This unputdownable book is full of twists, turns, and surprises. You might think you know what is going to happen next, but trust me, you don’t. Seventeen- and eighteen-year-old scholarship students are sailing from San Diego to Hawaii. The captain and the first mate are not good people and are hated by most of the students on the boat. When they hit a violent storm, nine of the sixteen students aboard the ship wash up on what they believe is a deserted island. Although these students don’t realize it, the captain and first mate have also washed up on this island.
The young survivors are worried about the captain and his first mate showing up, even though they believe that the hated two have drowned. Little do they know that something much worse awaits them on this little island that has kept them from drowning.
What horrors do they encounter? When they run into a monstrous statue with a human head in its mouth, it’s apparent that something isn’t right on this island. Cannabalistic pygmies with filed teeth shooting arrows dipped in poison only confirm why they need to get off this island. Blood, gore, and chaos ensue.
The young survivors face a tough question. Which would be better: to be captured by a captain that wants to make you a victim of human trafficking or to be captured, tortured, and eaten by the pygmies?
But the cannibalistic pygmies and the captain aren’t their only problems. One of the students betrays them all. As if that weren’t enough, when they attempt to retrieve needed items from their wrecked ship, sharks try to eat them.
There are so many twists, turns, and surprises that I ccould not put the book down. Like a child who refuses to take a nap for fear they might miss something, I had to keep reading.
The entire book is edge-of-your-seat reading. In one day, I read it from beginning to end. No housework or anything else was done. When I’m reading a book that grabs me like this one did, there’s no time to do anything but read. The only thing I could think about was those shipwrecked teens on this horrible island with a captain involved in human trafficking and those cannibalistic pymies.
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you are a fan of unputdownable books that keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page until the last, this is one you must read. I’ve provided an Amazon link below.
Amazon Link: Isle of Savages
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Favorite Sentences:
He only stared, transfixed in place, shocked to the point of disbelief that his death loomed in the form of torpedo-shaped bodies and glistening white teeth.
The last thing he wanted to do was to stir up a hornet’s nest without enough hornet spray to get the job done.
A bellowing scream surged up from his throat, sounding more like a wild animal with its leg caught in a brutal trap than a civilized human being.
Where light and happiness had thrived, darkness and chaos now reigned supreme.
New Words Learned:
incongruent – incompatible, doesn’t fit
ketch – a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger
prow – the forepart of a ship or boat; bow
riptide – a strong current caused by tidal flow in confined areas such as inlets and presenting a hazard to swimmers and boaters
About the Author:
Briar spent his formative years in the treacherous worlds of The Savage Sword of Conan, The Warlord, and Jonah Hex comics. So he’s been fascinated with action adventure stories for most of his life. From there, he eventually discovered Jack London, Louis L’amour, and Jack Higgins. These days he’s devouring thriller novels by James Rollins, Clive Cussler, and a host of other adventure writers.
Always striving for pulse-pounding action, sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, and hair-raising thrills, T. Briar’s mainstream thriller writing places courageous heroes and heroines in the fight of their lives against the elements, hostile surroundings, morally bankrupt villains, and any other obstacles T. can think of.
But be warned, once the wheels are set into motion with the first sentence, it’s a twisting, turning journey to the end to see who lives and who dies. And make no mistake, someone’s going to die. Some will even die badly. That’s just the way it is when fighting for survival under perilous conditions. The only question is: Will it be the heroes and heroines or the villains?
I’m so glad you enjoyed ‘Isle of Savages’!