

There is a nice payoff to all the windup and the "red wave" was worth the wait.

This may be a market necessity but still worth me bitching about.This book was more entertaining than book two, getting back into the swing I felt in book one. I had to wade through pages and pages of rehash and summary from the earlier books at the start. I found the characters quite three dimensional but my cliche comments from book one still resonate (could Val be any more of a "strong independent woman" without dressing like Wonder Woman?).Maberry makes an effort to allow new readers to not get lost but he tries too hard. Don't expect to enjoy it as much or understand the characters as well without starting from book one. “Maberry will scare the hell out of you.” -Tess Gerritsen Read more “Maberry’s works will be read for many, many years to come.” -Ray Bradbury His (Pine Deep) vampire novels are unique and masterful.” -Richard Matheson “Maberry has the chops to craft stories at once intimate, epic, real, and horrific.” -Bentley Little “Jonathan Maberry’s horror is rich and visceral. Praise for New York Times bestselling Author Jonathan Maberry This is horror on a grand scale, reminiscent of Stephen King’s heftier works.” - Publishers Weekly “Maberry supplies plenty of chills, both Earth-bound and otherworldly, in this atmospheric horror novel . . . Daylight is fading, and the ultimate battle between good and evil is about to begin . . . For the few left standing, time is running out. The dead will rise, the damned will take human form, and a red wave of terror will consume every man, woman, and child. On Halloween night, the legend that has haunted their community will return with a vengeance. In the Pennsylvania town of Pine Deep, a handful of brave souls prepare for an unspeakable evil that has been gathering strength for thirty years. Residents of a small town prepare to battle for their lives-and their souls-in this horror trilogy finale by the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Ink.
