Offspring
by Jack Ketchum
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Author: Jack KetchumEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05
ISBN: 0843958642
Number of pages: 293
Publisher: Leisure Books
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Book Review: Children, cows, and continual cycles: the wonder of a world with heavy woodlines
Summary: 5 Stars
The hills are alive with the screams of mothers - or at least that is what the evidence points out as one horrifc crime scene turns to two and as people begin to go missing once more. The numbers of people are small at first, however, and the law enforcement officers think nothing of it considering what they saw once upon an ago. but then a family is sluahgtered in a style that is hard to ignore and certain things are found that seem to say "We are back." This gets some hearts pumping, too, especially one that was there when the first people were found, and he begins to imagine the landscape of the past. He sees the woods and the caves, the unexplored regions and the ease that would be the foundation for the movements he is noticing, and that scares him. It scares him enough, in fact, to make him join in a search for someone that ends up becoming a struggle for life and death. Add in other people to the fray, some just owners of homes and others more vile people, and you have the repeat that the law wants to avoid at all costs.
While some people found this book lesser in content, i liked the way Ketchum put this tale together. He writes so well and gives you mindsets that almost make him seem like a monster with a mask on, and i love that about him. here he explains a lot of things to us, too, from the small remains of a clan making it through thanks to their "cow" and their determination and their sheer will to be nature's finest. The night before was chaos anyhow and, thanks to that, the mother managed to slip out with some of her brood and make a new clan. She also teaches them how to do everything, how to hunt and how to take, and it all seems to be going so well. then there is an incident he describes - he is so good here because he captures thoughts and pins them to the pages like butterflies - that leads people to come looking for them. This makes her mad but, like all mothers, she just wants the love of her family. That, and a little jerky for the road.
Read Off-season, the uncut version, and see what you think. It is a great read and should have been one of the best books of its time, but it was largely forgotten until word-of-mouth revived the book and made people see what they missed. It has so many elements that make it strong and, more than anything, it is stunning graphic and yet filled with writing that goes well beyond what you expect from even the best horror writer. If you like this book then you will like a contiuation of the book, and that is what we have here. It is good, too, and mademe happy when I got it. I actually was a fraid considering some of the things i read about it beforehand, but the beforehand was just smut that missed out on how precious children can be when they are nibbling at a thighbone. Yeah, Ketchum is a master and mastery makes readers like me and you (if you try it out) happy. this, coupled with Red, The Lost, Cover, Peaceable Kingom, and a drove of other books says that he is grand. Check him out and you will see why.
Summary of Offspring
The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago?a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives.
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