This is the second posthumous collaboration between Romero and Kraus (The Living Dead), and hopefully it isn't the last. (Daniel, if you're reading this, please keep going through those storage boxes.)
While The Living Dead tread on familiar ground (zombies, although in a spectacularly original way), Pay the Piper goes off the beaten path.
This is not the book I was expecting.
It is a richly atmospheric horror novel set in the Louisiana Bayou, with some Lovecraftian overtones. The authors do a fantastic job of putting you in the swamp. I could swear I was bitten by mosquitos while reading (well, I WAS actually bitten by mosquitos while reading). The dialogue is also authentically Cajun. I would know, because "ah talk like dat too." (Daniel, let me know if you need me for the audiobook) Which brings me to my next point: There is a large cast of colorful and well-drawn characters along the way, which is perhaps Pay the Piper's greatest strength.
Out on September 3rd, from Union Square and Co.
Grade: A
Review by Jason Cavallaro
jcavallaro42@gmail.com
Twitter: @pinheadspawn
While The Living Dead tread on familiar ground (zombies, although in a spectacularly original way), Pay the Piper goes off the beaten path. This is not the book I was expecting.
It is a richly atmospheric horror novel set in the Louisiana Bayou, with some Lovecraftian overtones. The authors do a fantastic job of putting you in the swamp. I could swear I was bitten by mosquitos while reading (well, I WAS actually bitten by mosquitos while reading). The dialogue is also authentically Cajun. I would know, because "ah talk like dat too." (Daniel, let me know if you need me for the audiobook) Which brings me to my next point: There is a large cast of colorful and well-drawn characters along the way, which is perhaps Pay the Piper's greatest strength.
Out on September 3rd, from Union Square and Co.
Grade: A
Review by Jason Cavallaro
jcavallaro42@gmail.com
Twitter: @pinheadspawn
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