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Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows (The Zombie Bible #1)

by Stant Litore (Goodreads Author)

3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 · rating details · 121 ratings · 45 reviews

DEATH HAS COME UP INTO OUR WINDOWS

595 BC. God is weeping behind her veil in the Temple while the dead eat her city.

Her prophet Yirmiyahu wakes sometimes in the night and hears those cries. He has foreseen the devouring of the city, and his warnings to its citizens are far from popular. As our story opens, Yirmiyahu is imprisoned at the bottom of a dry well; once each day,...more

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May 08, 2012 Lily rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This story BLEW me away! And what an amazing cover! Good representation of gut punching story coming at you. This story IS NOT for the weak of heart (or stomach)!

Let me start with a warning that I hope you pay attention to. Please don't spend an hour and a half cooking up a great dinner, because you will not enjoy it, if you eat and read this book at the same time, like I stupidly did. Not only did my dinner go cold due to all the chewing pauses as I ferociously devoured parts of this book (as o...more

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Nov 26, 2011 J.H. Sked rated it 5 of 5 stars

Stant Litore has come up with a totally unique way of telling a zombie story, re-imagining biblical tales as stories of the struggle with the undead, and God as female.

Yirmiyahu is a prophet who loves his God and is tormented by her weeping as the people abandon her and break their covenant. All the while the city is under siege; the army of Babylon outside the gate, the growing number of undead within mean that his city is doomed.
When he attempts to challenge both the priests and the king for t...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Adeselna rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I was not expecting something so biblical, perhaps some action, deaths, something more graphical, but, as always, that is the readers fault. What is not our fault is the lack of main goal and conflict. For the most part you keep trying to understand what is Yirmiyahu doing in the middle of chaos. What is his purpose, his goal? We also fail to understand the initial incident. There’s a plague, right, which turns people into walking dead and we...more

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Feb 04, 2012 Rick Gualtieri rated it 5 of 5 stars

I applaud Stant Litore for being so bold as to take on such a potentially controversial topic as the bible. That alone merits some stars of admiration. That he makes it work so well is a testament (no pun intended) to both his talent and the obvious amounts of research he put into this chapter of the Zombie Bible.

There's a real sense for the plight of the prophet Yirmiyahu as he must contend with both his faith as well as the threats both inside and outside of his city (not the least of which is...more

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Dec 05, 2011 danielle. rated it 4 of 5 stars

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When I first heard about The Zombie Bible, my brain was flooded with a cacophony of thoughts.

1. Is this going to be another unnecessary Bible “translation” like the LOL Cat Bible or the Conservative Bible?
2. Is this going to cause Fred Phelps to visit Stant Litore carrying “God Hates Zombies” signs?
3. This isn’t this Zombie Bible is it?
4. Do we really need more zombie stories?

Intrigued, I downloaded Death Has Come Up into Our Windows, and settled in with my Kindle and some hot chocolate. Whatev...more When I first heard about The Zombie Bible, my brain was flooded with a cacophony of thoughts.

1. Is this going to be another unnecessary Bible “translation” like the LOL Cat Bible or the Conservative Bible?
2. Is this going to cause Fred Phelps to visit Stant Litore carrying “God Hates Zombies” signs?
3. This isn’t this Zombie Bible is it?
4. Do we really need more zombie stories?

Intrigued, I downloaded Death Has Come Up into Our Windows, and settled in with my Kindle and some hot chocolate. Whatever I had been expecting, this was not it.

From page one, I was greeted with intelligent, eloquent, academic prose. The tale begins with a note, ostensibly from a historian, giving readers some background of the rise and fall of the zombies. It is here that we learn what it is about zombies that fascinates us so—they reflect the worst of ourselves, that thing inside us we are afraid to face. After a lengthy but necessary introduction, the story begins in proper. Death Has Come up Into Our Windows is based on The Old Testament events of Jeremiah 38, where the prophet Jeremiah is thrown into a well for warning the King of the impending fall of Jerusalem. Kings, it seems are so caught in their own hubris, any hint of impending doom is taken as blasphemy, treason, or both. And so it is, that Stant Litore’s telling of the tale finds our protagonist, Yirmiyahu (the Hebrew, non-Anglicized version of the name Jeremiah) tossed into a mud filled well where he is forced to wrestle the undead for the amusement of the king’s guards. Clearly, this is not a line by line retelling of the Old Testament story, rather a retelling based loosely on the biblical account.

