Friday, October 7, 2011

Rot and Ruin / Jonathan Maberry / 458 pages / Horror

Zombies?...Really?...
This is a pleasantly predictable post-apocalyptic novel.  Something has caused the dead to reanimate as zombies - zombies who feed on humans, turning them, in turn, into zombies.  Humans have barricaded themselves into a safe town without electricity and its comforts.  Guards are stationed to turn back occasional zombie attacks.  Bounty hunters frequently make excursions into the Rot & Ruin to capture and kill zombies.  Benny Imura's brother, Tom, is a bounty hunter, but a different breed.  He provides closure to zombie families by ending the life of zombie with respect and compassion.  Tom & Benny chase bounty hunters into the wild who have killed humans in the town.  They find the Lost Girl, foil a plot to staff Gameland, see a jet (!?)....

Great adventure story, even with the zombies...Great themes...Some questionable language.

Gateway Award Preliminary Nominee 2012-13

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