Jonathan Janz never disappoints! This book was absolutely amazing from the very first page. Well fleshed-out characters, with fear so malevolent that it leaps off the pages right into your heart! I couldn't stop turning the pages. I will always anxiously be awaiting every single new Janz book!

I’m so glad that I received this ARC copy of Veil from NetGalley, Blackstone Publishing, and Jonathan Janz. Veil took me on an emotional rollercoaster, from sadness to confusion, anger, and happiness, and back again.
He wrote one character that I found myself absolutely hating and wishing the aliens would find them.
If you’re a fan of sci-fi horror and/or alien horror, Veil by Jonathan Janz is the book to pick up.

I was lucky enough to be at AuthorCon V last month when Jonathan Janz revealed the cover for this book and I was absolutely blown away. The moment I saw it, I knew it was going to be something special, even before I realized it was from one of my favorite authors.

What a story. From the very first page, it grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. go into this one blind. Don’t read too much about it, just take a look at that stunning cover and dive in.

Janz has crafted a world that’s both breathtaking and brutally dangerous. This is, without a doubt, his best work yet—and that’s saying something, because he’s already written some incredible books.

I was lucky enough to be at AuthorCon V last month when Jonathan Janz revealed the cover for this book and I was absolutely blown away. The moment I saw it, I knew it was going to be something special, even before I realized it was from one of my favorite authors.

What a story. From the very first page, it grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. go into this one blind. Don’t read too much about it, just take a look at that stunning cover and dive in.

Janz has crafted a world that’s both breathtaking and brutally dangerous. This is, without a doubt, his best work yet—and that’s saying something, because he’s already written some incredible books.

This might be the most terrifying alien book you'll ever read. And there's not a UFO to be found anywhere because these bloodthirsty creatures have a very different, very brutal way of taking people.

Our main protagonist loses his son, then his wife, and finally his daughter. They simply disappear. Taken by invisible forces, snatched from thin air. But he's not alone. Millions of people worldwide are disappearing like this and it turns into an apocalyptic event..

He'll do anything to get his family back and will the help of a like minded group, they'll attempt what just might be a suicide mission to a world they don't belong and no guarantees of safety.

The characters in this novel are excellent. They provide the basis for the unrelenting terror which will test them physically, mentally, and emotionally. And as lock downs and stay at home orders go global, the threat isn't JUST these invisible monsters but humans themselves. This book brings back memories of certain people during the pandemic who put their needs above anyone else and just makes things worse. And in here, these will be taken to the extreme. Threats from within and threats from without.

The alien creatures are absolutely horrific. No compassion, no mercy. What we'll eventually find out about why they're taking millions of people violently will give you a body deep chill.

This book is horror/sci-fi at its finest. Extremely engaging and un-put-downable. I highly recommend it.

My heart is broken and its been stomped on.

VEIL by Jonathan Janz, my newest review book from Net Galley, is an intense sci-fi/horror thriller that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat and it’ll break your heart too.

So what’s it about?

John Calhoun has a wife, a son, and daughter and he ends up losing all three to mysterious invisible creatures that drag them away one by one. After they’re gone, he joins up with fellow survivors who want to get their families back and have a crazy plan to do so.

The book is told in the first person I, so you get to know John Calhoun very well along with his family. You feel for them and their struggle to survive and John’s struggle to get them back. And you get to know and love the survivors he meets and want them to succeed too. Miranda was my favorite of the survivors. Wait till you meet her!

VEIL is a pretty crazy book too. Its not as crazy as say WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES by Clay Mcleod Chapman but its pretty close. Oh my god its close. VEIL can be intense one moment and then slow things down a bit to let you get to know the characters better. Its a really great book.

I love how VEIL is written. Janz is so good at handling people and creatures, check out his Children of the Dark books too, and he handles characters and plot well. I had a very tough time putting the book down!

That all said, you should know that this book does not conclude the story and definitely sets things up for another book. That shouldn’t have surprised me. The same thing was done with Children of the Dark.

I highly recommend VEIL. I enjoyed it a ton. I can’t wait to read the next book!

VEIL by Jonathan Janz releases on September 16th, 2025. Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for providing an early digital copy of the book.

Oh my lord, this was such an amazingly written atmospheric emotional roller coaster that hits you again and again until you literally become of out of breathe reading it!!!