Revenge of the Spiders: An Excellent Sequel

Revenge of the Spiders is book 2 in Rod Little’s four book series, Sons of Neptune. In book one, Earthweeds, the novel’s two protagonist brothers, Shane and Sam, return from a mountain hunting trip to find their home has been invaded by large man-eating lizards created by the Sayans, an alien race of humanoids.

The young men take refuge at the vacant Peak Castle Lodge, a ski resort in the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania. They actively pursue other refugees to join them to fight the Sayans, a species of human-like people from Triton, a moon of Neptune. These invaders have decided to relocate their civilization to a more hospitable environment than their icy lunar home, but they are ruthless and will use chemical weapons of mass destruction without a second thought.

One of the characters the boys meet is Dexter, a sadistic scientist who may have the answer in assisting them in their fight—an alien warship. The only problem, the UFO is stuck in ice in the Artic Circle.

The Peak Castle Lodge refugees have a strange ally, intelligent spiders mutated by the Sayan weapons. They communicate with the humans through an Earthman, Bohai, who has the rare ability of communicating telepathically with animals.  

My review of Earthweeds explained why I enjoyed the read. Most series books usually deteriorate in their ability to hold my attention; not true with Revenge of the Spiders.The action never stops, the plot is rich in ideas, the characters are fleshed out nicely, and the gorgeous settings are described perfectly keeping readers focused.

Note: Don’t even try reading book two without reading book one. You’ll just get lost and regret it. Also, I’ve already started reading book three, The Last Starbase, and loving it. That’s how good this series is. So look forward to that review shortly.

About the Author

Over the past two decades, Rod Little has written for a plethora of science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazines. He also has five published novels to his credit. Though he travels the world with an emphasis on Southeast Asia, Little would prefer intergalactic travel. As would be expected after reading one of his books, he is a devout fan of monster movies and films with post-apocalyptic themes.

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