Fierce Kingdom

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June 2017 Book of the Month.

We are in America. Joan takes her four year old son Lincoln to the zoo regularly. She knows the layout, the areas, the animal enclosures and roughly how long it takes to leave the play area and get to the exit as the zoo closes. On this day she hears what she eventually discovers is gun fire. She sees bodies and runs, carrying her son.

She is aware the porcupine died and the zoo had not yet replaced him so his pen is empty. An ideal hiding place and so it proves to be until the boy wants supper and Joan goes to the snack slot machine to feed him. The tension up to this point is tight but once she meets others the tension ratchets up to breaking point.

This is a terrifying read, compulsive from the start. The publishers blurb has indeed prepared us for horror, what we discover is a couple of crazed gun men, interesting characters, bent on killing anything that moves be it elephant, monkey or child. How to stay alive is the problem. This is truly frightening stuff, highly recommended. ~ Sarah Broadhurst

Reviewed by Sarah Broadhurst
Sarah Broadhurst spent her early working life in the book trade in both retail and wholesale until the arrival of children forced her to look for freelance work she could do from…
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