MY RATING
☆☆☆☆
SYNOPSIS
Cody wants to regain his self-respect. Willet just wants his father’s leg back. Both of them are tracking a band of traveling actors who leave carnage and heartbreak in their wake. The dust devils. When the actors came to town and recruited his wife for a plum role, Cody Wilson had no idea they would seduce and murder her. Eight-year-old Willet Black was equally unsuspecting the night the devils destroyed his family’s ranch and slaughtered everyone he loved. Now Cody and Willet are bent on revenge, but neither of them suspects the true nature of their five adversaries. For Adam Price and his actors are older than the deserts and mountains over which they ride. Feeding on the young old and alike, their taste for human flesh is insatiable, and their lust for comely young women is consuming. Even if word of their atrocities were to spread, it would take an army to oppose them. But it is 1885 in the wilds of New Mexico, and there is no help for Cody and Willet. The unlikely pair must make a stand and face an unfathomable evil. They must destroy the dust devils or die trying. But there is something even worse than being murdered by monsters. There is damnation.
MY REVIEW
“Being afraid isn’t a bad thing, contrary to what men want to believe. The average man pretends he’s afraid of nothing until the danger actually arrives. Then he’s full of terror and an absolute coward.”
Bloodthirsty vampires waging terror in New Mexico, back in 1885? Sign me up!
Let me start by saying that this was my very first time reading a Jonathan Janz book.
Whenever I read a book by an author that is new to me, I feel a little bit nervous. Mainly because I don’t want to be disappointed. Who does?
Well, call me lucky. I haven’t been disappointed so far.
Dust Devils was such a wild and fun ride!
“Make your own luck, kid. God gave you a brain, didn’t he? Use it and stop making excuses for yourself.”
As soon as I met Cody & Willet, I had instant Dark Tower vibes (Rolland & Jake). I’m not complaining!
I honestly had no idea how much fun this book would be. The story is action-packed from the very beginning.
Although I can’t really say that I’m a western fan, it would be fair to say that I do like western horror now.
Janz’s execution was excellent!
I can’t wait to check out his other works.
Let me finish by thanking Flame Tree Press for sending me a copy of the book.