A tsunami brings giant tentacled creatures to assault mankind, leading to a nuclear strike to rid the world of them. The story begins a few months after the fateful strikes with first person narrator, Eric, meeting a woman, Kendra, who has borne a child from a rapist. As survivalists, they shack up in a house fighting off passerbys who try to steal their supplies. After they kill one of their attackers they learn of a Safe Zone about 450 miles from their house. They decide to make the trek with baby in tow, trying to avoid ink black zones where the creatures roam.

Those who like simpler post-apocalyptic horror fiction with monsters that aren't zombies battling against a smaller cast of characters.

The writing was crisp and easy to follow. I liked how the baby just had the name Baby.

The characterization is a bit thin at times, with not much in the way of change with the main characters, other than the somewhat predictable relationship between Kendra and Eric.

The monsters may not be explained enough for some readers, but I found enough to be very worried for the characters whenever they appeared. The fight scenes are drawn well with enough description to make everything clear. There are parts of this story that reminded me of the strange monsters in Tim Curran's DEAD SEA. I would have found NESTS scarier if it had been done in third person point of view, but there are definitely a few creepy scenes. I enjoyed reading and would read another novel by this author.

3.75 stars, rounded. 2,994 Kindle locations. Approximately 177 pages.

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