The human race hangs by a thread the thickness of a single gene: RC-714. The gene, which unlocks the millennia of genetic traits stored in junk DNA, gives crops the ability to rapidly evolve and thrive in any environment. But RC-714 is passed on when consumed. Any creature—mammal, reptile, fish or insect—that eats the genetically modified crops becomes a slave to the Change. Bodies morph into unrecognizable abominations. Intellect takes a back seat to ravenous hunger. And all the world’s species eat each other toward extinction.
Racing against this impending outcome, Peter Crane and his family attempt to reach a laboratory in Boston, where a slim hope of saving the human race from extinction exists. But before heading northeast, they must visit the swamps of South Carolina’s Hellhole Bay to find a scientist who can help undo the damage done by ExoGen, the corporation that created and unleashed RC-714. Upon reaching Hellhole, the family is captured by a man named Mason, who not only survived the Change, but managed to keep a small community alive as well—a community that is subject to his every carnal desire and whim.
Trapped in the clutches of a man whose heart is as twisted as the monsters that roam the Earth, Peter, Ella, Jakob, Anne and Alia, must fight for their freedom from a literal hellhole. Danger lurks behind every door, stalks beneath the swampy waters and descends from the sky. As enemies—both human and ExoGenetic—close in, surviving will be harder than ever, and for some, impossible.
In 2015, Jeremiah Knight exploded onto the horror/sci-fi scene with his Top 100 bestselling novel: Hunger. Combining the speculative science of Crichton with the twisted scares of King, Feast continues the story that made Hunger the #1 post-apocalyptic novel.
Post-Apocalyptic fans rejoice!! Jeremiah Knight is back with Feast, the second book in the Hunger series, and it's EPIC. As a huge fan of Jeremy Robinson, AKA Jeremy Bishop & Jeremiah Knight, I expected to love this book. What I didn't expect was to be so transported by the story that I was surprised when I looked up to find myself in the real world instead of the one Knight created. A world filled with pulse pounding excitement and heart stopping moments of terror as Peter, Ella, Jakob, Anne and Alia try to save what's left of the human race. The ExoGenetic creatures are terrifying but the truly horrific monsters are human.The level of depravity in Hellhole Bay was also, unfortunately, all to realistic. The characters are believable and easy to root for or against. Some of them surprised me, turning out to be unexpected allies. I can't wait to find out more about them and what is waiting down the road for Peter and his family. I highly recommend this phenomenal 5 star read.
It has been 7 years since I read this book, and it is even better than I remember. Feast picks up right where we left off with Hunger. The story finds Peter Crane and his group heading to one of the bio domes to meet up with a scientist who should be able to help fix some of what has gone wrong in the world. The story is very fast-paced and the people and creatures that they come across are highly intriguing. I thoroughly enjoyed this 2nd book in the series and am anxiously awaiting book #3!
The sequel to Hunger brings more chills and terrors, along with action packed craziness in a post apocalyptic world. Can’t wait to read the final installment.
ExoGen were meant to save the world, but instead, they have destroyed it. Their genetically modified food has unlocked a primal hunger hidden within all species on planet Earth, causing them to rapidly adapt to their environments. This event is known as the Change, and every animal that eats ExoGen food is affected. Every animal has evolved into a predator, and they are all driven by one overwhelming force. Hunger.
Feast is the second novel in Jeremiah Knight's ExoGen trilogy, and follows on directly from the first, Hunger.
When we join our group of desperate survivors, they're being pursued by an ExoGen military force, as well as a group of primal hunters who were human, once. They are human no longer.
Our survivors, Peter, Ella and their kids, are headed toward Hellhole Bay. Ella has a long and sordid history with ExoGen. Her research was responsible for the Change, and before people started eating each other and evolving into monsters, she was one of the most hated women on the planet. But she has a chance to fix her mistake, and Hellhole Bay might just hold the key.
However, nothing is as it seems in the post-Change world. The safety of the biodome no longer exists, having been taken over by a dictator named Mason. Peter, Ella and their kids become trapped between monstrous forces, some human and some not, as they strive to fix their broken world.
I really enjoyed Feast. Jeremiah Knight is the pen name of Jeremy Robinson, a prolific author of an obscene number of excellent books. Robinson is primarily a thriller writer. The books under his Knight pen name still have the basic pace and rhythm of his other works, but are a hell of a lot nastier. He has a fetish for fucked up monsters, and I'll keep reading his work purely for his monsters. He is a man after my own heart.
In stark contrast to the first book, Feast shows us that sometimes the most terrifying monsters wear human skin.
With all of the world-building done in the first novel, Feast hits the ground running and never stops. The pace is relentless, the action is intense, and the violence is taken to another level. There were a few bits that turned my stomach, and not all of them were related to the level of violence. Despite the breakneck pace of the novel, our characters are still given room to breath and grow.
Hunger was good, but Feast is great. I can't wait to see what Knight serves up in Famine next year. I'll be waiting with bated breath.
