This was a great follow up to Fever House! The character povs can get a bit confusing sometimes but it’s all relevant and wrapped up nicely (insanely) at the end.

Hold onto your seats because "The Devil By Name" by Keith Rosson is here, and it's a wild ride you won't want to miss! As a sequel to the gripping "Fever House," this book takes the intensity up a notch, delivering a creepy and gory, yet incredibly fun experience.

In a world overrun by the "fevered," zombielike creatures consumed by violence, Rosson masterfully weaves together the lives of characters like guilt-ridden detective John Bonner, the resilient Katherine Moriarty, and the enigmatic Naomi Laurent. As their paths converge across a ravaged landscape, you'll be on the edge of your seat, eager to see how their stories unfold. Part of the story takes place in Portland (like the first book), which was extra fun as a Portland resident. Completely recognized some of the locations (hello, Hawthorne Fred Meyer!)

Rosson's storytelling is as gruesome as it is beautiful, painting a vivid picture of a world where survival is everything. With every turn of the page, you'll find yourself immersed in a heart-stopping saga of redemption, survival, and the search for humanity in the face of darkness. Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Fever House was down right disturbing and I was THRILLED at the opportunity to read The Devil By Name.

What to say? This follow up was unhinged, in the best way possible. I was terrified -and- excited to see what was going to happen next.
I simply could not put this down.

If you are a fan of the first book, supernatural horror, and bloody plans to conquer the world this book is for you!!

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In this sequel to the fantastic Fever House, Keith Rosson delivers an apocalyptic, mind bending, horrific novel that has the scope of The Stand but much more "goo-ier".

The world was almost decimated by the Message, a worldwide broadcast which immediately turned anyone who listened into the Fevered. Not zombies but similar to the infected from 28 Days Later. Violent, unstoppable, they feel no pain and their only desire is human flesh and what's inside that flesh.

Fever House left us with questions and these are mostly answered in this book. Familiar characters are at the forefront and a lot has happened to them since the Message.

But the elements, the remnants, are still at play. There's a detached hand, an eye, and of course the message itself. Combining these brings the suffering, the fever, and the curse that destroys the world.

This novel has a lot going on and I read it with my mind firmly in this world. It's just hard to put down. There are so many terrifying instances, power hungry men who want to wield the Message for personal gain, and things are going to get ooey, gooey, and bloody as we go along.

From France to the United States, this worldwide supernatural virus has decimated society and the narrative firmly places us in the shoes of several survivors. The sheer amount of destruction, death, and violence is everywhere and none of these characters are safe.

Guilt, revenge, and loss are also themes throughout the novel and these feelings, while perhaps justified, could have dire consequences.

This is a thrilling, no holds barred apocalyptic horror novel which rivals any other tale of an apocalypse. Highly recommend.

Bro. Bro. BRO! This book is AMAZING! I’m just in awe of it. Possibly even better than the first one… a great follow-up and conclusion to the story.

And I was SO happy to get this book from NetGalley so that I didn’t have to wait til September to read it! I read the first book just last month… so I haven’t, like, entirely forgotten it.

The first one was batshit-fun-horror with the world going to shit. Now it’s 5 years later and it’s still batshit-fun-horror.

It reads like a (super-long) movie. It’s so good. It’s violent and supernatural and the characters are great and it’s fucking tragic. I’d love this to be a TV series and yet the whole time I’m like, No way… they wouldn’t be able to do it justice, they’d hold back too much. So books win once again.

My review of the first one said it would have been better with limited interruptions and I was right — I read this one in 2 days. Compulsively readable and so fun. (The most violent, crazy fun.) If you like (good) Stephen King and Chuck Wendig, this is for you.