What really drew me into this story is that (like most well-told zombie tales) it is not a story about the walking undead, but a story about humanity. That is not to say it is a zombie story missing zombie gore, for there is gore in abundance; however, there is not gore for the sake of including some blood and guts. Instead, we are presented with a world where we are forced to question exactly who is the antagonist—is it the shambling undead, hungry for flesh or is it the living humans who have created this problem due to their own inequities?
While in the well, Yirmiyahu has time to ponder his life, to reflect on his own shortcomings, to battle his faltering faith, and to reflect on what his society has become. Far from the typical brainless (see what I did there?) zombie fare that is in excess these days, Stant Litore has presented his readers a well-written philosophical dilemma wrapped in zombie paper. The result is a mash up of literary fiction and zombie action. This story deals with very real human issues in a smart and sensitive manner and forces readers to look inward while also entertaining the hell out of them. Fans of zombies will not be disappointed by Death Has Come up Into Our Windows, but it is also an excellent entry point for those new to the genre. I am glad that I took a chance on this story and am looking forward to more from Stant Litore.

And, in case you’re wondering, the answers to my cacophony of questions are:
1. No. But, the LOL Cat Bible is a fun way to kill time waiting for a doctor’s appointment.
2. Maybe, Fred Phelps & the crew do enjoy a good sign waving.
3. Thankfully no, not at all, not even a little.
4. Of course we do, why would I doubt this?

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Nov 28, 2011 Lucinda Rose rated it 5 of 5 stars

Bible: Death Has Come Up into Our Windows

By Stant Litore

This first book of the Zombie Bible is very promising for lovers of fiction and the horror genre. The story is set in an ancient city besieged by the Babylonian army and the dead, setting it apart from others in the genre.

Zombies aren’t a new terror in this world, which is a welcome relief from the norm of post-apoplectic zombie filled tales. It invites the reader to step back in time and follow the journey of a prophet chosen by God to spr...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Masquerade Crew rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I have to admit. I nearly didn’t finish this book. Around the 20% mark I was becoming very unsure as to whether I wanted to keep reading it, and in fact turned to other reviews to help me decide. Being non religious, I struggle to read books with heavy religious elements, and this book, being based on a bible story, has some religious elements. And yet I did keep reading and boy am I glad that I did.

Much like other alternate history books (such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Tung rated it 4 of 5 stars

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies kicked off the genre of taking serious literature and adding the undead. This novella is a perfect representation of this genre, and while the plot sounds ridiculous, it works incredibly well. Litore takes a portion of the life story of Old Testament prophet Jeremiah (called Yirmayahu in the book, his proper Hebrew name), and asks the question “How would Jeremiah’s prophecies sound if he was warning Jerusalem not just of the oncoming Babylonian siege, but also...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Matt Mancini rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So the Babylonians are coming and Jeremiah is calling the nation of Israel to repentance for her idolatry and the breaking of covenant with her God. This is the history. Into this, Stant Litore throws zombies to make a dire situation even more dire and add a new difficulty for our intrepid prophet and the covenant people of God.

I wanted to like this one. Like, really. It's a really interesting concept (if not necessarily entirely original) and I like the allegorical possibilities that present th...more So the Babylonians are coming and Jeremiah is calling the nation of Israel to repentance for her idolatry and the breaking of covenant with her God. This is the history. Into this, Stant Litore throws zombies to make a dire situation even more dire and add a new difficulty for our intrepid prophet and the covenant people of God.

I wanted to like this one. Like, really. It's a really interesting concept (if not necessarily entirely original) and I like the allegorical possibilities that present themselves when the living dead are present among the spiritually dead. From very early on, though, I found myself disappointed. Some things you should know about this book:

1.) It's quite short. I'm not sure how many pages it would be in print as I read it on the Kindle, but I imagine it was somewhere on the order of 100 pages. This isn't necessarily bad. Just something you'll notice pretty quick.

