Joe has now reviews three of my works and here is his latest effort:
(Please be aware of a spoiler alert associated with this review.)
The Rise of the Huskers picks up where Operation Z Day
ends. Raven and her roommates are still holed up in the cabin. The
Huskers are humans who higher brain functions have been destroyed by a
virus that now stay alive on instinct alone. The Huskers search for food
and their first choice of food is uninfected humans. They are, for all
practical purposes, zombies in the traditional Hollywood sense.
Raven
and her roommates continue to live in their well armed cabin and
continue to meet with RCMP Zygmunt Nowicki, an Afghanistan veteran and
the lone law man in the story. The book opens with a bit of a surprise.
Eli Falconer, Raven's father, is still alive. From reading the first
book, Eli drives off, infected, and shortly afterwards a gunshot is
heard. I thought he took his own life to prevent his "turning."
If
the Huskers were not enough to worry about, a coup in the neighboring
Indian reserve brings to power a new chief who wants all the historical
back including the town of Banff. Not only do they want the land back,
they want all the town's people off their land. Zygmunt and the girls
gather up the uninfected people of Banff and hole up in a hotel to
defend against two enemies.
The virus that turns people into
Huskers destroys all higher brain functions cerebrum: reason, memory,
problem solving. What happens when the virus does not destroy all
higher functions? You have a leader and organizer of the Huskers. An
extremely dangerous adversary.
A moral question is also brought
up. If the Huskers are humans and sick, is it right to hunt and kill
them? Can they be cured? Without any government or military help to be
found, does it really matter?
The Rise of the Huskers is an action packed and fast paced sequel to Operation Z Day.
It is smart and well written. The storyline is one of the most
believable "zombie" series I have read. I am looking forward to the
third installment of this series. Great characters and a great story
make for a great afternoon of reading.
The Living Hunger, the title of my second book is more than just a blog. It's an urge that drives readers and writers to investigate, create and consume. Explore the possibilities with me, as I share my works and others in our quest to satisfy that 'Hunger'.
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