What if zombies could not only run a la Dawn Of The Dead (2004), but speak, drive cars, shoot guns, and work as a group? If you are looking for the answer to this question you need look no further than The Rising. Our hero Jim searches for his only son Danny amidst the horror of an all out war between the living and the dead. But these living dead are no slow moving, brainless Romero knock offs, these undead have a lot more going for them. Brian Keene has provided us with a more cunning variety of undead that doesn’t discriminate and eat just humans. Goldfish, squirrels, dogs, heck even a deer or two will do in a pinch. Additionally any dead animal or person will “reanimate” regardless of whether it was a zombie who put them in the grave. This leads to a lot, and I mean a lot, of roaming zombies out there, including flocks of bloodthirsty undead birds, motorcycle zombie gangs, etc. The author brings some really interesting and new (at least to me) ideas to the zombie genre. His sense of pacing and the scenes of action he creates really make the book a quick and fun read. Some might be upset by the endng, but I loved it!

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