2.) From the outset, the author refers to God in the feminine. I have to be honest, this really gets on my nerves. I have nothing against femininity and God doesn't either (despite the claims of His critics), but the God of the Bible; the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and, yes, Jeremiah, is referred to in the masculine. He is God, the FATHER. This isn't novel and it isn't intellectual, it strikes me as cheesy and gratuitous. It's one of those things that is so annoying to me that it made it hard to consider this book a real winner after the first appearance of the word, "she." The idea of a female god is intriguing and Litore played it well, don't get me wrong...but as I've mentioned, the God of the Bible is simply no referred to in the feminine. To make an adequate comparison, it would be like writing a historical fiction novel in which Abraham Lincoln was portrayed as a lady.

...only, now that I write that...it sounds kinda interesting. Take it for what you will.

3.) Not a ton of zombie action here. In fact, not a ton of action at all. The entirety of the plot in the book occurs in something a little like hybrid flashbacks and first person remembrances. Jeremiah, in actuality, spends the entirety of the book at the bottom of a well. Accordingly, there is very little by way of resolution. He starts in a well, he ends in a well...you are told of his prophesying to King Zedekiah, you are told of the Babylonian siege...but you aren't really told where it all ends up. Guess you'll have to read the Bible to get resolution...again, maybe not a bad thing.

4.) The one very strong point in this book, in my opinion, and the most fully-developed plot line, is the relationship between Jeremiah, and Miriam, his wife. Their love is beautifully portrayed and paralleled with the covenant of God with her (His) people, and it was this love, and Jeremiah's commitment to his wife, that made me care of about him (and therefore this book) at all.

All in all, it was an interesting read that, in my opinion, fell well short of its potential and ventured too far into cliche and trend. This could have been done so well. And, while I'm unimpressed with the direction this book took, I have every confidence that Stant Litore even has the style and skill to pull it off fantastically - there's no question the man can write. That said, it needed to be longer, more developed, more conflicted, and less cliched. Prose simply won't carry the whole shebang the whole way.(less)

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Aug 10, 2012 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of World War Z, or of historical fiction in general

Stant Litore's Zombie Bible series (of which this is the first) takes the conceit that certain Biblical stories are actually thinly-veiled historical accounts of zombie outbreaks.

The series may eventually address the obvious topic -- the potential zombiehood of Jesus -- but this volume takes place in the time of the Old Testament (and the second, set in Rome several generations after Nero, studiously avoids the subject), following the prophet Jeremiah after his failed attempt to warn King Zedek...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Simon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Quite interesting, with several virtues, but in the end not quite satisfying. I gather the author is zombifying the whole Bible, one book at a time. I like the idea here, the scope of the whole project. This, the first installment, is a novella based on the book of Jeremiah. The work focuses on Jeremiah (Yirmiyahu, since the author uses the Hebrew version of his name.) He is, of course, an Old Testament prophet, railing against the moral failings of his society - the hungry children, the idol wo...more

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Feb 20, 2012 Anthony Mathenia rated it 5 of 5 stars

I was lured into reading Zombie Bible: Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows with the tease of Old Testament prophets cage fighting zombies. In reading, I expected a wry, amusing mashup between the Bible and zombies only to find out that I had been pleasantly mislead. This book is as deep as the well the prophet Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) is tossed into where his captors drop the undead on him in cruel amusement.

Really, this book isn't a book about zombies (as some critics will point out), but rather it...more I was lured into reading Zombie Bible: Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows with the tease of Old Testament prophets cage fighting zombies. In reading, I expected a wry, amusing mashup between the Bible and zombies only to find out that I had been pleasantly mislead. This book is as deep as the well the prophet Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) is tossed into where his captors drop the undead on him in cruel amusement.

Really, this book isn't a book about zombies (as some critics will point out), but rather it is a book about love. In between the sparse, yet exciting, zombie slayings, there is a rich, captivating romance. It concerns the love that the prophet has for his wife, his city Jerusalem, and for God. It seems strange to describe a book about zombies as being realistic, but the author gets deep inside the head of the prophet to learn what really fired him up and caused him to risk his life to bring an unpleasant message to a people that did not want to hear it. Yirmiyahu is a one-man Occupy the Temple movement, railing against the ruling and clergy class that had turned its back on the land's poor and mistreated -- and as a result God. In doing so Stant saves the reader from the popular false impression that Biblical prophets were simply predictors of the future, but rather rightly depicts them as the people's conscience crying out against social injustice and warning what the results would be for ungodly behavior.

