Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry is the 8th book in the Joe Ledger series. In case you do not know, Joe Ledger is part of the Department of Military Sciences a secret military organization which fights the battle against terrorists down in the bloody trenches. So listen, what did I just write? This is the 8th Joe Ledger book and yes Joe has more than dipped his toe into the horror of fighting zombies, mutants, and even a race of vampire like humans, but these all had a scientific explanation, and although it was a strange Earth Joe’s feet were balancing on it.
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Publisher: St Martin’s Griffon
Released: 2016
Stars: 5 Stars
Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths
This is why, after Joe and his allies have experienced so many adventures, when Maberry introduces the Cthulhu mythos into this high tech world of espionage and terrorism, it is beyond wild. There is a huge cast of well developed characters, which now cannot take the existence of the Elder Ones off the page. The novel starts with a modern version of Lovecraft’s, In the Mountains of Madness. Except we have more than a confused pair of men, we see the terror through the eyes of a well equipped trio of elite soldiers but it still is not enough.
While Ledger, Top, and Bunny are recovering from being exposed to a plague, and worse, the rest of DMS is being torn apart. Nightmares of dangerous worlds hunt Joe, but soon the real world becomes a nightmare as people become possessed and start attacking each other. As agents are blamed for suicidal rampages the DMS is shut down by the president. Amidst all of this, they discover a plague is going to be released in ten cities.
A wild ride with threads of Cthulhu mythos slithering through it. To have characters you are so invested in take on Lovecraftian horror, well it does not get much better than this.
I will note the books are becoming grimmer. Hard not to let this happen with all the things Joe faces, but the off work normal person has been stripped away leaving a hero who spends his mental currency to stay tough enough to survive. Joe’s path has always been dark, but he is battling for his own sanity as he falls deeper into the eternal fight.
Again, working the Cthulhu mythos into book eight in a series with no warning. Brilliant.
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