Today, I just finished reading, “Hunter”, by James Byron Huggins, which is a science fiction, action thriller, mixed into one. Yes, this is the book where Sylvester Stallone, now owns the rights to. Sly bought the rights to this novel years ago. He was going to make this book into a movie, but he never got it made. Sly recently announced that this will be his next film. He originally was going to make this book into the next, Rambo movie, but he changed his mind. He’s still going to make the film however, I guess he will use the Nathaniel Hunter character, after all, in which, I bet Sly will play. Sly will write, direct, and star in this movie if he ever gets it made.

The plot is simple. The main character, Nathaniel Hunter, is a wilderness survival expert, and he was hired to do a mission where he is supposed to hunt down an inhumane beast in the Arctic Circle.

While I think this is an entertaining book. I have a few complaints. No 1., the story was a bit too predictable. No 2., the book was written like a screenplay instead of a novel, and you can easily tell that the story was strictly written for Sly Stallone. No 3., it kind of rips off Arnold’s “Predator” movie as both have similar plot ideas.

Other than that, “Hunter” was an entertaining read, and will be a good action movie, if Sly doesn’t mess it up. I’ll admit, that Sly is not the best screenwriter and director in the world, so I am kind of skeptical of him doing this project. Hopefully Sly, will do a good job and redeem himself with this movie. I read online that Sly is planning to make this a 3D movie, which is going to be pretty cool ’cause I don’t think Sly has ever directed a 3D movie before, so this will be different for him.

I’ve been wanting to read “Hunter” for years, but the book is hard to find. This book was a borrowed copy from a friend of mine. This wasn’t the best book ever, but I did enjoy the ride. It was a quick page turner.

Kev