** spoiler alert ** This book is on the weird side. I felt like it had this great middle part but no real beginning and no real end. He dives right into the action in the first chapter. But never provides much back story for the main characters, even though Molly's father and past are somewhat essential to the plot. Kootnz hinted at some important sub points with her mother that never got developed either (like the quasi visions of her protective mother later).

The book is a straight up sci fi with lots of alien creatures, fungus, walking dead, war of the worlds undertones. The ending moves very quickly to a spiritual, day of reckoning, Noah's ark mentality - which I actually really liked. But I just felt that it was also not developed enough and almost seemed like quick fix ending rather than a well thought out approach.

Overall, was a typical pick up at the airport paperback. Good page turner. You will read this book quickly and fill quite unfufilled at the end.