The Killing Moon is a post apocalyptic hell of a story. Rough, gritty, violent and all together crazy. The world has gone mad and out into it are tossed 5 friends and their dog after the outside intrudes upon their home.

The story is fairly well written, decently put together and fast paced. The story pulled me in nicely, though it is a very rough story. Though the editing is an improvement over the issues with Rhone, there are a couple issues and I think the story could have used a bit of "tweaking" to cull a few dead ends and improve the flow. The ending I feel is the weakest part. Towards the 4/5th mark of the book everything had fallen apart for the 5 friends, but then a few surprising twists of fate puts things back together (to some extent).

Overall it's a pretty good read, it however is NOT for the weak of heart. It is gritty and at time disturbing with a lot of blood and guts tossed in for good measure. ( )

The constant comparison's with Mad Max and The Stand are misleading: although both those are excellent portrayals of a post-apocalyptic world, they are hardly the only yardstick by which to judge this genre - as for The Road, it is too bleak and too uniquely American to bear comparison to The Killing Moon.

Rod Glenn's work has been in my To Be Acquired list for some years before I took the plunge and otrdered them through ABE Books, and I must admit my first reaction was one of disappointment because the theme was so enticing while the writing was pretty amateurish. Having said that though, I enjoyed this story immensely: it was fast-paced and exciting, and the gore and violence didn't bother me.
England is a comfortable setting for this genre: the island presents a smaller and more managable canvas than the vasteness of America and has been used to excellent effect by the great John Wyndham whose Day of the Triffids and The Cracken Wakes are surely the ultimate end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it novels.
I have to echo other critics and agree that the book needs serious editing and the prose is in need of a polish. The story iitself though is grand. ( )

I found The Killing Moon a compulsive read. I could not put it down - I found myself reading it on lunch breaks at work as well as at home and on the bus. The characters - especially the five friends - drew me right in. I felt every horror and every triumph as they felt it. It's also great to see a post-apocalyptic novel set in the UK. A well-deserved 5 out of 5 for me. ( )

I had to make an effort to read the first 20 pages of the book and despite the fact that it improves significally as it progresses, I did not manage to go far with the reading. Too much -unbearable - violence! ( )

Here is another offering from Wild Wolf Publishing in the UK. Once I read Rhone (my review is posted for it) by John Karr, I was interested to get my paws on anything else put out by Wild Wolf.

The Killing Moon is a post apocalyptic hell of a story. Rough, gritty, violent and all together crazy. The world has gone mad and out into it are tossed 5 friends and their dog after the outside intrudes upon their home.

The story is fairly well written, decently put together and fast paced. The story pulled me in nicely, though it is a very rough story. Though the editing is an improvement over the issues with Rhone, there are a couple issues and I think the story could have used a bit of "tweaking" to cull a few dead ends and improve the flow. The ending I feel is the weakest part. Towards the 4/5th mark of the book everything had fallen apart for the 5 friends, but then a few surprising twists of fate puts things back together (to some extent).

Overall it's a pretty good read, it however is NOT for the weak of heart. It is gritty and at time disturbing with a lot of blood and guts tossed in for good measure.

6.5/10 ( )