Here is a book that starts out with a bang and takes you on a ride that only gets better and better. The characters were rich and the horrors that befell upon them vivid. By the time I reached the books cliffhanger ending I desperately wanted to pick up the next installment simply to learn if the people I’d come to care about would make it out of their current situation as planned.

I didn’t find myself any too attached to the main character, unfortunately. I found his wife a much tougher breed of hero. Still, given the situation that he was in prior to almost the end of the story, I wouldn’t have expected him to behave any differently than he did. When the time came, we got a glimmer of who the man really is and how he might break out and show us his quality in the next installment.

It’s a difficult thing to write a book with changing POVs and to do so in a successful manner. But it’s also the type of book that I really like because it gives me perspective not only on the motivation of the characters, themselves, but how others see them. Especially when you throw in opportunists who justify their less than honorable actions in a crumbling society. Kevin J. Howard certainly managed to bring out both the best and worst of the characters at the exact time you’d expect to see it.

I read another review by a reader who didn’t like the lack of sci-fi in this book. I may have to lean toward agreement that, for now, the genre is mislabeled. But that didn’t really disturb me too much as I found the pages turning quickly and a lunch hour or two passing by far too swiftly. At the end of the day, Howard has delivered a solid story with great potential to become even better still in books two and three.

If you’re the type of reader who likes to get lost in a story, this book is one to definitely consider.

Precipice: The Beginning is available on Amazon.com in both print and kindle format. Note that, as of the posting of this review, the kindle version is on sale for $0.99. ( )

I have to say this was a pretty good book. I tend to like horror and monster stories so this was good for a relaxing couple of days. Good characters and well written. I rarely give 5 stars unless there is something that really touches me so 4 stars is pretty good. However, I also cannot stand to be reading a book, no matter what format it is in, if there are grammatical errors and mistypes. There were a few here, but they were not too distracting. If it wasn’t for that it would have been given a solid 4 stars. I hope the next one comes out soon to finish the story. ( )