One of many things that impressed me was Stant's command of the Biblical narrative backdrop. He simply didn't drop some zombies into a Biblical setting, sprinkling in some Hebrew words and locations for flavor. Rather he has a rich understanding, not just of the details of the source material, but of the underlying message of love. This is book is intensely spiritual and worthy of meditating on for those inclined that way. There is a poetry at work here whether it is describing the prophet's locking arms with the undead or lips with his wife. Throughout, Stant's prose is delightful and compelling. I look forward to reading more.
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Jan 21, 2013 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Yerusalem is being ravaged by a plague, so what else is new? It's biblical times, something bad is alwayshappening in Yerusalem! This isn't just your normal plague though, this isn't wine and water turning to blood, it's not frogs or fireballs falling from the sky, and it's definitely not something as mundane as a plague of locusts. No, this is an old plague, true evil, a sign that the people of Yerusalem have trul...more

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Dec 02, 2012 James Jr. rated it 5 of 5 stars

I write and read a lot of horror fiction, but rarely anything to do with zombies. So, imagine my surprise when I finally picked one up, began to read and found myself intoxicated by just how wonderful it was.

I’m speaking of an entry into author Stant Litore's "The Zombie Bible" entitled, "Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows." As a Christian, I am familiar with the Old Testament books of the Bible. With his use of original language, setting and capturing the speaking style of characters of this da...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Ben Roberts rated it 4 of 5 stars

An excellent and visceral horror tale. The biblical themes of humanity's inherent capacity for self destruction and evil are used to good effect. In this tale the walking dead are a physical manifestation of unforgiven sin. Using such a metaphorical device gives the undead a sense of cosmic weight and inevitability. The plight of the prophet (who spends the entire tale at the bottom of a zombie infested well) is horrible to behold, yet invested with a sense of beauty as the prophet ponders his l...more

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Feb 10, 2012 Kathleen Ann Bergen rated it 5 of 5 stars

If you are looking for a standard gore and action packed zombie novel, Zombie Bible is not the book to pick up. If you are looking for a riveting and skillfully crafted story that artfully tells the tale of a city's decline due to greed, cruelty, and it's denizens turning a blind eye to the corruption around them, Zombie Bible is right up your alley.

A spin on a biblical tale pits a prophet of the female God, whose abandonment of the city is a central catalyst for the invasion of the "unclean dea...more

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Jul 07, 2012 J.M. Reinbold rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is not a typical zombie story, it is however, a zombie story for folks who would never dream of reading a zombie story. The Zombie Bible is an unique imagining and placing of the zombie in an historical and cultural context. It is also a haunting character study of a man who is a prophet of God, who lives in desperate, impossible times.

This story is beautifully written, emotionally deep, rich and intense. It is a literary/genre hybrid and as such is an amazing achievement.

The Zombie Bible t...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Jeff Wheeler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One of the previous reviewers said it best: "a zombie story for folks who would never dream of reading a zombie story." I'm one of those people who ever imagined reading something like this, but I'll admit I enjoyed it and it moved me. I'm not a horror reader and I don't care for zommbies, but I loved the Old Testament setting and especially the character development. It's a serious work and I read the whole thing in two days. For the squeamish, be warned. But it was a story about Virtus, a topi...more

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Oct 26, 2011 Tarrin Lupo rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a completely new take on the zombie genre. This is a fictional expansion of a story about a zombie attack that was originally delated out of the Bible. The story is damn right scary and creepy, but was a fun read. The author does an interesting weave, where the storyline seems to sound like it is real scripture. I did get a little lost, because I have never read the Bible, but I think anyone with a basic understanding of the Bible should be fine. If you love zombies and enjoy scripture,...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Adeselna rated it 2 of 5 stars

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During the whole time I kept struggling with the book, I tried to find the motives for it. “Come on Ana, why are you not enjoying it?”… “I don’t know, I’m just bored.” But thanks to a conversation with a friend of mine, I realized that perhaps Litore wanted to simulate the Bible structure and style. Maybe that was why I struggled with it for the most; I was not expecting something so biblical, perhaps some action, deaths, something more graphi...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Courtney Cantrell rated it 4 of 5 stars

When I first discovered Stant Litore's "The Zombie Bible" via Twitter, the premise intrigued me: the Old Testament...with zombies. As a Christian and a horror/zombie fan, I couldn't wait to see just how Litore wrote the walking dead into the familiar Bible narrative. As a writer, I couldn't wait to see if his premise would inspire me to try my own hand at such an ambitious genre mash-up.

