Review: A teaser?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2012
I can't help thinking that this is an underdeveloped concept for a novel, or perhaps a teaser from the author to see how readers will respond to the concept.  And I do like the concept - a massive ash cloud created by an artificially induced volcanic eruption conceals all manner of horrors (it reminds me a little of "The Fog" by James Herbert).The author takes great pains to depict the two main characters and the relationship between them, which is laudable in a short story when the temptation is to draw them in broad brush strokes - but ultimately their characters and relationship have little bearing on the events in the story, which is why I suspect that there is more to come after "the end".  And the first third of the story is one big, long "As You Know, Bob".  Again, with a much longer word count, the author wouldn't have had to resort to this kind of exposition.So stop teasing us, Mr Hopson - write the novel, already!