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Dalton has created an intriguing layered novel. Yes, it's a linear horror tale about how modern toxins can pollute and kill. It's about unsuspecting people succumbing to the horrifying creature created by mankind. But it's more than that too. The Beast is a metaphor for the beast in the human animal - whether that's Ross, or Bagley or even confused sad Tom. Despite the gore and a few erotic encounters, what shines through this novel is the humanity. Indeed, good people - even children - die under the jaws of the Beast, but many find redemption, courage, hope and salvation on their journey towards the tense denouement in the Welsh hills. After all the carnage, the final paragraph is very moving.
Costa Blanca News, Spain
It isn’t easy to link together an assortment of basically unlinked situations without a smidgen of confusion but Trevor Dalton does so magnificently in his book “Open Tap.”