Summary:
Something is mutating the aquatic wildlife on the South Texas border, making the animals larger, hungrier, and more vicious.
Something is mutating the people of Texas, turning them into cannibalistic monsters driven by their basest instincts to feed, nest, and reproduce.
Something approaches San Antonio, shaking the earth with each step, driving the mutating power forth and poisoning everything it comes across.
Something . . . abhorrent.
My Thoughts:
This was...an interesting experience. It is also my first time reading this author. This book is yet another example of why I love extreme horror/the splatterpunk genre. Everything from the vivid descriptions to the amount of characterization each main character is given. It is a novella, so I would have loved more characterization, but it is done so well in such a short book. Lisa, Ferdinand, Mike, and Barbara were the characters that I rooted for the most.
The imagery around the siren is breathtaking, and the creature itself is intriguing. Of course, we don't learn everything about it, but what is there is written so well.
I would definitely recommend this for fans of extreme horror and splatterpunk. This is not one for the faint of heart.
My Rating: 5 stars
