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1937. When Mythily's plane suddenly loses all power and crashes into the jungle of a mysterious uncharted island, she and her companion Barry are faced with a kaleidoscope of horrors. They discover they are not alone. Initially they think the giant flesh eating spider-crabs are their biggest threat, until they…

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1 author picked Mythily as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Michael Wombat said he wanted to write one book that was bonkers, and although some might say it is, for me it was the perfect amalgamation of several genres in one. It covered many my favourites: science fiction, space and aliens, plus horror, giant flesh-eating spider crabs, mixed with zombies. There's a touch of historical fiction with the encroaching second world war and nazi's, and the author modelled characters and speech patterns from that period.

The author brings such wonderful characters alive, even ones that aren't human. I laughed, I cried and I was thoroughly gripped throughout this fast…

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