Review: Death rides on the wind
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2013
I love a good terror read. I've played through those kinds of stories frequently, with mixed results. But this one. Holy crap. I went through this in two days, an unusual thing for me. I love to savor a good book. But this one stuck in my head, and I started late one night, and finished the next day during work. Don't worry, I work for the Army. This is how your tax dollars were spent today. Sorry.But this one. Wow. I loved every page. The characters were brilliantly done, your average citizens, suddenly trapped in a quarantine hell. The main character, Cole, is thrust into a world where he has no control over his safety, and his worst enemy is a fine powder. A powder being spread by a fungus driving people to high ground before bursting out of their heads. And honestly: how do you fight a plant?Cole isn't some crazy Rambo-style juggernaut. Instead, picture him as your next door neighbor. He's perfectly believable. You find him so relatable that you wonder to yourself: "wow. Would I do that? I think it would be a good move..." And you know you've found yourself a well done book if you find yourself drifting into ideas about what you'd say or do if you were beside the lead character.The writing was well done, the mood so perfectly set that before I finished the book I found myself thinking: I need to buy a gas mask to keep this outta me.Overall: Worth every cent and every minute. Well done, and I hope to see more from you soon Sir!!