Review: A closer look at Tobias...a MUST READ for fans of PINES and WAYWARD PINES.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I wasn't sure about this whole "Kindle Worlds" concept.  Blake Crouch's series was already so perfect...it seemed silly to dilute his ideas with the works of other authors.  Then I saw that Robert Swartwood was one of those other authors, and I had to take the bait and read it.You know the abbies from WAYWARD?  Those creatures out beyond the walls?  We learn a little more about them in this novella.  And the guy who was wandering around and sleeping in trees?  That's Tobias, and we learn more about what he's up to as well.Swartwood is one of my all-time favorite authors, and although I would normally worry about the quality of the content of a mere 40 pages, I know that he is capable of making every single word count.  I was not disappointed.  Swartwood's writing style blends in perfectly with Crouch's story.  He took this story to shocking, awful, intriguing places, and left me hanging at the end with my jaw dropped.Now I'm going to have to check out all the other Worlds novellas from this series.