Synopsis
A ravenous rogue shark tears through the sea water. It attacks anything that moves and has a taste for human flesh. There is terror lurking in the Blood Ocean!
“Gonna wind up like the f*ckin’ Kitner boy”
Review
Grabbed this for $1 on kindle. I’m always down to check out a shark horror.
This had some fun Jaws references—that made me point like the Leo meme—while not try to be it. Which to me was great, because there are some that use Jaws just like a formula, and it’s not.
A great white shark has been tested on and given something to make it larger. When it comes time to end the experiment and pick up the body for study, an incorrect dosage leads to a full on ocean rampage. Surfers, swimmers, entire families aren’t safe.
I do wish the experiment was given a little more for readers to go on. This would have extended the story’s length, but also given it more depth. As it stands, it kind of just feels like a tacked on prologue, and the fact that the animal was given growth hormones doesn’t ever really come into play—it’s mostly just angry and hungrier than a normal shark. This opener reminded me of Michael R. Cole’s Thresher, as that involves a growing shark too.
This was a lot of fun. It’s fast, violent, bloody. It gives readers churning waters and viscous shark bites. You shouldn’t be surprised at the number of different people at the beach and in the waters, and this shark is coming for all of them. I do wish there was a bit more mixed into the descriptors used for the attacks, as sharks do attack from below, do take bites and rip their heads back and forth, but there could have been some more brutality to it for me. Otherwise, I would have read an even longer version of this, or a sequel too!
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