A small town near the Everglades will be a new start for Rachel and her son, but that quickly turns into a nightmare when an unknown breed of flies migrate through the area. Their bites are painful and people are warned to stay indoors until they leave. The problem is, they didn't. And now the TVs and radios are silent. Next came the spiders. These spiders could spin a web big enough to take over a house overnight. The humans inside were stripped down to their bones and the spiders were multiplying. When will it end?

VIOLET EYES has turned out to be one of my favorite novels from Bram Stoker Award-winning author, John Everson. It had enough creep out moments, fear laced tension and nail-biting pages to keep me satisfied and more. There's something to be said about a deluge of bugs that can kill you. Gives me shivers just typing it. Then again I grew up with films such as "Creepshow", and the segment with the old man and the roaches... Everson doesn't hold back in this one.

VIOLET EYES a very quick read that leaves you wanting more. Besides the creepy subject matter, the characters pop off the page with life, and the situations are ick inducing and enthralling. There are no slow spots as the plot races to its finish. Buy this one, read it, and read it again - once in the daytime, and once at night, under one of those glowing bug zappers, if you dare. Then lend it to a horror-loving friend.