I have been eating up the holiday horror this year and am happy to add THE VISITOR by Sergio Gomez to the mix! This novella is an alien encounter survival horror that will end up as one of the bloodiest Christmases ever! "I'm... dreaming... of a RED... Christmas...!"

Themes of isolation and "Are we alone?" resonate through this entire story. From the snowstorm at the beginning where there are only a couple of people on the road to the diner with only a few patrons on Christmas day, and all the way to the end where the survivors are miniscule, THE VISITOR will have you on your toes. The deaths are fast and the descriptions are gory and bloody. The action in the second half is almost non-stop. It's a fight for your life and everyone will most definitely NOT make it. And what is the Visitor after? Why is it here? Why is it killing? You have to see what it decides to do with a body or two...

And while this book centers around a group of survivors in a snowy middle-of-nowhere, it's still safe to say this is a horror book with elements of sci-fi, and not the other way around. However, I think fans of both will ultimately enjoy this book the same. Read this with something warm in your mug next to the fireplace or Christmas tree and have a blast! 4 stars!