Review: Going Black To Indiana...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2012
The Dead Man: The Black Death #14 by Aric Davis is a good read, BUT...It really doesn't fit into the whole series too well!What I mean is, while well written and all, it doesn't have the necessary elements that make this series what it is...Mr. Dark does not show up until near the very end (in about 2 paragraphs? - don't blink or you'll miss him!) although he is hinted at several times throughout the book...Mostly, the book focuses ONLY on this new meth drug that is making some (but not all) users very feral...(Is Mr. Dark behind this drug? It's not real clear in the book...)The setting is supposedly Indiana (Must be Southern Indiana) and makes many references to the Redneck Mafia running the drug trade...Most of the characters are portrayed as backwoods, hillbilly type folk...Matt does swing his axe a lot, putting down many black-eyed freaks who have smoked the black meth...BUT...This is just another adventure in the (After)Life of Matt Cahill - told without really moving the series forward any at all!