Mandibles

By: Jeff Strand

Narrated by: Cassandra Arnold

Fire ants. Even when they're normal sized, they're horrible, wretched insects whose sting causes burning pain.

But these ants are far from normal. And the city of Tampa, Florida has become infested with the oversized creatures.

From the demented author of Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) and Pressure comes a relentlessly paced novel of insect terror. As the city descends into pure chaos on a hot summer afternoon before the Fourth of July weekend, four groups of survivors must make their way to safety, past thousands of hyper-aggressive ants that can finish you off with just one searing sting.

Dustin, an entomologist, may have the secret to what is happening. Unfortunately, he's being held hostage by a pair of psychopathic convenience store robbers who are just as happy to let the city burn.

Packed with humor, action, and thrills, Mandibles is an over the top, large-scale, carnage-filled, insects-on-a-rampage extravaganza!

"No author working today comes close to Jeff Strand's perfect mixture of comedy and terror." (Cemetery Dance)

©2002 Jeff Strand (P)2023 Jeff Strand

Meh

I’m usually huge fan of Jeff strand but this one just wasn’t that great. It wasn’t terrible and if it didn’t have his name on the front you wouldn’t think it was even written by strand. It just fell short and lacked his normal mix of humor and horror. The action starts out right at the gate, which wasn’t a bad thing if anything had it led up to it slowly would probably bore you to death. And the narrator to me just didn’t fit the story or characters but that’s just my opinion. Overall the plot was good but the execution of it just wasn’t there for me. Again huge fan and I have loved everything else he has written but I feel this one was rushed like he was forced to meet a deadline or something idk maybe you will like it but if you do get it I would recommend waiting til it goes on sell.