Double Review : Phoenix Island & Devil's Pocket by John Dixon
I normally wouldn't have picked up a book like Phoenix Island . Or the sequel, Devil's Pocket . These are usually the kind of books that skip my radar. Which is why the reader-feed from Netgalley is definitely a blessing. Devil's Pocket was released on Aug 4th and we're dragged headlong back into the brutal raw world of Carl Freeman where violence is a way of life - first introduced with the phenomenally well written Phoenix Island. So I first got hold of Devil's Pocket and then the good folks at Simon and Schuster (Gallery Books imprint) were giving away Phoenix Island for a lark ($1.99 e-book sale) and I jumped for it. While the first book is the inspiration behind the CBS Show, Intelligence ( I admit I haven't seen that one), the sequel is prime material for a summer blockbuster. A darkly intelligent and ruthlessly violent version of Fight Club perhaps? Pitched as an action blast with YA crossover appeal featuring a 16-year old protagonist, Phoenix ...