Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

I'm a huge fan of the sci-fi western Firefly and read through tons of Louis L'Amour books growing up. So it was a real treat to see a modern zombie young adult novel that kicked some booty in the old school tradition. Benny Imura is a teenager on the verge of adulthood in a fenced-in town. Fenced to keep the zombies out! Teenage angst to the extreme, Benny hates the only family he lives with--his only brother, Tom. Supposedly Tom is a cool zombie bounty hunter, but Benny thinks he's a coward. When Tom takes Benny out into the Rot & Ruin to learn the trade, Benny realizes that maybe he's misjudged his brother. The two brothers must avenge a wrong in their town, and set off on a rip-roaring adventure. In true Western fashion, Benny and his friends must grow up and save their world.

The Lost Girl character is sooooo River Tam from Firefly. I'd love to see this movie--and it would be a heck of a lot better than the World War Z movie they're making now.

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