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4.0
Savage Species is a new serial novel by Jonathan Janz that is being released by Samhain Publishing. There are five parts being released every two weeks starting June 4, 2013. This review covers only part 1, Night Terrors.
Night Terrors starts off with a flashback scene about Shane Dulin, who was helping build a walking bridge at a new state park that was getting ready to open. Upon waking from unconsciousness, Shane tries to think back to how he came to be wherever he is and wonders why he is in so much pain. Once he discovers he is in a cave and has been literally chewed upon he starts to freak out and attempts to get away from the cave thinking that danger could still be lurking nearby. Unfortunately, he's right about something being nearby and his lack of legs causes him to not make it in time.
Moving on from the flashback scene, Janz introduces us to Jesse, Emma, and Colleen who are headed to the above mentioned state park to do a story on its opening. Colleen doesn't understand why they always get the "fluff" stories to write, however Emma tries to look at the bright side of things to make it look like a great experience for them. Jesse on the other hand seems to not care one way or the other as long as he gets to spend time with Emma, who he seems to have been harboring a crush on for quite some time.
Janz also branches off to a completely different setting where a family of five is having some problems. Eric, the dad, doesn't seem to care anything about the family, choosing instead to spend all of his time coaching and going over plays with his beautiful assistant. Eric's wife, Charly, on the otherhand is stuck at home taking care of everything, including raising two young girls and a baby boy.
Lots of details are provided by Janz about all of the characters mentioned above along with many side characters to allow the reader to start feeling something for them, whether it be sympathy, hate, amusement, etc... Once both scenes are established danger ensues. For the campers at the park, it's a massacre! Some kind of monsters have started visciously attacking everyone in the park and our three reporters are trying to find a way to both escape and save as many people as possible. As for our dsyfunctional family, someone - or was it something - has kidnapped Charly's baby boy. She claims it wasn't human, but there is no such thing as monsters, right?
Not holding anything back, Janz makes the reader feel like they are right there in the middle of the massacre at the state park, and possibly even one of the victims. This is definitely not a book for a reader with a weak stomach, but I'd definitely recommend it to those that can't get enough blood, guts, and gore.
Night Terrors is currently free on Amazon and I guarantee after reading it you will want to purchase the other segments to this novel. I know I'm ready to move on to part 2, The Children. A review of each segment will be forthcoming.
Contains: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Gore, Rape
Night Terrors starts off with a flashback scene about Shane Dulin, who was helping build a walking bridge at a new state park that was getting ready to open. Upon waking from unconsciousness, Shane tries to think back to how he came to be wherever he is and wonders why he is in so much pain. Once he discovers he is in a cave and has been literally chewed upon he starts to freak out and attempts to get away from the cave thinking that danger could still be lurking nearby. Unfortunately, he's right about something being nearby and his lack of legs causes him to not make it in time.
Moving on from the flashback scene, Janz introduces us to Jesse, Emma, and Colleen who are headed to the above mentioned state park to do a story on its opening. Colleen doesn't understand why they always get the "fluff" stories to write, however Emma tries to look at the bright side of things to make it look like a great experience for them. Jesse on the other hand seems to not care one way or the other as long as he gets to spend time with Emma, who he seems to have been harboring a crush on for quite some time.
Janz also branches off to a completely different setting where a family of five is having some problems. Eric, the dad, doesn't seem to care anything about the family, choosing instead to spend all of his time coaching and going over plays with his beautiful assistant. Eric's wife, Charly, on the otherhand is stuck at home taking care of everything, including raising two young girls and a baby boy.
Lots of details are provided by Janz about all of the characters mentioned above along with many side characters to allow the reader to start feeling something for them, whether it be sympathy, hate, amusement, etc... Once both scenes are established danger ensues. For the campers at the park, it's a massacre! Some kind of monsters have started visciously attacking everyone in the park and our three reporters are trying to find a way to both escape and save as many people as possible. As for our dsyfunctional family, someone - or was it something - has kidnapped Charly's baby boy. She claims it wasn't human, but there is no such thing as monsters, right?
Not holding anything back, Janz makes the reader feel like they are right there in the middle of the massacre at the state park, and possibly even one of the victims. This is definitely not a book for a reader with a weak stomach, but I'd definitely recommend it to those that can't get enough blood, guts, and gore.
Night Terrors is currently free on Amazon and I guarantee after reading it you will want to purchase the other segments to this novel. I know I'm ready to move on to part 2, The Children. A review of each segment will be forthcoming.
Contains: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Gore, Rape
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