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Hunger: The Abarath Trilogy, Book Two
Every beast needs prey.
Something terrible had happened to the bleak mining island of Ostenharth. Along the shore, it reeked of the decomposing dead, echoed as the stranded dying wailed in pain. Only a few inhabitants remained, unaware of what was coming—not a single beast seeking the sweetbread of human brain, plump hearts and spongy lungs, but a new creature, with its mammalian pouch protecting its sweaty cluster of newborns.
As it crawled from the icy water, blood wept from its burn wounds, skin slid off its flanks, but still it salivated. Fibrous strings of spittle hung from its teeth, and those teeth chattered in anticipation of biting; the island’s few inhabitants needed to hide as quickly as they could.
The gruesome horror continues in Damian Dawes’s second novel in The ABARATH Trilogy.
Something terrible had happened to the bleak mining island of Ostenharth. Along the shore, it reeked of the decomposing dead, echoed as the stranded dying wailed in pain. Only a few inhabitants remained, unaware of what was coming—not a single beast seeking the sweetbread of human brain, plump hearts and spongy lungs, but a new creature, with its mammalian pouch protecting its sweaty cluster of newborns.
As it crawled from the icy water, blood wept from its burn wounds, skin slid off its flanks, but still it salivated. Fibrous strings of spittle hung from its teeth, and those teeth chattered in anticipation of biting; the island’s few inhabitants needed to hide as quickly as they could.
The gruesome horror continues in Damian Dawes’s second novel in The ABARATH Trilogy.
320 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 22, 2022
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Damian Dawes
6 books20 followersDamian Dawes was born in Australia, educated in England and travelled the world as a ballet then theatre dancer. After working for numerous animal charities, he now writes full time. Damian lives in Spain with his wife, Sally, dog, Jack Sprat, and very many feral cats!
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https://damiandawes.com/
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https://damiandawes.com/
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February 6, 2022
I really like this book. I felt dread and horror and a heartbreaking concern for the characters who were so well-developed in Dawes' second novel in his Abarath trilogy. If you like monsters, then you are sure to love this story.
Dawes' writing is so good, like poetry "But the clouds had not parted. They were billowing blood red and hell's black as all heavenly hope left the earth.". And the monsters feel so real, so abominable, so hungry. You are right there in the action and the creature is coming for you -
"It howled into the night sky. Screamed at the soot-colored clouds that blacked out the moon and every atomic star. With evil intent, those howls told the whole world it was coming."
The story starts right where it left off in the first book and if you read "Hunted" you have to read this folow-up, because in my opinion it is even better. I did feel the end was a bit rushed - there were some pieces I would have liked to have seen finished up better such as Robinson (no spoilers intended here). And Boomer? Which only means that I am very much looking forward to reading the next installment.
Dawes' writing is so good, like poetry "But the clouds had not parted. They were billowing blood red and hell's black as all heavenly hope left the earth.". And the monsters feel so real, so abominable, so hungry. You are right there in the action and the creature is coming for you -
"It howled into the night sky. Screamed at the soot-colored clouds that blacked out the moon and every atomic star. With evil intent, those howls told the whole world it was coming."
The story starts right where it left off in the first book and if you read "Hunted" you have to read this folow-up, because in my opinion it is even better. I did feel the end was a bit rushed - there were some pieces I would have liked to have seen finished up better such as Robinson (no spoilers intended here). And Boomer? Which only means that I am very much looking forward to reading the next installment.
January 31, 2022
The second book of this series maintains the intense suspense as the first. Kat and Chris eventually find each other, but the terror of the alien animals comes into the islands of the Arctic. The mysterious Robinson causes deaths and surprises. The episodes move into dangers for both Kat and Chris, and the move to a cliff-hanger in each chapter moved to the other each other chapter. The descriptions create very realistic and causes great images for the reader. I couldn't put the book to set down until the book ends.
April 24, 2022
So much better than book 1 Hunted. The growth of the author between these two books is amazing.
I think that reading book 1 is necessary to understand book 2, but because book 2 is so much better written and the details are so much better, perhaps reading book 2 before book 1 is a more proper order.
The characters remained as engaging as they did in book 1. Sad to lose so many along the way. The details of the "creature" actually made me able to visualize the creature. At times terrifying to consider, but I couldn't put this book down. Much less "gross" that wasn't needed in this book, again, showing how the author has grown in his writing.
Can't wait for book 3.
I think that reading book 1 is necessary to understand book 2, but because book 2 is so much better written and the details are so much better, perhaps reading book 2 before book 1 is a more proper order.
The characters remained as engaging as they did in book 1. Sad to lose so many along the way. The details of the "creature" actually made me able to visualize the creature. At times terrifying to consider, but I couldn't put this book down. Much less "gross" that wasn't needed in this book, again, showing how the author has grown in his writing.
Can't wait for book 3.
March 21, 2022
I wouldn't have expected that danger on land would be nearly as inescapable as danger on an Arctic icebreaker (especially a becalmed or ice-trapped ship). Amazingly, on an isolated island danger can be every bit as unavoidable...especially if that danger arises from the Sea, and it's not singular, but multiplied.
A lyrically imagined sequel to the incredibly terrifying HUNTED, this is Book Two in the exciting THE ABARATH CHRONICLES!
A lyrically imagined sequel to the incredibly terrifying HUNTED, this is Book Two in the exciting THE ABARATH CHRONICLES!
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