RELICT

‘Then Paige looked up and saw a long, thick, snake-like thing slip out of the water and snatch up the coconut crab, coil around it, and yank the crustacean into the water with barely a splash.’
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Four amateur adventurers travel to a remote, insignificant dot of an Atoll deep in the Pacific Ocean. What starts out as a pleasure trip soon takes a dark turn as the foursome soon realise that they’re not alone and that something is staking them beneath the waves. Stranded with little chance of rescue, they’ve got to embrace the survivor instinct to make it out alive. .
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Relict by D.T. Neal is a full blown creature feature. Focusing mainly on the unknown, giving brief glimpses to the creature stalking just below the surface. Very similar to Jaws where your imagination does the majority of the damage with Neal pushing you in the right direction. .
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The second novella of Neal’s that I’ve read. And once again it is a fast paced, anxiety enducing read. I wasn’t a big fan of deep, open water before but the chances of me taking a leisure cruise now are extremely slim, in fact there’s not a heard of wild horses that could usher me on a boat. .
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Novellas are great and Neal is definitely a master of the craft. Anyone who likes the creature feature horror genre will lap this up. It’s completely worth the heart murmurs. .
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Cover art is again, FABULOUS!