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A review by saareman
The Hunted by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
4.0
The "Boy" Hunts
Review of the Amazon Original Stories Kindle eBook edition (July 1, 2024), released simultaneously by Audible Originals in audio format (July 1, 2024)
"The Boy" captures its prey. Cover illustration (which is hidden behind the title script) by [a:Fabrizio De Tommaso|13708139|Fabrizio De Tommaso|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for the eBook edition.
The plot develops further in this 3rd installment of "The Boy in the Iron Box" series. The nature of the creature known as "The Boy" is revealed to be more cannibalistic and zombielike in nature, and not quite as vampiric as I first suspected. The team of Russian black-ops special operators begin their hunt for a suspected intruder in their midst who may have stolen the figure from the Iron Box. They discover that it is the creature itself that is on the loose and it is now the team themselves who are being hunted.
I'm upping my rating as of this one, as it does seem to be diverging from its apparent inspiration of F. Paul Wilson's [b:The Keep|62571|The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)|F. Paul Wilson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386925088l/62571._SY75_.jpg|3354329] (1981). It is still soldiers in an isolated location being picked off one-by-one, but at least the mythology has its own character.
The Hunted is the third of six stories in The Boy in the Iron Box series released on July 1, 2024 by Amazon Originals & Audible Originals.
Trivia and Links
Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have collaborated several times in the past, especially on The Strain trilogy (2009-11), which was later adapted for a TV series (2014-2017).
Review of the Amazon Original Stories Kindle eBook edition (July 1, 2024), released simultaneously by Audible Originals in audio format (July 1, 2024)
“Give me another explanation,” said Liev. “The Boy wasn’t alive.”
Radimir shook his head, searching for answers, and then said: “But was it dead?”
"The Boy" captures its prey. Cover illustration (which is hidden behind the title script) by [a:Fabrizio De Tommaso|13708139|Fabrizio De Tommaso|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for the eBook edition.
The plot develops further in this 3rd installment of "The Boy in the Iron Box" series. The nature of the creature known as "The Boy" is revealed to be more cannibalistic and zombielike in nature, and not quite as vampiric as I first suspected. The team of Russian black-ops special operators begin their hunt for a suspected intruder in their midst who may have stolen the figure from the Iron Box. They discover that it is the creature itself that is on the loose and it is now the team themselves who are being hunted.
I'm upping my rating as of this one, as it does seem to be diverging from its apparent inspiration of F. Paul Wilson's [b:The Keep|62571|The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)|F. Paul Wilson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386925088l/62571._SY75_.jpg|3354329] (1981). It is still soldiers in an isolated location being picked off one-by-one, but at least the mythology has its own character.
The Hunted is the third of six stories in The Boy in the Iron Box series released on July 1, 2024 by Amazon Originals & Audible Originals.
Trivia and Links
Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have collaborated several times in the past, especially on The Strain trilogy (2009-11), which was later adapted for a TV series (2014-2017).