I'm no newbie when it comes to reading Simon Mayo; I've read [b:Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter|15843377|Itch The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter (Itch, #1)|Simon Mayo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1358993104l/15843377._SY75_.jpg|18607591], [b:Itch Rocks|16684781|Itch Rocks (Itch, #2)|Simon Mayo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1360607268l/16684781._SY75_.jpg|22900674] and [b:Blame|28248382|Blame|Simon Mayo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462814665l/28248382._SY75_.jpg|48284105]. So going into this I knew it was going to be good quality writing. And I'm happy to say I got exactly what I expected.

This was a fantastic fast-paced thriller that had me gasping at moments and genuinely feeling a sense of dread at the thought of having to pick up the book again and immerse myself into this world that frightens the protagonist Famie so much.

The descriptions were fantastic because they seemed to embody the mind of a journalist. Even the dialogue was very true to what I imagine journalists would sound like and you can really tell that it's a wholly different kind of dialogue than the average kind. I reckon you couldn't understand what I mean by that unless you read the book, but to try and explain it's that the journalists speak in a matter of fact way, like a lawyer would if they were discussing a case with a colleague and not to any old layman.

I think the murders at the beginning were perhaps the best part of the book. And I don't mean that in a psychopathic way (I promise