The Body Harvest

The job of a book is to grab you right from the first page, so you keep reading to the very last one. M. J. Seidlinger’s The Body Harvest does that but perhaps not in the conventional sense by ensnaring your attention with an immediate abhorrence that will either make you immediately stop reading, or unstoppably keep going. And if you already have an inkling what the book is about, you’re going to keep just to find out what actually happens.

Will is a fraud who lost his job by stealing from the company, while Olivia’s life fell apart when things didn’t work out the way she hoped they would. They’re deadbeats with no plans for any sort of future, while Will’s savings are quickly disappearing and soon they’ll be without a roof over their heads. What do they do for fun? They get sick. As sick as possible. They hunt for flu and fever, coughing and sneezing on each other with the goal of becoming really unwell. Then they find The Source, a clandestine group that seeks out their greatest desires.

The book starts strong but eventually devolves into an uncertain story, nevertheless, it is quite different from what people are used to reading.