After a drunken one-night stand, a house sitter with a self-esteem problem and a terminally depressed film producer face the end of the world together. And there’s a dog named Jake.

This is apparently a first novel, and it was entertaining enough. The problem, for me, is that as a kid I read King’s The Mist and it was very formative for me. This book reads a lot like a Mist spin-off. The characters (who aren’t very likable to start, but become more so by the end) are trapped by unseen and unknown monsters and must try to find ways to survive. I couldn’t help but compare the two stories, and The Mist just kept coming out on top.

Still, if you can get around that, and like monsters and end of the world scenarios, I’d say this one would be excellent airplane reading. Quick, easy, and pretty entertaining. I might go up to 3 or 3.5 stars if The Mist wasn’t such a big part of my growing up.