Title: Red Sky
Author: Nate Southard
Publisher: Thunderstorm Books
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Reviewed by: Nick Tab
Nate Southard is an author that I have never read before. For that reason, I approached Red Sky with no real expectations. After reading the first few chapters however, I soon realized that Nate is an author that we should be seeing big things from very soon. Red Sky starts out with a bank robbery gone horribly wrong when a trigger-happy member of the gang begins shooting victims indiscriminately. This attracts a ton of unwanted attention (mainly from the local police) that results in a high speed chase as the bank robbers attempt to make their getaway. As the gang of robbers are trying feverishly to avoid the police, they come across an abandoned warehouse in the middle of the New Mexico desert. The warehouse is a mystery because although it has the appearance of a factory of some sort, there is no equipment or machinery inside. The machinery was either removed for some reason, or never existed in the first place. The question then soon becomes, is it really a warehouse at all or something more sinister? With no real options and limited gas, they decide to hole up there until the heat blows over. The only problem is the creatures that call the warehouse their home also reside there - and they're very, very, hungry. This book was a pleasant surprise. It is definitely not your run-of-the-mill horror novel. The suspense is what carries the story, and the characters are not cookie-cutter in the least. The mystery of what the creatures are and where they came from is handled masterfully. Red Sky is a really good horror story. I can't wait to see what Nate Southard has in store for us next!
(4 out of 5 stars)
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