Review: When the people disappear and monsters arrive...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
This is a neat series.  I got it as part of a collection called "A Taste of Tomorrow" and I'm very happy that this was included in the set.  It's not a short story - this is a full length novel, part of a series (called Seasons) that I will have to continue reading.... because this one ended on a cliffhanger!That is my only complaint, though.Other than that, the writing is good, the character development is well paced, they describe the story going from one character to another, so you don't lose the story thread or forget what's happening to someone in a different location.  The situations are explained well enough that there isn't any confusion when you switch from the point of view of one character to another. The plot seems simple at the beginning, but as you start adding the pieces together from the different stories within the story, you realize that at this point, you have no idea what is going on, but this is good since you have the impression that the pieces are starting to click together but aren't there quite yet...