Review: These ain't your daddy's zombies...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2011
Gah!  I'm so tired of reviewers saying eBooks have errors because they don't use editors!  Do they not read and notice the errors made in books from legacy publishers?  For crying out loud just read the book and enjoy the story...drop the armchair edits.Okay now that THAT'S out my system let us discuss zombies.Dan DeWitt has an afterword in the book, which I love when authors include them, that talks about his years of zombie research and how he came to write Orpheus and formulate a way for zombies to realistically take over.  The resulting plot is awesome.As I was reading ... I will admit there were moments where I thought "Come on, this has been done.". The story still carried me through.  Good thing, because what the author did here was not reinvent zombies.  What he did was deliver a very well-written, exciting, tense, scary, believable tale about people in a crisis that happens to involve zombies.However, for the monster afficionado, there is a new take on zombies called Jeckylls.  I won't spoil the surprise.As I was reading I couldn't help but think of the grandmaster King's The Stand.  The author here does what King did so well, by making his apocalyptic crew real people.  The parts about Cameron and his son that lead up to all hell breaking loose are some of my favorites.  The scene playing basketball would be an amazing bit of writing in any book, about anything.The last part that makes this stand out is the author's seemingly valid knowledge of warfare and military tactics.  Probably the most realistic that I've ever read.These aren't your daddy's zombies here, and this isn't a mindless munch fest.  This is a book about love, courage, survival and redemption.In the middle of all that a bunch of zombies get their heads blown off, and that's pretty freakin cool too.