John A. Burks, Jr.

What a story! At first I hated it and very nearly stopped reading the book. But as the story progressed it became more and more engrossing and I ended up resolving to read the next book in the trilogy. Set on an island where people were imprisoned and used to fight in order that the whole community could receive food in order to continue to live. If no one fought then the strict form of punishment in the community resulted in people being eaten because there was no other food available. Not a book for the light-hearted.… (mehr)