The Fervor

by Alma Katsu

Book Overview

The acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels The Hunger and The Deep turns her psychological and supernatural eye on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II.

1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko's husband's enlistment as an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593328337
• ISBN13: 9780593328330
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Fervor is a fast paced thriller!

The Fervor is a horrific look at the historical internment camps during WW2. The story is sad, infuriating, shameful, and has horrors of many kinds. The biggest being the frank look at what America did to an entire group of people, for daring to exist as their own race in the same space as anyone else. Katsu does a great job with the character writing here. Meiko and Aiko are intelligent and likable characters, strong, resilient, well written, and relatable. Fran is an excellent example of a conflicted but independent woman in that time period. She supplies countless other historically accurate personalities and traits, all of which fit nicely into the story. The ending is a bit lackluster for me, but it does leave open the possibility for more, which is always exciting! Overall, the book is well written, and enjoyable. Solid four stars!