Review: A good start
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2012
I downloaded this not realizing it was a short story, so when it came to an abrupt end, I was shocked. My fault for not reading the description carefully enough.The story has a good foundation.  It needs some tweaking - the characters were too flat.  It didn't really matter who survived and who didn't because the reader didn't get a chance to "know" anyone first.The description of the strange disease was too much like other contagion-type books I've read and came out of no-where.  Why couldn't the creature have been the one to wreck havoc instead of some bizarre illness?  Why have an illness AND a creature?I think this is an outline for what could be a really good book with good editing and better character development and more focus on one antagonist.  I liked the location, the idea of a prison work camp in a desolate area, I just would have liked more research into the area and a more believable plot.