For a book that takes place over a series of literally a freaking day, this thing is jammed full of excitement. It’s certainly a great follow up to Hunger. Let’s hope this series doesn’t lose steam in the third book.
Feast is the second volume in the science fiction horror Hunger Series being written by Jeremiah Knight (Jeremy Robinson).
In the first book of the series, the earth has been transformed, practically wiping out the entire human population. Peter, his son, Jakob, the GMO scientist that “caused” the transformation, Ella, her daughter, Anna, and an orphan girl, Alia are traveling across the country to get to a specific lab in Boston. On the way, they have to fight off carnivorous mutations. They are also stopping at bio domes that Ella had constructed before the transformation. These bio domes were built to preserve certain people that Ella values.
In this second book, our group is heading into the bayou to visit one of the bio domes and pick up the pair of scientists the bio dome was supporting. What they find is far different from what they expected.
While Peter is out battling a new type of alligator and human mutations that have followed them seeking revenge, Ella is trying to stay alive within the walls of the compound. The children are initially locked up. Jakob grows and shows his true colors as a potential great leader. We also learn a little more information about how the GMO crops went wrong and how it may be fixable. In a surprising development, Peter is able to acquire some new allies. I was glad to see that.
Jeremy Robinson understands human nature and the character traits it takes to be a strong moral person, as well as a hero. He also understands the depths of man’s evil when left unchecked by a moral compass. This series delves into all of this while giving exciting action and his unique brand of creatures. I can highly recommend this book for adults and young adults.
Sorry guys, after reading the second chapter the story is still not logically developed.
A lot of action, some intense moments, strange character relationships and no good explanation of what and why is happening.
After reading the first book I decided that I will give the second book a chance, but definitely, the third book is not in my plans (whenever it is published).
This is the second installment of Jeremiah Knight’s Hunger Trilogy. Though Hunger #1 wasn’t the best book I’ve read, it was a solid 5 stars for me. I really enjoyed his worldbuilding, the realistic aspect of the post-apocalyptic world, the characters and the way they showed amazing character growth throughout the first book.
However this book lacked some of these things.
I absolutely loved Anne’s character in the first book and was so sad to see this lacking in this one! I’ll copy some of the reasons from my review of the first book to show why:
“(Anne) She’s just a kid who’s struggling with her own identity, the fact that she’s just a bioproject of her mother to save humanity, how she views the world as a kid who is growing up in a post-apocalyptic world, how easily she adapts and bounces back because that’s all she’s ever truly known, and how she seeks the connection with her found-father and brother. I feel like she kind of rebels in her own mind with the decisions of her mother. I really loved how flushed out Anne was and how she’s growing into a very interesting person!"
-->I really hoped to see her continue to grow and find her place and role in this world but that didn’t happen. The second book kind of put a halt to this growth, this made me REALLY sad. I felt like everything was suddenly about the memories she’s getting through the implanted information in her head and about the other characters. Side characters were giving more attention but were (spoiler) left in the end which didn’t really make sense to me (why stop the growth of you main characters for this?).
Anne even bothered me in this book. I get she’s not a normal 12 year old but why make her 12 years old when you plan on making her talk like a 16 year old teenager. Perhaps it’s clear this was written by a man, if Anne had been a boy, sure I might have accepted this more, but her way of thinking often did NOT resonate with that of a 12 year old girl discovering things about her place in the world, identity crisis, sex (through the memories of her mother…) and the role she has in this apocalypse.
In the first book the characters were really growing, they were looking for their place in this new world, in this new family dynamic, and so on. But in the second book this all stopped. I didn’t really feel like there was any character growth beside discovering new information about eachother to make you doubt everything you knew.
This book itself wouldn't normally deserve 4 stars for me, but it did keep me invested, I still enjoyed the characters and their interactions. The book was still very entertaining and had me hooked from page one. It just lacked the WOW-factor that the first one had (personally). My brain would give this 3.5 stars but my gut loved the first book too much to rate this less than 4 stars.
It did make me kind of hesitant to start the third book but I just NEED to know how this will end and what role Anne and Ella really have in all this!
I’m confused as to why the third book isn’t on Goodreads but I’ll put that review on the complete trilogy instead.
For someone who doesn’t normally read these type of books, I am truly enjoying reading these!
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It had been 4 or 5 years since I read Hunger (the first in this series), but getting back into Knight’s post apocalyptic thriller series after all this time was exactly what I needed and, to be honest, felt like there wasn’t such a long gap between books.
Feast takes place right after Hunger, and although it was such a long time ago that I read the first book, it didn’t take to long to refamiliarize myself with the story: GMO crops which turned him and and animals into viscous, unstoppable creatures.
Leave it up to Jeremy Robinson (Knight’s real name) to be able to pull off a book this bonkers and yet this perfect. Everything works and works well. Sure, it’s over the top and crazy, but it’s non stop and action packed and just so damn good.
Feast, written back in 2016, was probably the high point of Robinson’s career, and proof that, at the time, there was no one better in the genre. It’s a damn shame that Famine was never produced .
