Title: Dead City
Author: Joe McKinney
Synopsis: “Texas? Toast.
Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf
Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in
history. Thousands are dead or dying –
but the worst is only beginning. Amid
the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken
out, returning the dead to life – with an insatiable hunger for human flesh…
“Within hours, the plague has spread all over Texas. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson finds
his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Along with a small group of survivors, Eddie
must fight off the savage horde in a race to save his family…
“There’s no place to run.
No place to hide. The zombie
horde is growing as the virus runs rampant.
Eddie knows he has to find a way to destroy these walking horrors… but
he doesn’t know the price he will have to pay…”
Review: I’m sure
you all know that I am obsessed with zombies.
If you haven’t realized that yet or are new to my blog check out these reviews:
You see? I may be
new to the zombie genre, but I have fallen in love with it. I also love zombie television and have
watched the first two seasons of The Walking Dead. Unfortunately I have basic cable and don’t
get AMC so I have to wait for Season 3 on DVD before I get to watch it. So, I have read yet another zombie
novel. I loved Dead City. Joe McKinney has created a story that at first
reminded me of The Walking Dead, but then the plot and main character developed
voices of their own.
I felt bad
for poor Eddie and his desperation to find his family. Every time that something, or someone,
waylaid him I got upset and wondered if he would ever find them. I love how, with Dead City, McKinney has
given us the whole time period of a zombie apocalypse. We get to see the beginning, the middle and
the long term outcome of the zombie outbreak.
Many zombie novels simply show a single snapshot, a period of time limited
to a brief sample of one of those. I
will definitely be picking up more of the zombie novels available by Joe
McKinney and I highly recommend Dead City to zombie and horror lovers
everywhere.
Publisher:
Pinnacle Fiction
ISBN:
978-0786023585
If you like this book you may want to read:
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant
