Book Review: Térata by Michael O'Leary

Térata book cover, by Michael O'Leary
When I read a monster book, I look for just the right amount of gore, mystery, and (in many cases) empathy with the beast. Térata, by Michael O'Leary, delivers all of that...except there are a dozen monsters instead of one (more, if you count the cast of mutant/superhuman characters known as the Awakened).

O'Leary takes us through a complicated alternative world where the Térata--monstrous shape-shifting creatures born in a lab--lurk in parks and auto deale...