Carol's Reviews > Black Mad Wheel

"The question is not what you found...but what found you?"

The mission: Locate source of evil, debilitating sound.

The payment: $100k each.

The question: Do you believe in ghosts?

The bottom line: Survival.

Former soldier, Private Philip Tonka wakes up in a military hospital after six months comatose, a broken painful mess of bones trying to piece together what happened to him and his struggling Detroit band/x-soldier buddies after a dangerous and mysterious mission to Africa.

He knows not who to trust as his memory and movements slowly spasmodically return. The tortuous Doctor is mad, but nurse Ellen relieves his pain and tugs at his heart thru music.

BLACK MAD WHEEL is a super strange psychological work of fiction that Josh Malerman does so well. The novel had me totally engaged turning the pages to discover the truth, but a bit disappointed in the rushed resolution that left me with unanswered questions. Still....sign me up for anything this man writes!

(some great oldies mentioned....Little Bitty Pretty One and Young Love.)