From
the back cover
“He
was born monstrously deformed, a freak of nature. Possessed of supernatural
strength, he committed his first murder at the age of five and escaped from the
institution to which his mother had abandoned him.
“Terror
swept through the town of Silverleaf, as the citizens scoured the countryside
in a desperate search for the missing child, hoping to capture him before he
killed again─and again.
“But
he had retreated to the swamp, the place of his birth, where amid the mire and
the reeds lay a secret so astonishing, that it could well change the ultimate
destiny of the human race.”
Review
Freak is a solid, hybrid-genre novel with
relatable, worthwhile characters and fun, sometimes-effective mini-twists. Its
back cover description makes Freak
seem like a monster-stalking-people-in-the-swamp story, but it is more of a science
fiction-ish, man-wrongly-accused-of-murder tale─one that entertains, for the
most part. My only nit about Freak is
the unrealistic, plot-convenient the way two of the characters fall in love.
Aside from that, this is a fun, fast read, worth your time, or purchase for a
few dollars.
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