Cold Skin (Canons)

I got a free sample of this book on my Kindle app out of curiosity, as my favourite actor (David Oakes) was filming it. What a pleasant surprise! Having read the sample, I couldn't wait to continue.Considering that there are only three main characters, one of which isn't human, it was difficult to imagine how the author would keep it sufficiently interesting to make one want to continue reading... But he did. I understand the original language was Spanish. Well done to the translator. The beautiful language used to convey the story added to the experience. I really didn't want the story to end.I don't want to give too much away, or "spoil" it for anyone, but the story is about isolation, fear of the unknown, & how it can change someone into someone so completely different, they are almost unrecognizable.I would recommend this book without hesitation. If you prefer, download the sample on the Kindle app first, to see if it interests you. I think it will...

Wow, I knew nothing about this book. Didn't know it existed until I saw a trailer for the film. Doing some research I purchased the book off a selling sight and delve straight in.I am a sucker for base under siege stories so this put me in good stead. Echoing Lovecraftian tone it rockets along in the nighttime antics in protecting the lighthouse from the attacks of 'frogs', mere folk with a grudge, or simply an appetite in human flesh. As an author myself it is one of those 'I'd wish I'd written it', books. A premise so simple but bolstered by such gorgeous prose and pacing it make you a little bit riled. But you can't help reading it just to see the outcome. A fantastic read. I devoured it in a day.

Weird book, allegory for many things but if u like monster stuff then you will enjoy it.

This book kept me reading, it was both scary and had a saddness at the same time. If you like reading horror novels it will keep you guessing what's going to happen next.

An extraordinarily powerful book: a disturbing fantasy: a long, hard look at the dark side of human nature that had this reader at least reading through the work again and again and again. Congratulations to the author. His is, I think, a work that will not go away.D. A. Barker. Author of "Killing for Christmas," "What am I?" &, in composition, "Suzanne."

This novel is truly rich, most strange and worth acquiring, though it seems some of it has been excised, and perhaps also there may have been a certain loss in translation from Catalan. Otherwise highly recommended.

Intriguing novel about how isolated people deal with something strange

A fantastically surreal gothic horror story.Picked this up from a charity shop as it had a “glorious novel” recommendation on its cover from David Mitchell who I like.The synopsis is simple - set on a desolate island a researcher arrives by steamship to replace the existing weather observer for a year’s tenure. However, the man he finds, is unwelcoming incoherent and reclusive and will not leave the island, so both men stay and the ship sails off leaving them with food water and guns.What follows is a gripping tale of survival as the men fend of the “monsters from the sea”- the novel is very imaginative and surreal and I think there are probably lots of allegories in the battles that take place. In turns, dark, savage, humane, scary and thrilling. A great page-turner.