Feast is the second in the hunger trilogy chronicling the long trek to Boston. Being stuck immediately in Hellhole, the gang is split up forcibly amidst a disgusting perverted leader named Mason. Mason was the worst and used his power to manipulate and control women through force and starving. With multiple biodomes, there is the capability to maintain human life but the community is starved to maintain a caste order. Peter ends up out on the time killing wild exos, running into Ryders (exos who evolved to ride Woolies) and lived in a pack. The leader has a hate on for Peter as Kristin was shot by him as his wife wishes to eat their son. Ann ends up starting a revolt in her hilarious way.
In a surprising twist, Peter ends up allying with Fissa of the Ryders to take down Ela's psycho ex bf who keeps surviving somehow. After absolutely changing the status quo of Hellhole, they left for Boston again, murdering apex animals along the way.
Xo Merry
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I enjoyed Hunger, the first book, mainly because the premise was so outlandish and enjoyable. This continues the story, and there are plenty of Robinson staples to keep the fans locked in: witty humor, creatures (and gore) galore, and bad guys you really can't wait to meet their end.
So what's not to like? I guess it just felt... hollow, in some ways. Sometimes I felt like I was watching an episode of The Walking Dead (with genetically modified apex monsters), mixed with a little Mad Max and some military situations thrown in to boot. That, plus having the characters separated from each other for the majority of the story made it a bit jarring.
I still love Jeremy Robinson's writing, and let's be honest, I couldn't do much better, but I just wanted more cohesion and character stickiness. (Next up... The Divide...)
This 2nd book in a trilogy (I suspect there will be a third book anyways) picks up where book 1 left off. Our heroes have collected Dr. Ella Masse, the architect of the worldwide catastrophe that has mutated millions of animals and humans into voracious monsters, and are on their way to find another pair of scientists who may hold the key to reversing what has happened to most of the life on Earth. They fight their way through a constant onslaught of predators only to discover that the remaining human are not always much better. The book ends in much the same as book 1 did, the continued search for a cure, except some characters have died and new ones have taken their place. I'll finish the series once I procure the final instalment if and when it gets published.
Rather than repeat the blurb I have to say I'm enjoying the hard core, sci-fi, post apocalyptic, abomination type creatures, and war like story. The characters are all strong and the 'edge of your seat' feeling as they run for their lives and fight to survive, gives me the adrenaline I'm looking for. The creation of enhanced crops gone bad is what captured me most because it is nothing I've read before. Secrets are starting to emerge, allies are being formed with the cross bred creatures (which I didn't expect) and the imagery of endless overgrown crops is really cool! I must have been in the mood for something different.
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.
Part 2 of the Hunger series. The gang Peter, Jacob, Ella, Anne, and Alia arrive at Hellhole Bay in SC to find that the biodome compound has been taken over by something of a redneck cult. Most of the story is about our group negotiating with the rednecks, fighting increasingly crazy monsters, and dealing with Ella's ex BF and Exogen. Somehow, the monsters formed a clan called the chunta, led by Peter's ex wife (until he killed her) and now are guided by the ex BF hell bent on revenge.
This book is quickly moving from a sci-fi horror / monster book to something altogether weird.
My new favorite authors. This book, and the first one,are well-written, without the grammatical errors and poor editing I have seen so frequently. The characters evolve logically, and the plot tears through the pages without let up. The creativity in species description is amazing. I almost literally couldn't put it down. I look forward to the next one!
Monsters are still fun but I'm not enjoying most of the characters or their choices. Plus when you have a main core group and they are in danger but you know there's a 3rd book and they all have to get there it kind of takes away any sense of danger because they have to make it out, which they do.
Also, I'm not sure how much you can survive and continue on meals of a couple of wild leaves and mushrooms.
[3,5 stars] Just like in the first book there was action (and yes, some gore as well) and of course the same likeable characters. The story, too, was interesting enough. Still the book did not hold my interest like the first one did. The fighting seemed to drag on a bit and I must admit I lost track of the story a bit towards the end. But maybe that's just me ;-)
Really loved this book and the previous book (Hunger). The story is fast packed and a constant thrill ride of action. My only criticism would be that Feast sets us up for the third book in the series and that third book does not seem to have appeared, meaning that the reader is left in limbo with an incomplete series.
A repeat of Hunger only with slightly different characters and a different location. Still has good action, but I'm thinking Book 3 might not be worth reading.
Seriously??? Book 2 of 2??? Where is book 3? Lousy way to end a good story! Hope one day Jeremy finds time to bring closure to this journey. Probably not going to happen given his success of late.
Great sequel!! I love this book so much. What an incredible duo, these authors. Is there going to be a third?!! What happens? Don't worry though, it still has enough of an ending to be satisfying. Kind of like a season finale, but i'd love the story to continue!
I hate this book so much. The writing was amateur, the dialogue childish, the plot derivative and the action boring. I enjoyed nothing about this story and highly regret spending money on the trilogy.