~ William D. Hicks
Publisher ~ Untreed Reads
~ The Sixth Sense (original)
Published ~ 11 January 2012
~ March 1998 (original)
My Rating ~ 4 out of 5
Dr. John Pankow has created a new
breed of…fly. Yes, I said fly. Of everything out there to genetically engineer
he did it to the pesky, irritating, ugly, disgusting fly. Has he made them less
pesky? No. Less irritating? No. Prettier? No. Less disgusting? No. He’s made
them into killers. For the Army. However, he can’t control them. They’re flies.
They don’t listen to reason and they can’t be bribed with treats. They don’t
care if they attack the enemy or our soldiers.
Dr. Pankow wants to destroy them
because if they are let loose on the world it would be bad. Like, crossing the
streams bad. However, the Army in its infinite wisdom wants more testing, so
the kill order is not issued. Damn Army. Pankow should’ve worked with the
Marines. Of course, my prejudice might be showing a tiny bit. We all know how
this is going to end and it’s not going to be pretty.
This is a short, quick,
well-written read with an interesting plot. I grew up on a farm. Lots of flies.
Everywhere. The thought of killer flies? Makes me shudder and not in a good
way. Why couldn’t this be about genetically engineered bunnies? Oh, wait…that
reminds me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Nothing is sacred!
*The publisher provided a copy of
this book to me for review. Please see disclaimer page.
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