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Rot & Ruin
by Jonathan Maberry
I always found the cover a little off-putting, and I still don't know why the character is featured as looking sort of zombie-ish themselves.
In this story, there was a "first night" where some woke up just spontaneously infected, after that point, everyone who turned into a zombie, was either bitten, or had died and come back a zombie.
Benny lives with his half-Brother Tom in a small protected town, it's been about twelve years since the zombie happened, and most people are very superstitious of technology, because they equate it with somehow being what brought on the zombies. Though no-one actually knows. Due to massive EMP's nothing electronic even works.
The town is populated by bounty hunters, including Tom. Benny admires the big scarred men who tell tales of impossible feats of zombie killing and daring-do. Benny has a difficult time respecting the very quiet and gentle Tom, who never tells stories, and who never seems to compare with the others.
Benny does a lot of growing up in this book, he's just turned 15, at a pivotal point of turning into the man he'll become. And Tom takes him in deep, to really consider and think about, what kind of laws you'll make for yourself once you're out in the rot and ruin that has no laws.
The zombies in this story, are threats, are shuffing mindless killers, but in this story people have acclimated, learned to survive, but most stop at that,and they don't push, question or try to discover past the gate that keeps them protected.
Even though this was written from a 15 year old's perspective, there was enough of the 35 (nearest I could estimate) year old Tom in the story that it made sort of a dual older-younger story-line for people like myself who enjoy YA, but struggle with it when the characters age dips below 16. There are a lot more Asian characters in this book, then the typical YA books, and I enjoyed the change.
I'll definitely be reading the next books in the series. They are very suspenseful, well written, and have a little more heart then the typical zombie-survival fare.
In this story, there was a "first night" where some woke up just spontaneously infected, after that point, everyone who turned into a zombie, was either bitten, or had died and come back a zombie.
Benny lives with his half-Brother Tom in a small protected town, it's been about twelve years since the zombie happened, and most people are very superstitious of technology, because they equate it with somehow being what brought on the zombies. Though no-one actually knows. Due to massive EMP's nothing electronic even works.
The town is populated by bounty hunters, including Tom. Benny admires the big scarred men who tell tales of impossible feats of zombie killing and daring-do. Benny has a difficult time respecting the very quiet and gentle Tom, who never tells stories, and who never seems to compare with the others.
Benny does a lot of growing up in this book, he's just turned 15, at a pivotal point of turning into the man he'll become. And Tom takes him in deep, to really consider and think about, what kind of laws you'll make for yourself once you're out in the rot and ruin that has no laws.
The zombies in this story, are threats, are shuffing mindless killers, but in this story people have acclimated, learned to survive, but most stop at that,and they don't push, question or try to discover past the gate that keeps them protected.
Even though this was written from a 15 year old's perspective, there was enough of the 35 (nearest I could estimate) year old Tom in the story that it made sort of a dual older-younger story-line for people like myself who enjoy YA, but struggle with it when the characters age dips below 16. There are a lot more Asian characters in this book, then the typical YA books, and I enjoyed the change.
I'll definitely be reading the next books in the series. They are very suspenseful, well written, and have a little more heart then the typical zombie-survival fare.