An instant classic of that svelte form: no longer than a rattlesnake’s body and just as explosive ... The great genius of ,em>Eradication is how deftly Miles reveals the dimensions of Adi’s pain ... Miles has an uncanny ability to create a terrifying kind of momentum, a swelling of alarm that propels the story from bumbling comedy to moral terror ... Give yourself a day to take in the full effect of Eradication. By the time you realize what could happen, there’s no getting off this island or escaping the reckoning at its very last page.
Incisive ... An excellent storyteller, Miles leavens the grim material with moments of dark comedy and shepherds the plot to a series of poignant revelations about how Jairo died and the true cause of the island’s devastation. This one sneaks up on the reader.
