Breeding Ground (R)

Breeding Ground is the sequel to Slugs and is just as scary as the origional. The killer slugs are back and this time, touching their slime gives you a horrible disease which end sin you going mad and killing people. Very gorey and creepy and this is one of the only books that has genuinely scared me in places. One of Hustons best books. Highly reccommended.

Once again, Shaun Hutson demonstrates his ability to make the slimy little gastropods known as slugs scary, and does it even better in this sequel to his first bestselling novel. Well naturally, the slugs are back, and have moved from the small England town in the first book to the sewers of London in this novel. The sewers are the breeding ground of the title. Well, the only new feature to this novel is that the slime trails made by the slugs turn people into savage, demented killers and maniacs if they are touched. Apart from that, nothing different from the novel. There is a main character named Alan Finch who is apparently a doctor, but like the health inspector in SLUGS, doesn't need to be a part of the plot since he does nothing but try to save people, to no effect. And obviously, there is lots of gore and good descriptions of people being eaten in this book, and several graphic sex scenes. AND....the slug's lengths are exaggerated like in the first book. My favorite scene: The guy who goes to the strip club for about $20 worth of entertainment and dies a very stupid death. You'll see what I'm talking about when you buy the book!

Hutson is rarely given the credit he deserves. So I will try to give him some here.Since the synopsis tells you what the book is about, I won't cover old ground. What I will say is that Hutson has a wonderful writing style. Much better then some of his better known contemporaries. His writing keeps the story flowing smoothly and allows the reader to get involved with the characters and the, generally unpleasant, situations they find themselves in. As for the gore factor, I don't see that it exceeds many other famous writers. For instance, if you enjoy Bentley Little's work, you shouldn't find Hutson's too hard to stomach.I heartily recommend you try one of his works and make up your own mind!

The book itself is very similar to its prequel, Slugs. But, because of Hutson's fabulous method of writing horror the fact that this story is on a much larger scale, it is a fabulous read!!