The author did not disappoint me on either count.

"Death Has Come Up into Our Windows" presents a three-fold st...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Jennifer Bielman (Reading and Writing UF and PNR) rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Dark Fantasy/Horror lovers.

Recommended to Jennifer by: Stant Litore

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The Good
The Zombie Bible? Yup, you heard right. I had the same reaction when I first heard about this series. I was a little reluctant at first because I had never read the bible, so I wasn't sure how much I was going to truly understand Death Has Come Up into Our Windows. Especially since the author notes: "Based Loosely on the Events of Jeremiah 38, 595 BC." But it's not religious fiction, it's a book about religious events. And the more I read, the more I got into the story and understood the...more The Good
The Zombie Bible? Yup, you heard right. I had the same reaction when I first heard about this series. I was a little reluctant at first because I had never read the bible, so I wasn't sure how much I was going to truly understand Death Has Come Up into Our Windows. Especially since the author notes: "Based Loosely on the Events of Jeremiah 38, 595 BC." But it's not religious fiction, it's a book about religious events. And the more I read, the more I got into the story and understood the biblical history and how it tied in with the fantasy of a land filled with zombies.

But first, let me tell you what greets you on page one: “By the time they lowered Yirmiyahu into the old well behind the king’s house, the city around them was already dying.” Yup, kick in the face, right? So, as you can assume I was intrigued from the get-go.

The book, in general, is about Yirmiyahu who says he is God's prophet. He can hear her cries and anguish over her People (yup, God is a female in Litore's tale, have to give him point's for that). Her People who worship other deities through the sacrifice of children. Yirmiyahu then finds out that his fellow priests encourage such death in the hopes of satisfying the undead and their hungers. But Yirmihau knows this is not the way. Unfortunately, no one will heed his warnings, and eventually the People take out their fear on the one prophet who is trying to save them.

This book has more of a literary quality to it. Every page had rhythmical, intelligent language that enriched the story. This is not just another zombie book. Litore takes us further into the darkness of the human condition. And the obvious amount of research Litore has done in preparation of writing this series only makes me respect him more as a writer.

Yirmiyahu is an emotional character that really makes the reader ache for his many trials he must face for being God's prophet. He cares for God's People, even though they may not care for him. I have to say my favorite parts are the times he spends with his wife. You can tell he truly loves his her, and reading about their moments together filled my heart with joy.

This book will disturb you, it will enthrall you. It's a new take on the zombie craze that has a deeper meaning. I was literally speechless for a couple minutes after I turned the last page.

The Bad
At times, I felt the book got a little repetitive. I would read a sentence and swear I just read the same sentence a couple pages back. Also, though I understood the biblical theme for the most part, I feel that a knowledge of the bible would have helped me understand and enjoy the references and story as a whole a little more.

The Snuggly
No actual sex, just little moments of intimacy.

Overall
This story was both original in it's premise and terrifying in its no-holds-barred type of truth. This book is not wrapped up with a pretty bow at the end. We get heartbreak and we are shocked and horrified by the conclusion. This is not a light read. It's a story with depth that is both satisfying and enjoyable. I would like to say that this sort of book may not be for everyone, but I for one thought the writing was beautiful and the story entertaining.
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Aug 29, 2012 James rated it 3 of 5 stars

It jumps around a lot from waking sequence to dreams, to even more dreams. The main character doesn't have much pull, the few support characters in the story are much more interesting. However, it's a good book that's not the usual zombie tale. I recommend reading this, and if you dig it read the others. I haven't decided if i will or not yet.

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Dec 06, 2012 Mari rated it 5 of 5 stars

Fuck it. I'm gonna give this five stars. It's a short one, filled with the main character's struggle to survive in a well over three days, accompanied with flashbacks of how he got there. Basically it's a supposed prophet from a biblical tale, except... there's zombies. It's a story based on a bible tale and the zombie apocalypse. Avoid of the original idea, the story is still beautifully written, a story about desperation and destruction, quite dark, but yet beautiful. You do not have to be rel...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, digital-book, biblical-stories

I had high hopes for this book, and it did not disappoint. The story of Jeremiah, but with zombies? It works, and I love the author's writing style. So melancholy, as Jeremiah should be. This is not Jeremiah fights the zombies, they are just there, changing up things a little bit. Very interesting, I'm looking forward to reading future installments of The Zombie Bible.

