(BWF and Fall Flurries) Run by Blake Crouch - 3 stars

[Ellen]

Jack and Dee along with their two children Naomi and Cole are running for their lives. Something is causing people to wantonly murder, torture and burn down everyone and everything in sight. 7-year-old Cole tells his father he knows why this is happening: a strange aurora seen over the lower 48 states of the US seems to have infected those who viewed it with demonic blood lust. The family's treacherous journey will send them from their home in Albuquerque in a desperate quest to reach Canada where it is rumored there is a safe haven. The horrors they see along the way are beyond belief as they face dangerous situations, near starvation and injuries. At one point Jack is separated from his family when he is captured by infected militants. Dee and the children, not knowing if Jack is alive or dead, stridently head north hoping to find both Jack and safety.

This book is pure, unrelenting horror which at times was almost too much to take in. On the other hand it is very exciting and I couldn't stop reading it until I reached the last page. This family is amazingly resilient and I wanted them to reach safe haven at all costs.