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Predator: Kindred by Scott Toulson, Jason R. Lamb, Roger Petersen, Bruce Patterson, Brian O'Connell, Scott Tolson
5.0

I really enjoyed this one.

Buddy, our main lead here, was basically slapped around and abused mentally too by his father as a kid. But on a hunting trip he sees his father murdered by a Predator. Years and years later Buddy has his own family and treats them all right, taking care of his child and wife, without being a piece of shit. But poor buddy will always have some PDST. At the same time in this small little town he lives in, we have a police officer just trying to do her best, and make her father proud of the way she's running the force.

But when a psycho murderer escapes prison with a few friends, the Predator aims for their deaths. Through various events the murderer leads the Predator to the sleepy town and all hell breaks loose, including the true anger deep inside Buddy.

This is actually a really well done story. Buddy is super likeable and you can see his point of view almost every time. Characters act like normal people, not big action hero star here. The killer is scary as hell, and the Predator even more so. This just overall works in a lot of ways that surprised the hell out of me.

A 4.5 out of 5.