Review: Great fights, great weapons, a good love story and a Japanese-style soaking tub...everything you could want.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
This is immediately one of my favorite authors!  This book (and the sequel, hey, hey, hey) take the zombie apocalyptic genre in a slightly different direction.  These zombies are fast, can talk, think, and are always ready to attack.Set in the Washington, D.C., area, a small group of survivors has formed a community to stave off the undead and continue a normal life of sorts.  Or at least it's become normal.They could go on managing fairly well, except that the megalomaniac down the road wants them dead, and is willing to throw his undead hordes plus their  mil-spec equipment, at the task.Our hero is Frank, a good guy who tries to do right by his friends, and is doing his best to protect them against the undead.  He's good at it, too, thanks to an array of weapons, including a Man Scythe, a weapon hand-crafted by a friend (you'll learn all about the Scythe in the sequel).  Funny, when he gets wounded, he seems to be healing fast, and not becoming infected.  Still, he's careful about treating his wounds.One community member is a nanotech researcher, and his work is devoted to Human 2.0, creating nanites that will enhance human responses, healing, and communication.  When he's captured by the Megalomaniac, he sends a gift back to the community by way of one member's zombie husband.  Mr. Yan has always been a very polite man, and he's just as polite when he's a zombie.  He passes info to the community about the intentions of the maniac, his assets, and incidentally, the nanite infections, which pass to all who have an emotional connection with one another.I won't go into the conversion process, as it's a little revolting, and you don't want to learn all the good stuff here.  Suffice it to say, Frank and his friends become superhuman in many respects, and fight very effectively because they heal at high speed.Frank also falls in love with a woman who has just joined the group, and they discover that they're very efficient at kicking zombie butts as a team.  As he modifies, he remembers that his name isn't really Frank...he's actually one of the sons of the maniac who wants to wipe them out.So that's enough to give you a taste of the story - now get it!  Read this one, then go for the sequel!