Unlike the last time they fought, however, this time X follows them all the way back to their home base. Red Sphere yields the weapons Katrina seeks, but it also reveals a horrible new enemy that’s been lying in wait for hundreds of years.Īs events are unfolding at Red Sphere, X and Mags once more encounter the Cazadores. As often happens throughout the Hell Divers series, the exploration of new cities or facilities often results in new discoveries-new monsters, new adversaries, and new information about the events that led up to the war that almost ended everything. So when she receives a transmission from Mags telling her about a secret, pre-war facility called Red Sphere, she alters course in hopes of discovering the weapons she needs to wage her war. It’s never business as usual in Smith’s post-apocalyptic world, though, especially when the Cazadores, sadistic cannibals that want to subjugate (or eat) anyone they come across, are in possession of the very islands the crews of Hive and Deliverance wish to possess for their own.īut Captain Katrina DaVita knows she can’t defeat the Cazadores without help. X and Mags are cruising the ocean in search of the Metal Islands while the Hive continues to survive in the air, albeit now with the help of a new airship in the form of Deliverance. Wolves picks up pretty much where Deliverance left off. But the author knows how to shake all of those ingredients up and pour out a well blended, delightful read nonetheless. That’s not to say that any of that is stellar, because it isn’t.

This latest installment in the Hell Divers series, Hell Divers IV: Wolves, is no exception in terms of grittiness, storyline, characters, and worldbuilding. I will say this much about Nicholas Sansbury Smith: he knows how to consistently deliver.

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