Karen S. (BoysMom) - , reviewed on 11/15/2019 + 848 more book reviews

Dominic was a professor of English at Warren College, and he was cheating on his wife, Sharon, with a grad student. His infidelity saved his life. If he hadn't been secretly meeting Naia at his office on that May Sunday when "The Event" occurred, he probably would have gone out in the unseasonable snow like everyone else had done and been turned into one of the hairless, white, featureless creatures he and Naia had christened "the crabs" (for the way they moved.)

After weeks alone, barricaded from the "crabs" in the Warren Student Union building, Naia was ready to break out to see if the rest of the world was a winter wasteland as the radio alerts had claimed before going silent. With supplies almost gone, Dominic creates a distraction at the front of the building as Naia readies to flee out the back door to race for their lives through the snow.

The two head to the nearest outpost of civilization they know of - a strip center with shops and restaurants situated just off-campus - followed closely by hundreds of the "crabs." They have no idea what they may find - help or more of the same?

The description of the "crabs" and their amazing agility was a terrifying image. I was on the edge of my seat the entire reading. Dominic seems to be such a weak individual at first - he's a cheater and kind of undecided about everything - but I tended to forget this and began to root for his survival and his mission to find out what happened to his wife. I recommend this to readers that like horror stories in general and post-apocalyptic tales specifically. I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the series.

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