After reading the description of this book, I just knew that I was going to love it. Not to be, not to be. This reads like a book by Zane, mixed with Harlequin romance and a comic book ending. Disaster! I will definitely avoid this author in the future.

Thank you to Net Galley and Lyrical Underground for the book! Dark Moon Rising is a good werewolf tale.

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Dark Moon Rising by James M. Thompson was received direct from the publisher. I have never read this author before, that I am aware of. The book is a medical thriller/horror novel along the lines of a mad (mental not angry), researcher looking for a super soldier. You can probably guess things go wrong and shenanigans start happening. There is a lot of dialogue that goes on and on, which caused me to skim. Some like this type dialogue and call it character development, though i want action "not words". The book does pick up with a "monster" you can guess from the title and cover. If you like those type monsters and or tales of government gone wrong, give this book a try.

3.25 stars

I was really in the mood for something a bit gruesome and this filled the gap admirably. A classic werewolf tale with a strong scientific twist. I do enjoy a good conspiracy theory too so combined this book had all the elements of a rollicking good horror-thriller. Excellent prosecwas the icing on the cake. I didn't need wuite so many sex scenes - not because I was in any way offended, but because I felt it detracted from the plot and slowed things down. Really enjoyed tjis. Right up my street.

Review of DARK MOON RISING
by James M. Thompson

There's plenty of meat here for conspiracy theorists to dig into, as biological and chemical weapons research expands, despite the moratorium on such research imposed when Nixon was president. A violent, egotistical, narcissist has risen in rank in the U.S. Army to become a general, and in charge of Fort Detrick, Maryland, home of USAMRIID (U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases). While the stated aim is to protect and defend against biological weapons, under this general, underground research runs rife, especially into designing “the perfect soldier.” A DNA scientist is looped in, and a brilliant neurosurgeon who himself develops a brain tumour (his surgical specialty) becomes a test patient for DNA alteration, unleashing inexplicable horrors.