combat/horror. Marines meet otherworldly horrors. Like most of Curran's work its well crafted. Really enjoyed it.
April 10, 2020
Tell me one word and I will say how I am gonna describe this tale in a single phrase! Simply exceptional. Worth my time completely and truth to be saying never seeing that coming...
In USA marine Michael Spiers a sniper and with his prime he was up to Vietnamese officer to kill through exploring by a thick, quiet, dangerous forest. But one thing they did mistaken by themselves, the forest got something wrong about it. The more they explore the more wrongness it feels. Become of his supreme commanders arrogance he had to keep pushing himself in to deep of that forest with him. And it was then they learned their lesson...
After that first horrifying incident Michael Spiers somehow managed to come alive with the help of his US marine soldiers but the fact didn't end there. The surprise waiting for him. As he retreat in his base this time despite his better judgement he again forced to go to that exact location again and this time with him there's number of Marine Sniper joined. The force determined to destroy and hunt down whatever the hell is there; this time they won't going back without a fight. 2nd mistake. Ahead of them there's something inhuman and unimaginable waiting to lurk on them...
Be aware, as the Author said -
"The hunters are about to become the hunted."...
September 25, 2023
CW: Racist and homophobic slurs
What a messed-up weird war story that was. A Vietnam War recon team discovers something horrible deep in the jungle across the border of Cambodia. A special forces team is assembled to tackle the threat, and discovers that it is far worse than expected. If you want a gruesome soldiers vs monsters story this delivers (ala Predator or Aliens).
The slow reveal of the monsters keeps the tension high, and they are so sufficiently unsettling that the more you discover about them the more delightfully revolting it gets.
The characters are super racist and are imbedded in their toxic masculinity so they regularly throw awful slurs around. As someone that grew up around a Vietnam Vet it felt uncomfortably accurate. If that accuracy is too toxic for you then stay away. That said, the soldiers aren’t portrayed as heroes, as much as they are psychologically damaged tools. The book doesn't expect you to like them, but there is a level of empathy describing how they got that way. There aren’t many characters that you root for, so when they get picked off in gruesome ways, you don’t feel too bad.
The unsettling journey deep into the jungle and the palpable tension are really the big selling points with the book. That and the ookiness of the creatures and what they leave behind.
If you want a shoot 'em up action creature feature, this delivers.
What a messed-up weird war story that was. A Vietnam War recon team discovers something horrible deep in the jungle across the border of Cambodia. A special forces team is assembled to tackle the threat, and discovers that it is far worse than expected. If you want a gruesome soldiers vs monsters story this delivers (ala Predator or Aliens).
The slow reveal of the monsters keeps the tension high, and they are so sufficiently unsettling that the more you discover about them the more delightfully revolting it gets.
The characters are super racist and are imbedded in their toxic masculinity so they regularly throw awful slurs around. As someone that grew up around a Vietnam Vet it felt uncomfortably accurate. If that accuracy is too toxic for you then stay away. That said, the soldiers aren’t portrayed as heroes, as much as they are psychologically damaged tools. The book doesn't expect you to like them, but there is a level of empathy describing how they got that way. There aren’t many characters that you root for, so when they get picked off in gruesome ways, you don’t feel too bad.
The unsettling journey deep into the jungle and the palpable tension are really the big selling points with the book. That and the ookiness of the creatures and what they leave behind.
If you want a shoot 'em up action creature feature, this delivers.
June 5, 2025
After giving Curran a 2nd chance with this book, after reading the corpse king (which was utter shit), i think Currans works are not for me, and i won't continue reading any. (Probably - the book blurps always sound great, but ugh - maybe I read them, when theres nothing left in the trash horror genre)
It's just a story about a group of idiotic manly bromandudemen, that are stupid and unlikeable, thinking their own stupidity is something like honor, for continuing the mission. Also its very pro-murican, anti-everything else. It's full of slurs, that where so funny and also so repressed-gay that i got a laughing fit later on. How many times they used feminizing to put some guy down, how many times they used "fisting", "deepthroating" "and bending over and getting fucked by the corps" as motivation *snigger*. Boi, it sounded rly fucking gay.
Also Spiers and Gunny were a great example of a very dom, slurring sniper and his insult loving sub scout.
The gore was nice so, like very explicit and gory. But because not one of the chars were nice or interesting, just stupid brutes, i didnt give a shit about any of them.
Also the ending and the plottwist, what the monster were, was ... eh. *shrugs*
It's just a story about a group of idiotic manly bromandudemen, that are stupid and unlikeable, thinking their own stupidity is something like honor, for continuing the mission. Also its very pro-murican, anti-everything else. It's full of slurs, that where so funny and also so repressed-gay that i got a laughing fit later on. How many times they used feminizing to put some guy down, how many times they used "fisting", "deepthroating" "and bending over and getting fucked by the corps" as motivation *snigger*. Boi, it sounded rly fucking gay.
Also Spiers and Gunny were a great example of a very dom, slurring sniper and his insult loving sub scout.
The gore was nice so, like very explicit and gory. But because not one of the chars were nice or interesting, just stupid brutes, i didnt give a shit about any of them.
Also the ending and the plottwist, what the monster were, was ... eh. *shrugs*
February 24, 2017
This is one of those balls to the wall books that starts quick and really doesn't let up until the end.
This is also one of those books that are few and far between; it's a monster book. Pure and simple. And if you have a phobia of spiders...or maybe your one of those that needs 'help' to get rid of those uninvited house guests. Either way, you'll be scratching nonexistent itches for a while after reading this one.
This is also one of those books that are few and far between; it's a monster book. Pure and simple. And if you have a phobia of spiders...or maybe your one of those that needs 'help' to get rid of those uninvited house guests. Either way, you'll be scratching nonexistent itches for a while after reading this one.
April 9, 2023
So the author has watched Predator, Rambo, and countless cheap monster flicks then turned them into this little book. If you are looking for a short, easy read with lots of jungle, weird creatures, gore, and military shenanigans look no further because this one will tick (no pun intended) all your boxes.
The audiobook is well narrated and the perfect distraction when you do not want to bend your mind around more complicated stuff.
The audiobook is well narrated and the perfect distraction when you do not want to bend your mind around more complicated stuff.
October 21, 2024
Great for Arachnophobes!
Curran's books are getting to be a kind of horror comfort food for me at this point.
This novella is set during the Vietnam War, with the main characters being Force Recon Marines going toe to toe with some truly frightening monsters in the bush.
I'm not arachnophobic at all, but Curran did a good job of making me uncomfortable with spiders in this one.
Curran's books are getting to be a kind of horror comfort food for me at this point.
This novella is set during the Vietnam War, with the main characters being Force Recon Marines going toe to toe with some truly frightening monsters in the bush.
I'm not arachnophobic at all, but Curran did a good job of making me uncomfortable with spiders in this one.
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