The first two books in this post-apocalyptic survival horror thriller series that will leave you wanting more.The fight for survival started with a blast.Then it started snowing in May and the grid failed.Then they came.Who are they? And what do they want?When a mysterious blast goes off in a small college town, triggering a blizzard, college professor Dominic and the few remaining survivors … college professor Dominic and the few remaining survivors must decide whether to stay or leave and face the monsters who came with the snow.
If you’re a fan of science fiction post-apocalyptic survival thrillers, don’t miss They Came with the Snow. Start reading today.
The complete They Came with the Snow series includes:
They Came with the Snow (They Came with the Snow Book 1)
The Melting (They Came with the Snow Book 2)
The List (They Came with the Snow Book 3)
The Ghosts of Winter (They Came with the Snow Book 4)
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Good story, monsters set a good tone of “OMG don’t want them near me” that helps build a sense of dread
Very different
This was pretty good. I Read the first part, and although a short story it got my attention. I love the whole post-apocalyptic thing. This one was pretty chilling(no pun intended). I really enjoyed both books. Looking forward to the 3rd in the series.
It was drawn out and lacked any real incentive to turn the pages. I ended up skimming the book to the end. I had no incentive at the ending to go back and see if I had missed anything.
Once you start reading this book, you will not put it down. 5 stars and a great author.
It painted pictures in my mind of a post apocalyptic world that I’ve never imagined. Kept my interest.
The characters were very good.
Great book!
The concept was kind of unique at first but then just spiraled down into cliches as the story progressed. The main character is unlikable for me as well as the story starts by telling us he cheated on his wife (way to may him likable) and then proceeds to have him tell us he’s a great guy while also having him be an emotionless jerk for the rest of book one. Didn’t waste my time with book 2 as I didn’t like the first one in the first place so the author may have repaired the issues there.
Dominic was a professor of English at Warren College, and he was cheating on his wife, Sharon, with a grad student. His infidelity saved his life. If he hadn’t been secretly meeting Naia at his office on that May Sunday when “The Event” occurred, he probably would have gone out in the unseasonable snow like everyone else had done and been turned into one of the hairless, white, featureless creatures he and Naia had christened “the crabs” (for the way they moved.)
After weeks alone, barricaded from the crabs in the Warren Student Union building, Naia was ready to break out to see if the rest of the world was a winter wasteland as the radio alerts had claimed before going silent. With supplies almost gone, Dominic creates a distraction at the front of the building as Naia readies to flee out the back door to race for their lives through the snow.
The two head to the nearest outpost of civilization they know of – a strip center with shops and restaurants situated just off-campus – followed closely by hundreds of the crabs. They have no idea what they may find – help or more of the same?
From the strip center, Dominic returns to his home to determine his wife’s fate but his traveling companions from the strip center prevent him from sacrificing himself for guilt over not being there when “The Event” happened. The group continues on to escape the area they envision as Ground Zero only to discover every avenue out of the county by land is blockaded and the main bridge barricaded, impassable, and loaded with “crabs” or the ghostly, white creatures that used to be their fellow citizens. They decide to cross the river out of the cordoned-off area using one of the numerous abandoned boats found near the bridge.
On their way across the water in an old, unstable motorboat, they stop to investigate a large luxury yacht left afloat midstream. With the “crabs” in the water attacking the old motorboat, Dominic leaves his companions on the larger ship and lures the crabs away from them downstream. Wet and freezing, he is able to get to the opposite shore to the pier for a seafood restaurant. As he’s searching for things he and his friends can use though, he’s captured by four soldiers and taken away in their RV for questioning.
As it turns out, Dominic knows more about what has happened to the world than the soldiers. They, too, have been separated from their units, and have figured out that they were ditched on purpose. As they accept Dominic as part of their group and head back to try to find out what has happened to Dominic’s friends, they discover the headquarters of the organization that Dominic believes may be responsible for “The Event” and the destruction of life as they know it.
The description of the crabs and their amazing agility was a terrifying image. I was on the edge of my seat the entire reading. Dominic seems to be such a weak individual at first – he’s a cheater and kind of undecided about everything – but I tended to forget this and began to root for his survival and his mission to find out what happened to his wife and to discover the truth behind “The Event.” The action and horror never quits in either book. One tense situation leads to another. What has actually happened at Warren College unfolds slowly but readers will have to wait for Book 3 to get the rest of the story. I recommend this to readers that like horror stories in general and post-apocalyptic tales specifically.
The first book is a short read. It held my attention. It was scary. The second book was much longer and terrifying for me. There is a lot to think about in this story. I am interested to see where the author takes it.