Davon Rice is an ex-military squaddie, now job hunting back
in the real world which is grinding him down; apparently trained killers are
surprisingly hard to find jobs for.
When a random pop up appears on his search log for a job
looks promising he soon sends off his application, a reply is swift and so
begins the process of attaining his “for the moment” dream job.
Soon Davon finds himself
transported to Devils Island, a place he cannot find on any map. This is a
remote island with a survival unit on site, but for surviving what?
His role is to guard the unit with regular
patrols and whilst the building is fully stocked with basic life support it has
no real entertainment and the solitude soon becomes paranoia inducing.
The mysterious agent Venke keeps
popping up throughout this story and lends a little bit of spook to the whole
thing, as if mysterious eyes in the woods and strange shadows on camera are not
freaky enough.
Whilst I understood the paranoia
element I would have liked CMS to have had more time to build this up, the length
of time it took for it all to happen was too fast for my liking, and can you
have red emerald eyes??
The ending was original from my
perspective as not read anything similar before and I enjoyed the whole concept
but feel that this short story could really benefit from some expansion,
flashbacks, more background on the island etc.
CSM has an exaggerated way of describing things, each
element of any “thing” is given his full attention, at first I found this annoying
but then realised it actually drew me deep into the story, like being sucked
through the pages.
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