• Paperback: 256 pages
• Michael F. Stewart’s Website
• List Price: $15.99 US (Kindle Edition $6.79)
• Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing (April 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1554047439
• ISBN-13: 978-1554047437

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The discovery of an immense pterosaur skeleton lures paleontologist Kim Axon to the tar sands near her childhood home of Fort Mic. But Kim’s not the only one drawn to the find’s siren call, and the others are coming for a very different reason.

Fort Mic, where Kim’s father was murdered long ago, is both blessed and cursed by the shadow population who gravitate to the area for cheap trailers while they mine the sands for oil. Townsfolk begin to fall sick. Fearing the spread of the strange disease, the new doctor quarantines the town.

Now alone, the broken community must rise above its past to battle outsiders who do not fear the return of an ancient evil, but worship it.

The town of Fort Mic is a community divided. One that has went through too much & it seems the land doesn’t forget that when Kim Axon is called to tar sands to investigate the discovery of a pterosaurs skeleton. Little does she know it is about to infect the town & divide them even more, that is if they survive long enough. When the town gets quarantined because of an outbreak of sick towns people, the police refuse to enter & it is up to a few residents to stop the true horror that has been unleashed.

It’s not often a book keeps me up at night due to horror, but The Sand Dragon did just that. It freaked me out because it takes place outside of a town I am very familar with as both my father & brother work in the sand mines there. Just the thought of all this horror happening in this town was enough to keep me up at night. The Sand Dragon is like Stephen King, but based around some true facts. Which in my opinion only make it all the more scary.

I loved Mr. Stewart’s writing style, it kept the pace action packed & seriously horrified me, mostly with the graphic depiction of the birth of a monster & a serial killer in the making. But it kept me turning the pages wee into the night, because I had to know if these monsters could be stopped & who-else would fall victim to the town of Fort Mic.

My only issue was with the first few chapters, while they set up the book I felt they were a bit slow & choppy. The mining terms also confused me, but I ended up understanding it after seeing it used a few more times.

If you are a fan of the horror genre or just feel the need to get creeped out, pick up a copy of The Sand Dragon…but don’t blame me when you end up with a fear of sand.