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‘The Devil By Name’ – Keith Rosson (Black Crow Books)

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  Page Count: 472 Pages Just over a couple of weeks ago, I picked up Keith Rosson’s ‘Fever House’ for a read and… Well, you can read my review over Here , if you like, or if not, lets just say that once I got going, I couldn’t put the book down until I’d finished. That should tell you all you need to know ;o) Well, it took me a couple of weeks to get round to it but there was never any doubt about my reading ‘The Devil By Name’. After sorting out hospital appointments, and bank card issues, yesterday, I settled down for a read and… No one expected the apocalypse would be broadcast via phone call; anyone who managed to survive that doomsday call has a harrowing answer to the question, "Where were you when the Message came through?” Five years after the event that drove most of the global population to madness, the world is overrun with the ‘fevered’ - once-human, zombielike creatures drawn indiscriminately to violence and murder. In a campaign to restabilize the country, the mass...

‘Fever House’ – Keith Rosson (Black Crow Books)

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  Page Count: 515 Pages After reading a couple of reviews for ‘Coffin Moon’, I was keen to find out, for myself, what Keith Rosson was all about. I couldn’t quite stretch to a hard-back copy of ‘Coffin Moon’ (that has since changed) so I thought I’d start with ‘Fever House’ and see where the journey took me. I’d already polished off a few chapters and as yesterday was a quiet one, I took the opportunity to sit in the comfy chair and see how far I could get with the rest of the book. The next thing I knew, it was the evening and I was finishing the last few pages. I can’t remember the last time that happened so that should really tell you all you need to know but that wouldn’t make for much of a post here. Lets see if I can go a little deeper than just a sentence… ;o) A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all. When leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Por...