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Rot & Ruin
by Jonathan Maberry
What fun! A zombie book that's not really about the zombies at all. I mean, it is, in the sense that zombies are present throughout the book and pose a constant threat to the protagonists. But it isn't in the sense that it's more about the living and what they're living for.
Benny has grown up with his older brother Tom raising him. Their parents? Killed on "First Night", the night of the zombie apocalypse. And all Benny remembers is Tom carrying him and running away from their mother. Thus, in Benny's eyes, his brother is a coward, even if he is a zombie hunter. In fact, Benny worships at the feet of the town's big, bad zombie bounty hunters and can't understand how his brother could even compare. Now that Benny's turning 15, he has to find work or lose his rations. After failing (or recoiling in horror/boredom) in a variety of jobs, Benny finally decides to try out the "family business". His first trip with Tom is a life-changing journey into the vast "rot and ruin", the zombie-infested land outside of the town gates. His world view will never be the same.
This is the thinking person's zombie novel. The relationship between Tom and Benny is painfully realistic. The bounty hunters are palpably disturbing. And the "Lost Girl"? I want to be her friend. Also, I *might* just have a bit of a book-crush on Tom. His zen-like patience concealing some serious potential to fight like a samurai....his compassion and intelligence....and he raised a bratty little brother! le sigh...
Benny has grown up with his older brother Tom raising him. Their parents? Killed on "First Night", the night of the zombie apocalypse. And all Benny remembers is Tom carrying him and running away from their mother. Thus, in Benny's eyes, his brother is a coward, even if he is a zombie hunter. In fact, Benny worships at the feet of the town's big, bad zombie bounty hunters and can't understand how his brother could even compare. Now that Benny's turning 15, he has to find work or lose his rations. After failing (or recoiling in horror/boredom) in a variety of jobs, Benny finally decides to try out the "family business". His first trip with Tom is a life-changing journey into the vast "rot and ruin", the zombie-infested land outside of the town gates. His world view will never be the same.
This is the thinking person's zombie novel. The relationship between Tom and Benny is painfully realistic. The bounty hunters are palpably disturbing. And the "Lost Girl"? I want to be her friend. Also, I *might* just have a bit of a book-crush on Tom. His zen-like patience concealing some serious potential to fight like a samurai....his compassion and intelligence....and he raised a bratty little brother! le sigh...