Friday, May 29, 2020

Crabs on the Rampage by Guy N. Smith

(pb; 1981: fourth book in the ten-book Crabs series)

From the back cover

“The beach was filled with happy vacationers. They’d forgotten THE CRABS. . . like a bad dream chased away by the morning sun.

“We’d wiped out these mutant monsters. The giant creatures whose hunger raged for human flesh were dead.

“Or were they? Scientist Cliff Davenport feared the nightmare wasn’t over. But he didn’t know the terrifying truth. THE CRABS were back─disease-ridden, mad with pain. Mad with hunger.

“And on that beach were hundreds of men, women and children. Food for. . . crabs on the rampage.”


Review

Crabs is a solid, mostly by-the-numbers stalk-and-kill read, a well-written B-movie novel. Smith throws a few series-progressive twists in this melodramatic, also-works-as-a-standalone book, a setup for a much bigger ocean-born threat. I would be surprised if this is not the basis for a 1950s monster/Syfy Original film.  Followed by Crabs’ Moon.

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