I'm lamenting how it took me a while to start reading it. So we're in a camp with more than a hundred kids, and every mammal in the vicinity are diseased, and one bite is enough to infect and kill you in mere seconds. I'm not saying this because I want to be a sadist or anything of that sort, but merely because I was curious of such a scenario, given I've (kinda) lived through it, too (in my dreams, of course). So that's why when I read the blurb of this book, I knew I wanted to have it. I don't know, guys, but that thought just sends chills down to my spine. They're supposedly friendly, amiable creatures - harmless to mankind - and to have their behavior turn a complete 180 degree turn, and start becoming the predator. Imagine being chased by an aggressive squirrel, or by a hate-filled cat, or by hissing porcupines, or by crazy deers, or by mad beavers. There was something about being the prey by such creatures (small and big ones alike) that was traumatizing. When I was a wee one, one of my nightmares was being chased by animals - their teeth and fangs bared, their mouths covered with foam, their hair and fur on end. Heath came to Camp Harmony to be surrounded by nature.

But how do you trust a leader when you suspect he's more dangerous than the animals you're running from? Heath and a ragtag band of campers are faced with a choice: follow Will's lead and possibly survive, or follow the camp staff and die. Wolves, bears, mountain lions-even the chipmunks are infected, spurred on in droves by one horrific goal: hunt and kill every human they find. A darkness is spreading, driving them mad with rage. Something's wrong with the animals in the surrounding forest. Heath soon learns there's a much bigger threat to contend with. Brilliant, cold and calculating, Will views the world as one big chess game, and he's always three moves ahead of everyone else. But no one rattles Heath like his creepy cabin mate, Will Stringer.

The camp offers distractions: his friends, Cricket and Dunbar, always up for trouble his reluctant crush on Emily, one half of the beautiful Em & Em Twins and hulking bullies Thumper and Floaties, who are determined to make him their punching bag for the summer. It's the perfect place to enjoy the soothing calm of nature as he weighs a heavy decision. 14-year-old Heath Lambert is spending his summer at Camp Harmony in the picturesque Cascade Mountain Valley.

Frenzy by robert lettrick