Jackals

Rating:
Summary: Mesmerizing, Haunting & Unputdownable !
Review: If you are looking for a comfortable, cozy reading experience,
don't even think about looking at this one.
This haunting & fastpaced tale of hunting and being hunted by
otherworldly creatures leaves you with a racing heart and a
fear of shadows in the night.
Never once before have I had such a strong urge after a chapter
to go on reading the next, and the next, and the next, ....
I am sure looking forward to Mr.Grant's next book.

Rating:
Summary: "Lord, parts of her were gone."
Review: JACKALS is a gem of a horror novel. It is filled with vivid, haunting images that kept me turning page after page to reach the end. Brooding hero Jim Scott reminds me of the dark, take-charge Ethan Proctor, investigator extraordinaire in Grant's later BLACK OAK series. Filled with chilling little one-liner paragraphs such as "Something reached them on the wind" this little novel is sure to crawl under your skin.

Scott hunts the jackals. That's what he's done since the heartbreaking loss of his beloved sister to one of their packs. Convinced that there is still something human about these jackals, Scott grapples with some guilt over murdering them, but along with the help of other hunters (Maurice is a particularly intriguing character), he is determined to prevent the jackals from destroying more lives. The novel begins with a bloody and beaten Rachel literally crawling her way to Scott's cabin for help. From then on, the novel never stops delivering with haunting writing and nightmarish visuals. Grant is one of the masters of the genre; he relies on our own fears rather than basic gross-out value to scare the reader. If you haven't read Grant, do so now! You won't regret it.

Rating:
Summary: "Lord, parts of her were gone."
Review: JACKALS is a gem of a horror novel. It is filled with vivid, haunting images that kept me turning page after page to reach the end. Brooding hero Jim Scott reminds me of the dark, take-charge Ethan Proctor, investigator extraordinaire in Grant's later BLACK OAK series. Filled with chilling little one-liner paragraphs such as "Something reached them on the wind" this little novel is sure to crawl under your skin.

Scott hunts the jackals. That's what he's done since the heartbreaking loss of his beloved sister to one of their packs. Convinced that there is still something human about these jackals, Scott grapples with some guilt over murdering them, but along with the help of other hunters (Maurice is a particularly intriguing character), he is determined to prevent the jackals from destroying more lives. The novel begins with a bloody and beaten Rachel literally crawling her way to Scott's cabin for help. From then on, the novel never stops delivering with haunting writing and nightmarish visuals. Grant is one of the masters of the genre; he relies on our own fears rather than basic gross-out value to scare the reader. If you haven't read Grant, do so now! You won't regret it.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent reading
Review: The writing in this book was very vivid and allowed the reader to really picture each scene as though I were in the room with them. It was the kind of book that I could not put down and was anxious to get to the end as I was unable to guess the outcome ahead of time. I look forward to reading other books by Charles Grant.