Synopsis:
The year 2020 was a good one for the walking dead. The
initial reports of a mysterious plague reanimating corpses caused unbridled
chaos and as the world descended into hell, nations turned on each other in the
battle to survive. Europe is devastated. The remnants of NATO managed to create
safe zones within their cities that still had the protection of medieval built
stone walls. Once again, these ancient bastions were a sanctuary from invaders,
keeping back the dead legions. The rest of the continent was a dead - zone
populated by hundreds of millions of walking corpses. The medieval
fortress-city Carcassonne, in Southern France, became the headquarters of the
living but as the last pockets of human survivors rebuilt the fragile framework
of a new society, one man discovers a terrifying secret. So far, what has
happened is only the beginning. Humanity now faces a true extinction level
event. The dead are clustering in massive numbers. Mere walls can't defend
against the overwhelming force of the meta-horde.
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Amazon Stars: 5/5
Beware the Horde
This novel from the Ministry of Zombies hits you right in
the face with action that never stops. From the moment you open the cover, you
can tell the authors took their topic very seriously; with a foreword written
by a reputable doctor, the tone is established: what would zombie behaviors consist of? This is an extremely well-written novel that is both
thought-provoking and adrenaline-pumping.
As someone who believes that society operates with the
intelligence and purpose of a "superorganism," I found the horde
concept to be extremely fascinating and altogether terrifying because the
terror is grounded in scientific research. As our heroes race again time—and
the odds—to overcome impending doom, we are given all of the elements of
both a good action and zombie story combined into one potent mixture of
entertainment. Impossible odds, a twisted, villainous organization, harda$$
commandos, and zombies!
The emergence of the adversarial humans nearly halfway
through the book utilized a shocking philosophy that I won't spoil for you, but
the metaphorical implications were very interesting. A zombie book should
always provide some subtle social commentary, and I didn't have to look too
hard to find it here—the stampeding, flesh-hungry corpses will always serve as
great symbols for the mass-ignorance inherent in the crowd mentality, but humanity's
opponents in this riveting story provide another sick variation of ignorance…
I would have personally preferred a little more character
development as a substitute for all the action, because there are a lot of
characters exchanging bullets in between snippets of clever and naturalistic
conversation. If you like your zombie novels to highlight military bravery with
mankind's last few bullets, and the souls of courageous soldiers, pitted
against apocalyptic goals and corrupt organizations, then your
zombie-book-buying dollar will find an excellent value here.
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