Review: Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box Book 1) by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

About the Book
A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in the Tian Shan mountains. The men are accustomed to danger. Now they’re growing accustomed to fear.

Team leader Liev and his band of survivors are stranded in the bitter winds with little hope of rescue—or outlasting the wolves that have scented blood. In the distance is the apparent sanctuary of an abandoned stone fortress. That an ancient bulwark even exists on this forsaken summit is beyond comprehension. So is what lies on the other side of its walls.

From Academy Award–winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Falling Down, part one of The Boy in the Iron Box, a blood-chilling series of short stories about an ancient secret that was never meant to be unleashed, featuring exclusive interior artwork. Each can be read or listened to in one breathless sitting.

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MY THOUGHTS

This was an Amazon First Reads bonus short story. It pulls the reader right into the action, right into the middle of things, and I was hooked! It was action-packed and full of an ominous sense of dread from beginning to end.

It’s a quick read that can be finished in less than an hour, but be warned, this is only the very beginning of a story that ends in a cliffhanger. Which was a bit of a disappointment, but I’m invested and will be checking out the next installment. It felt like the first episode of a TV series.

Just a warning: this was a bit gory, so if you’re sensitive to that, keep that in mind.

FOUR STARS