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Are we not men? We are\u2014well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z<\/i>(2006).<\/p>\n
A zombie apocalypse is one thing. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks\u2019 latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, \u201cit was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.\u201d Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn\u2019t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice\u2014for instance, try not to get wounded, for \u201cinjury turns you from a giver to a taker. Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.\u201d Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to \u201cimmediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,\u201d and there\u2019s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from \u201cthe sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man\u2019s heart and lungs.\u201d Grossness aside, it puts you right there on the scene.<\/p>\n
A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Pub Date:<\/b> June 16, 2020<\/p>\n
ISBN:<\/b> 978-1-9848-2678-7<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
Page Count:<\/b> 304<\/p>\n
Publisher:<\/b> Del Rey\/Ballantine<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
Review Posted Online:<\/b> Feb. 9, 2020<\/p>\n
Kirkus Reviews Issue:<\/b> March 1, 2020<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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