Fascinating story. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I’m a huge fan of Anne Rice. This was my first Christopher Rice book and just like his Mom I’m now a huge fan.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the digital advanced reader copy. This is my honest review.

Decimate was a great read by Christopher Rice. Claire and her brother, Poe, were on a midnight hike in Montana when strange things happened in the woods. A blinding and devouring light appears with a rumbling pulse that blasts them off their feet with little memory of what happened. Their own father insisted that there was a violent extraterrestrial abduction, but his obsession ends up tearing their family apart. Claire has battled anxiety attacks sine that hike. Fourteen years later she wants to heal her relationship with her brother that has been damaged by his addiction. Hours before their reunion, his passenger plane plunges into the Colorado mountains. Unfortunately, no one survives the crash. While grieving, Claire accepts her estranged father's request to join him in Montana. He is still investigating the paranormal force he believes altered his children. Claire's anxiety attacks are much different after they reunite. She doesn't know if she is experiencing hallucinations or visions. I enjoyed reading this book and cant wait to read more by the author.

Another amazing read masterfully created by Christopher Rice.

The story kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end.. The writing was creative, and beautifully well crafted.
The characters and their situations pulled me into their world, making me feel part of their story.

I absolutely loved and enjoyed this fascinated story.

This was a wild ride of a plot and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story has numerous elements and kept me interested.
Many thanks to Thomas & Mercer and to NetGalley for sharing a galley with me in exchange for my honest opinion.

Another great read. I stayed up all night just to finish the book. I was on the edge of my seat the whole read, wondering how things would end. The writing was crisp and tight; words flowed and didn't feel disjointed. The characters and their situations was on point. This was exactly what I needed to help me come out of my reading slump. Looking forward to my next read by this author..

Christopher Rice is one of the most versatile writers and creators active today.
I picked this up thinking I’d read for a bit, cook dinner, spend the evening with the family and then maybe read another chapter before bed. Whelp … yeah. My family had frozen pizza and I didn’t really close the book (kindle) until the sun was mostly up, the birds were loud, my eyes were bloodshot and running and (yup) I finished the last page.

The themes, emotions, stories and characters created by Christopher Rice are engaging, relatable and mesmerizing.

This is my first read of a Christopher Rice book, with the exception of when he has written with Anne Rice. Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris is the book that inspired me to start reading Christopher Rice, and I was NOT disappointed. Decimate - what a book! When I put Decimate down for the night, I found myself thinking about the next time I could pick it up. Decimate is a tremendous book that I will be suggesting to others! I will continue to read C. Rice as well. Decimate has it all, especially if you love horror / supernatural / fiction, etc. Just WOW!

Really enjoyed this story from Christopher Rice. He never disappoints. Great characters, and a very interesting plot/story. Pacing was great also. Can wait for more from Christopher Rice. #Decimate #NetGalley

What a great book about the line between life and death! I wasn't sure I'd like it, It reminded me a little of Stephen King in the style of writing and I enjoyed it!
The premise of the book centers around Poe and his sister who have a telepathic connection to each other, even when Poe passes away. What unfolds is a walk between life and death examining near death experiences and the "could be" of it all. Great read! Thankful for the ARC!

I love a good paranormal thriller and this checked all the boxes. Creepy woods, possible alien abduction and a mind bending mysetery. Perfect for fans of horror and sci-fi alike.

This book was so good! I want to see more from this author in the future!! I couldn't put this book down. What a page turner!!!

Estranged from her family and suffering debilitating anxiety attacks, Claire decides meeting with her brother is the best place to begin healing. But Poe’s plane crashes in the Colorado mountains with no survivors and Claire begins to have visions -or hallucinations?- of Poe. Could their father’s obsession with the paranormal be valid?
I enjoyed Christopher Rice’s new twist on an old story. The characters are well written and leave you wanting more of their lives. The story reminded me of a 1980’s Dean Koontz book.. I would definitely recommend this book for a fast paced, exciting read.
I received my copy of Decimate as an advanced reader copy from NetGalley, but this perfect summer read is available to you anywhere you purchase books on May 10, 2022.

Strange but compelling

Christopher Rice does write some strange fiction. I kept thinking I was going to put this book down and not finish it but surprise to me...I finished it and, while I can't really explain it, I liked it. I know. That doesn't make much sense but oh well.

Claire and Poe were out camping with their father when they were younger. Well, they were camping and he was drinking. Poe wandered off, Claire followed and the unexplainable happened. Their father insisted it was aliens. Claire and Poe couldn't remember.

There are addiction issues, a plane crash, a hidden ranch, mysteries of life and death, and more. This was a strange but compelling read.

I received this book from Thomas and Mercer through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

I'm not sure exactly how to categorize this book, as it seemed to have a little of everything. It had the potential to go off the rails but never did. I always enjoy Christopher Rice's novels. They are so very unique and strange, in the very best of ways. Almost as if he's putting his dreams into words. I didn't think anything could top the Burning Girl series for me, but I was very wrong. Decimate was thrilling, sad, thought provoking and overall a beautiful story about death, family and love.

