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Tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and countless other cities. According to scientist Melanie Gruyer, however, the spider situation seems to be looking up. Yet in Japan, a giant, truck-size glowing egg sac is discovered, even as survivors in Los Angeles panic and break the quarantine zone.

Out in the desert, survivalists Gordo and Shotgun are trying to invent a weapon to defeat the spiders. But even if they succeed it may be too late, because President Stephanie Pilgrim has been forced to enact the plan of last resort: the Spanish Protocol. Every country must fight for itself. And the spiders are on the move....

©2017 Ezekiel Boone Inc (P)2017 Simon & Schuster Action & Adventure Horror Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Survival Imperial Japan China
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I really enjoyed the first in the series. Hatching was a great premise however this second instalment offered nothing either new or improved really.

While I was expecting 'scarier' based on the authors Audible Session interview (free through here), I found this book was just a slight continuation saving everything for the final book of the trilogy - basically a cash cow bridging gap.

There were a few unexpected funny moments which I caught myself laughing out loud in the car, but story progression was basic (if you listen to the first story you guess what's gonna happen... and it does, but nothing more), character development limited and less tense. Shame.

Narrator is the same as the first, and continues the same if not better.

First the worst, second the best? No

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I always worry about sequels to a great first book but this one is well worth a listen the characters are engaging and the storyline is interesting I will definitely buy the third book in the series as soon as it is available.

Great sequel to the first book

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This is the second book in Ezekiel Boone's arachnid apocalyptic series following on from The Hatching. There is a lot to like about what he's done, a big cast of globe-spanning characters, some pretty chilling horror scenes and some inventive thinking that make his spiders just a little different. The book is written on a grand scale and personally I feel invested enough into what he's unveiled so far that I'll be picking up the final book. Boone tries to imbue each character with detail, even the ones that only play a small part in the book. I particularly enjoyed one Japanese scientist lamenting how he got himself into a rather precarious situation with nothing but some rubber between him and a nasty concoction of nastiness.

All these characters and the detail they are given is great but it does create a possible issue for the reader. These aren't the longest of books so with all the characters to deal with there wasn't time to progress the main plot an awfully long way. Boone does a very decent job of pulling it together but occasionally it felt as though things were being shoe-horned in rather than genuinely adding to the story. For that reason I really do think that if, as the author has suggested this is a trilogy, then the final book really needs to leap forwards and bring it to a stunning conclusion.

The job of narrating Skitter is one hell of a tough gig with characters from here, there and everywhere. George Newburn rises manfully to the task and gives a very credible performance in the circumstances.

So, the inventiveness and character clarity adds some real meat on the bones of this series but for my personal tastes it really needs a kick-ass finale that delivers the goods for it to be a great one. Over to you Mr Boone!

A Series that needs a Big Ending!

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This is the second part of a trilogy. First listen to The Haching by the same author.

Great book but second part of a trilogy

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When I started this book I was unaware of was a sequel. Once I realised I went back and listened to the first book before carrying on with this one. But actually this is all written and easily works as a standalone book. As a sequel it's great and continues the story with the characters from the first. It's fun, a bit grim and leaves you feeling itchy and checking for spiders before you go to sleep.

Gripping and entertaining

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