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Extinction Machine by Jonathan Maberry
4.0
Just like all the other Joe Ledger books, solid, high action entertainment with a slightly-crazier-than-Clancy SF twist. In this case, it's aliens. The Joe Ledger books are basically what you'd get if Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six team went up against mad island doctors breeding mutants, or supervillains living in volcano bases, that sort of thing. Every one I've read so far has been loads of fun.
Scary Dead Things by Rick Gualtieri
4.0
More fun than the first one, with a crazy 300 year old Rainbow-Brite vampire girl added to the mix. I am loving this series. It's the White Trash Zombie books written for male geeks instead of Southern female rednecks.
The Night Boat by Robert R. McCammon
4.0
Straight-up Nazi zombie horror - "The Fog" crossed with "Shock Waves" and "The Mighty Quinn". Not subtle, but loads of fun if you're in the mood for a simple, straightforward horror story.
Jackaby by William Ritter
4.0
Loads of fun! Clever writing, witty turns of phrase, a wicked sense of humor, likable protagonists... Totally recommended.
Cannibal Reign by Thomas Koloniar
4.0
Firstly - Anyone who is offended by Game of Thrones, or thinks it is sexist or cruel in its treatment of women, should not read this book. The sensitive and easily offended should steer far clear, and this goes double for anyone who has ever used the term "trigger warning" in a non-ironic way. However, if you're able to handle the grim reality that the violent and brutal life following a total global disaster that annihilates most of civilization as we know it, would most likely include a whole lot of butchery, turf wars, pillaging, rape, barbaric behavior, and a general crushing of anyone who wasn't the strongest and most ruthless survivor... then it's a hell of a great adventure.
It's also curiously optimistic for a book about global apocalypse. One could even say upbeat, because despite the horrendous hardships faced by the characters, they keep their heads up and never give up on working for a better tomorrow. It reminded me a LOT of the old sci fi movie Damnation Alley, in mood and style. It's old fashioned in style - Men are men and women are dames, for the most part, though I think some of the charges of misogyny are off base given that there are some very effective female characters too, particularly the forceful old lady who becomes unwilling "president" of the new earth. However, to be blunt - the post apocalypse depicted IS very feral and savage and really terrible things happen to everyone, male and female, with the nice people often suffering the most.
Overall, though, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would happily read sequels. It is very much a two-fisted action adventure story about people determined to survive in the worst conditions, and is inspirational in that respect, as well as being a hell of a ride. Imagine what you'd get if you dropped Jack Reacher and a hundred Ramsey Boltons into Damnation Alley and voila, this book.
It's also curiously optimistic for a book about global apocalypse. One could even say upbeat, because despite the horrendous hardships faced by the characters, they keep their heads up and never give up on working for a better tomorrow. It reminded me a LOT of the old sci fi movie Damnation Alley, in mood and style. It's old fashioned in style - Men are men and women are dames, for the most part, though I think some of the charges of misogyny are off base given that there are some very effective female characters too, particularly the forceful old lady who becomes unwilling "president" of the new earth. However, to be blunt - the post apocalypse depicted IS very feral and savage and really terrible things happen to everyone, male and female, with the nice people often suffering the most.
Overall, though, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would happily read sequels. It is very much a two-fisted action adventure story about people determined to survive in the worst conditions, and is inspirational in that respect, as well as being a hell of a ride. Imagine what you'd get if you dropped Jack Reacher and a hundred Ramsey Boltons into Damnation Alley and voila, this book.
Forsaken: Book One of the Shadow Cove Saga by J.D. Barker
2.0
Sadly, got to give this one a pretty general "Meh". It was something of a pastiche of "In the Mouth of Madness" and old TV movie "Don't be afraid of the dark" with its little killer gnomes, but I never found myself connecting with the characters. They pretty much functioned as plot pieces to move the story forward, without a real feeling of being actual people, at least to me, alas. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly good either.