Review: This book is "Conspiracy"riously entertaining!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
I very much enjoy historical fiction, and when I saw that this one was based in London, and the main enemy was basically zombies, I was totally on board.In current day London, the Roman armies that were slaughtered by Queen Boudicca and her United army come back to life, for revenge.  But the hero of the story is not the modern military, it is normal people.  Normal, boring, everyday, nobody-cares, regular people...  They have to rise up, and vanquish this foe ONCE AND FOR ALL (lightning crashes in the distance)!!!I would like to think that, if Edgar Wright was born without a sense of humor, this book is pretty much how Shaun of the Dead would have turned out.  That's not a negative thing, this book is not meant to be a comedy.  What I'm saying is, Shaun of the Dead was a group of regular boring people in London surviving a zombie apocalypse, and there are very clear similarities to be drawn there.This book was very fast paced, and the intensity and anxiety-inducement stayed at a pretty even keel throughout.  It was also refreshing to read what is basically a zombie story, but with the twist of them being Roman soldiers that are coming back was enough refreshing of an old concept for me to buy in, and enjoy the ride.This is the author's first release (as far as I can tell?), and judging from how much I enjoyed this first offering, I will very much be looking forward to the next one!