A review by saareman
Siege by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

4.0

Fighting the Undead
Review of the Amazon Original Stories Kindle eBook edition (July 1, 2024), released simultaneously by Audible Originals in audio format (July 1, 2024)

“They’re supposed to stop when you shoot the brain,” said Timur. “You hit the brain and they go down. That’s how it works . . .”



Fighting the Undead. 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, colorized in the Audible edition.

The team of black-ops mercenaries are trapped in the fortress and still puzzling over how to stop the Boy and his gradually growing group of acolytes forming as each victim rises to join forces against them. Lessons learned from [b:The Walking Dead, Book One|30071|The Walking Dead, Book One|Robert Kirkman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1464733555l/30071._SY75_.jpg|14795009] are not enough. Can they booby-trap the passages and eliminate the threats or will the Boy prevail?

The suspense builds as we approach the conclusion of this vampire/zombie series.

Siege is the fifth 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).