Review: Strange little tale
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
Peter & Danny  are working hard to keep the roads clear. All Peter wants is to get home in time to see his wife open her presents in the morning rather than at lunch just once. But not this year. Cars are stuck so they have to assist police. Good thing it is on their route. Better get moving.On the drive, Danny saw something moving outside the truck. Peter did not. Danny tried to get Peter to stop, but he said they would lose momentum. Takes a lot to get 26 tons of salt & truck moving.The police send the men toward Peebles. No way Peter will be home for Christmas morning now. The snow is falling behind them as fast as they are throwing it away in front of them making it is almost pointless to be out. But now even Peter sees them: the creatures moving besides the truck." 'Can you hear that?' Peter asked." It is a wailing that unnerves him. Unable to concentrate, he slowed down and got the truck stuck in a snow drift. Uh-oh. Now they were stuck and not going anywhere. And (according to the book's description) they are surrounded by "creatures in the snow"... that "are out to feed".Danny decided he should dig them out with a shovel. Yeah, right. Peter didn't think he should leave the truck, but Danny said he'd be fine - he'd have a shovel in his hands if the creatures came for him! Besides, what choice did they have?Finally Peter decided he needed to help so he grabbed a shovel. When the creatures approached, Danny lifted his shovel like a bat and said, "We fight or die Pete."Needless to say this is not your fuzzy, warm, read to the children Christmas story. In fact, from the reviews and description I made a point to wait until the daylight to read it - just in case! I think I might have survived reading it at night, but it is not for the kiddos!A frightening little tale, but I liked it! Did Danny and Peter survive their ordeal? I'm not telling? Fight or die? As the author's description says: to save a town they may well have to do both. So SOMEBODY is gonna have to die. Just gotta hope it's gonna be the creatures. Pick up the book and find out for yourself!You will not be disappointed! (Yeah, there are some typos. I think almost everything has a few. Just read the story - don't play Monk and get caught up on the details. Otherwise you are gonna miss out on a lot of good reading on your Kindle, folks!)