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Usually I can just breeze right through a Jack Ketchum novel but this one took me a little while to read. The characters are really well written and the whole thing is completely believable. This feels like it could have actually happened in real life. The story goes like this: a Vietnam vet (Lee Moravian) lives deep in the woods and tends a marijuana garden. His wife and son have just left him due to his flashbacks and... Read Full Review

This was an interesting morsel that took no time at all to get through, in fact I gobbled it up in half a day and was ready to tackle even more reading that day. Ketchum enchants the reader with his smooth prose and easy to digest writing, making the story shocking, quick and genuinely real when it comes to the crazy characters and the trouble they got into. Lee, the mentally confused Vietnam vet isn't the only odd ball character... Read Full Review

Vietnam has broken many human beings as Lee Moravian can attest to. Instead of leaving the war behind, however, Lee is still stuck somewhere between fighting for survival and living in "the real world." This has left Lee in an awkward position: not only is Lee protecting himself, he is also seeing the enemy everywhere. And to campers that are in the middle of Lee's war, this means there is no safe place to hide. Over the course... Read Full Review

Jack Ketchum has been hailed as a writer whose unflinching gaze at man's darkness is disturbingly thought-provoking. Consistently, he's displayed a knack for taking readers to uncomfortable places, daring them to stare harsh reality in the eye. Originally published by Gauntlet Press, "Cover" still finds relevance in today's world. In these pages, Ketchum captures the horrors of war, after a soldier has returned home, a... Read Full Review