Great read that had me guessing what would happen all the way to the end. Interesting take on the time between life and death, mixed in with possible alien abduction, and characters and family dynamics with an interesting story arc keeps you thinking about what happened after you've read the book. Recommended.

Disclaimer- I have been a Christopher Rice fan since his first book came out. I’ve read every full book ( need to catch up on short stories and novellas) he’s put out. Christopher Rice writes in a variety of genres, and even ones that aren’t usually my cup of tea I find intruding. But this book, I don’t know I tried so hard I really did. I’ve got several problems with it.

One the pacing. It’s just too slow.

Two- the amount of things going on, there’s just too much and it gets lost because…

Three- it is too long, over 400 pages

Four- (spoilers) it deals with life after death, which is an interesting subject and maybe it triggers me because while I would love to see it be a reality it is not, and grief and loss are horrible. Rice himself recently lost his mother, although this was written before she passed, it came out after her passing.

If I wasn’t reviewing I would take longer with this book, and maybe that would help some of my problems with it, to be fair,

Claire Huntley and her brother, Poe, were on a midnight hike in Montana when the woods went wild. A blinding, devouring light and a rumbling pulse that blasted them off their feet left both kids with little memory of what happened. Their father insisted it was a violent extraterrestrial abduction; his wild obsession would tear their family apart in the wake of the trauma.
Fourteen years later, Claire, who’s battled anxiety attacks since that fateful hike, wants to heal her relationship with her brother, which has been damaged by his years of addiction. But only hours before their reunion, Poe’s crowded passenger plane plunges into the Colorado mountains. No one survives the fiery crash. In the midst of her grief, Claire accepts her estranged father’s request to join him in Montana, where he continues to investigate the paranormal force he believes altered his children down to their bones.
As they reunite, Claire’s anxiety attacks take on a new dimension. Is she experiencing hallucinations or visions? Is her brother’s presence in them a symptom of grief, or is she receiving messages from beyond life? The answers Claire and her father seek will take them on a breakneck journey deep into the Montana wilderness and the shadows of history, where they will unearth a secret force with terrifying implications for their family—and the world.

This is a brilliant twisty read.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable.
Great suspense and found myself second guessing every thought I had continuously.
Can't wait to read what the author brings out next.
Recommend reading.

I was provided an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. This is my own hone\st voluntary review.

Decimate, by Christopher Rice, is a touching family based science fiction, suspense with just a touch of romance. Definitely not my usual genre but the story kept me hooked. I thought that the characters were well fleshed out and found the storyline easy to follow & interesting.
Claire and her brother, Poe, were on a camping trip when an all powerful, pulsing flash threw them up into the air. After they crashed back down neither of them could remember exactly what happened. Their Dad became obsessed with convincing everyone that it was some sort of alien abduction, leading to the destruction of their family.
Now an adult, Claire's hoping to repair the relationship with her brother. But on his way to see her, Poe’s flight plunges down into the mountains. There are no survivors. Claire, grieving, decides to go visit her estranged father which causes her anxiety attacks to become a lifeforce of their own.
Now Claire and her father are seeking answers in the Montana mountains where they'll discover an unfamiliar force.

This is my first read by this author. Told in third person from multiple points of view, this story follows the breakup of a family after a near tragedy occurs while a brother and sister are camping with their father in Glacier National Park and their attempts to reconnect as adults. While the father tries to gain the attention of the media by complaining loudly about alien abductions, the story explores concepts of the afterlife and includes several side characters that have had near death experiences. When I discovered the truth behind their experience in Glacier, I was both horrified and intrigued. I found some of these ideas, especially the memory vaults, fascinating but I did wish that it was a little more atmospheric. Recommended to SciFi lovers interested in the connections between siblings and conceptual theories on the spaces between life and death.

Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the free copy provided for an honest review.

Poe and Claire had a life-changing experience in the woods when they were kids that sent them to the hospital. Not knowing what had happened destroyed their family and as adults they're still trying to live with the scars. But then one of them decides to take back the reins of their life and try to discover the truth behind the incident, a decision that will have many unexpected repercussions.

I found the premise intriguing and the story original and interesting, even if longer and less fast-paced and action-packed than I had initially expected.

The mystery made me want to keep reading but the focus on character interactions made me less inclined to pick the book, perhaps due to the quantity of characters introduced and how the story kept jumping from one to another, not making it easy for me to get really invested on what was happening to them.

The parts I enjoyed the most were those about Poe, which I found much more developed as a character than his sister, who I felt I didn't get to know at all.

I enjoyed how the story would sometimes jump to the past, letting me see how something had come to happen or why a character had ended being a certain way, because it would provide the historical info needed to put the plot in perspective without anyone having to stand in front of a white board and explain everything, but I would have loved suspense and a sense of danger for the characters in the main timeline as well. Also, I was left with the conviction they kept getting all the info they were after too easily!

I'll definitely be reading more books by the author.