Attack of the Black Scorpions: A Horror-Creature Thriller

We meet lots of people in the opening as an illegal desert fracking operation unleashes prehistoric monsters.From then on terror mounts, and we follow Dan Montgomery and Tom Hernandez as they pull everyone on the campgrounds together to fend off the hungry beasts.The cast list with thumbnails was a nice help to keep track of the characters and doubled as a scorecard to check off each piece of “scorpion food” that was munched.The story reminded me of Jurassic Park. However, instead of everyone just playing dodge the beastie,these clever heroes fight back with everything they can scrape together which made it more exciting.Fighting alongside them was great fun and adventure!

This would make a great movie; I hope David Gregory can make it happen.The book was a decent read.

I don’t post many reviews on Amazon, but I have to warn you that this is one bloody no-holds-barred sci-fi horror tale.The action takes place over three nights in SoCal’s Mojave Desert. It depicts a series of brutal attacks on campground vacationers at a state park called Desert Rocks, with the attacks all committed by some big-honkin’ prehistoric scorpions.Author Gregory’s visual descriptions are vividly clear. But what really drew me in was his ability to juggle many unique characters and make me care about them.At first, the novel made me recall those old creature features I love, where bugs and dinosaurs emerged or mutated to menace mankind after nuclear bomb tests had irradiated the normalcy of small size out of them. However, Gregory's work differs in that he ruthlessly pushes the envelope, using an almost clinical approach in showing the campers’ life-or-death struggle. A gripping yarn, for sure, but definitely not one for the young’uns or the squeamish.Particularly fun is the painstaking cooperation and hurried ingenuity shown by the random cross-section of people, all selflessly led by the compassionate Dan Montgomery and neighbor Tom Hernandez. It’s as if the author is saying that Americans can still pull it together and succeed when their survival is at stake. And, by gum, we could all use a dose of that right now.So if, like me, you’ve burnt-out on the recent flood of so-called “elevated horror” (the latest silly tag for psychological horror), then ATTACK will give you a welcome change of pace.The illustrations were an unexpected bonus, BTW. They include keen portraits of the campers and a photo-real layout of the monsters’ frightful anatomy.

I love 50's Atomic monster flicks like Them and Black Scorpion. So, as hokey as this book sounded, I chose to remain optimistic... until I flipped it open. This book is poorly written and poorly conceptualized. The cover art is cheesey and if not for the "mature readers" label I would say it's a kids' horror book. The first page has a character index with cartoon avatars for each character which I have never seen done before and it immediately made me not want to read this book. I endeavored to read a few pages at least and that was all it took to turn me off to this book. Usually stories like this start off slow and sinister, only fully revealing the creature(s) after sufficiently creepy build up. This book gave way too much away. We already know its about giant scorions but that doesn't mean you have to drag them out in the first few pages. The dialogue is also very stiff, like something from a bad 70's Grindhouse flick. After a few minutes I'd had enough and tapped out.

Saw this title here on Amazon, thought it was cool, and simply HAD to buy it!Finally! A new "earth vs big bugs" story, where the main characters are not soldiers, cops or superheroes but, rather, are an ensemble of everyday folks who I could identify with, cheer on and cry over.It's rooted in classic Sci-Fi, for sure, but boldly treads beyond what I expected - like it's all happening NOW.Intricately laid-out and briskly paced. No one writes like this guy. As you read through it, the shocking images of these revolting carnivores wreaking their mayhem will replay in your head and haunt you.This novel is sure to claw and sting its way up the ranks...to cult status and beyond.