Cutthroat

Cutthroat is the third in Michal Slade's Special X series and, like a battlefield general or a grandmaster chess player, he has moved all his pieces into position to strike at the readers psyche' and leave them gasping in awe at the end. Special X, the external arm of the RCMP, takes on a globe hopping psycho and may be biting off more than they can chew. From Custer's last stand to present day Hong Kong, Robert DeClercq and Zinc Chandler must face down a multinational maniac and unravel historic horrors in this fabulously twisted novel. You will be shocked, you will be thrilled, your mind will reel from the horror, and when it's all over you will beg for more. Michael Slade's Cutthroat fires on all cylinders and will keep you reading late into the night.

In this one we start out with a Canadian judge being assassinated. We take a peak in on Custer's last stand. Then we flip around to Hong Kong. Some Canadian mountie named William Blake tracks down an Indian named Ironchild (I think that's his name...can't remember off the top of my head). There is some kind of intrigue going on with a Hong Kong pharmacy company and its owners, the Kwan family. And you know the real amazing thing? All this stuff ties together and makes perfect sense by the novel's conclusion. Slade truly is a master.

I finished this just the other night. It was a true masterpiece of contemporary horror suspense. This was the first Slade I ever read, and I am making plans to go looking for some more this weekend. I truly liked his descriptive narration and the urban myths and history were really cool. If you ever find this, ya gotta get it!

Yet another harrowing, blood curdling tale in Slade's saga. We watch familiar characters battle even more evil humans (although - you would like to think they aren't with what they do..) Get ready for a bumpy night if you read this after dark!