Found this book much harder going that the other one I've read by this author. The rape and captivity of one of the main characters I found to be just too brutal and a little scary. Just not my cuppa tea. The characters and how the story developed was not dissimilar to Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War, which was recently published by the author. I think in Purgatory though, the actions of the captor sat more easily with me. In Fog, 'Al' just plain creeped me out. While it was well written, this one was not for me - hence the one star. Content just did not appeal.