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Nov 04, 2012 Terence rated it 4 of 5 stars

A very interesting read...the new take on old stories has always been, to me, a dangerous track for an author to take, and to do so with a book such as the Bible...well that takes guts. I think the author did a great job and I look forward to reading the others in the series.

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May 13, 2013 Gerard rated it 2 of 5 stars

If good zombie book is what you're after the go no further than avoiding this book.
It's largely pointless, mostly depressing and assuredly dull. I almost started to enjoy it at several points but every story bud died on the vine without blooming.

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May 09, 2012 Chelsea rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of the genre

Shelves: guilty-pleasures, zombies, horror

This book was fantastic! I read the entire thing in about 2 hours. It's right up there with my favorite zombie reads. It's a quick read, and leaves the reader hanging on until the end. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. I recommend it if you're a fan of the genre.

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Jul 14, 2012 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Feb 02, 2012 Matthew Martin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Simple and short yet haunting and demanding of your attention. I read this almost entirely on a plane flight and quite enjoyed it. So much so that as soon as I arrived home I picked up the next in the series, Zombie Bible: What Our Eyes Have Witnessed. Excited to dive into that very soon.

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Stant Litore doesn't consider his writing a vocation; he considers it an act of survival. As a youth, he witnessed the 1992 outbreak in the rural Pacific Northwest firsthand, as he glanced up from the feeding bins one dawn to see four dead staggering toward him across the pasture, dark shapes in the morning fog. With little time to think or react, he took a machete from the barn wall and hurried t...more Stant Litore doesn't consider his writing a vocation; he considers it an act of survival. As a youth, he witnessed the 1992 outbreak in the rural Pacific Northwest firsthand, as he glanced up from the feeding bins one dawn to see four dead staggering toward him across the pasture, dark shapes in the morning fog. With little time to think or react, he took a machete from the barn wall and hurried to defend his father's livestock; the experience left him shaken.

After that, community was never an easy thing for him. The country people he grew up with looked askance at his later choice of college degree and his eventual graduate research on the history of humanity's encounters with the undead, and the citizens of his college community were sometimes uneasy at the machete and rosary he carried with him at all times, and at his grim look. He did not laugh much, though on those occasions when he did the laughter came from him in wild guffaws that seemed likely to break him apart. As he became book-learned, to his own surprise he found an intense love of ancient languages, a fierce admiration for his ancestors, and a deepening religious bent. On weekends, he went rock-climbing in the cliffs without rope or harness, his fingers clinging to the mountain, in a furious need to accustom himself to the nearness of death and teach his body to meet it. A rainstorm took him once on the cliffs and he slid thirty-five feet and hit a ledge without breaking a single bone, and concluded that he was either blessed or reserved in particular for a fate far worse.

Finding women beautiful and worth the trouble, he married a girl his parents considered a heathen woman, but whose eyes made him smile. She persuaded him to come down from the cliffs, and he persuaded her to wear a small covenant ring on her hand, spending what coin he had to make it one that would shine in starlight and whisper to her heart how much he prized her. Desiring to live in a place with fewer trees (though he misses the forested slopes of his youth), a place where you can scan the horizon for miles and see what is coming for you while it is still well away, he settled in Colorado with his wife and two daughters, and they live there now. The mountains nearby call to him with promises of refuge.

Driven again and again to history with an intensity that burns his mind, he corresponds in his thick script for several hours each evening with scholars and archaeologists and even a few national leaders or thugs wearing national leaders' clothes who hoard bits of forgotten past in far countries. He tells stories of his spiritual ancestors to any who will come by to listen, and he labors to set those stories to paper. Sometimes he lies awake beside his sleeping wife and listens in the night for any moan in the hills, but there is only her breathing, soft and full, and a mystery of beauty beside him. He keeps his machete sharp but hopes not to use it.

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Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows (The Zombie Bible #1)

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