Tapping the Source

Really great atmospheric setting. “Surf noir” indeed. The whole time I was thinking about how Ike's integration into Huntingdon Beach was just so natural and smooth.

Kem Nunn is fantastic at setting tone. Tapping the Source is dark and brooding and full of violence in the murky waters. A twisted Beach Boys fantasy land. Like Ike, you don't know if you want in or out.

That said, this is clearly a first novel. I found the pacing off and that some plot turns did not make sense. I was looking forward to this after The Dogs of Winter - which is an all-timer - but it fell a little short.