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Bad Blood (Double Dead #1.5)
by
Chuck Wendig (Goodreads Author)
San Francisco after the zombie apocalypse. The vampire turned shepherd-with-a-shotgun Coburn is back and keen to settle some bad blood.
But just out in the Bay in the abandoned fortress prison of Alcatraz, a ketamine-snorting cult of New age weirdoes who eat the flesh of the zombie as some kind of grotesque communion bring a new threat to Coburn’s continuing existence – sup...more
But just out in the Bay in the abandoned fortress prison of Alcatraz, a ketamine-snorting cult of New age weirdoes who eat the flesh of the zombie as some kind of grotesque communion bring a new threat to Coburn’s continuing existence – sup...more
ebook, 107 pages
Published
May 7th 2012
by Rebellion Publishing Ltd
(first published May 3rd 2012)
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Novella length sequel to Wendig's vampire-in-zombieland gonzo gorefest Double Dead. Bad Blood revisits Coburn, the badarsed vampire who has reluctantly and unwittingly reclaimed a small portion of his humanity during the zombie apocalypse. Coburn and his companions Gil (the father of a dead girl whose blood could be the key to saving human life) and Creampuff (a dog) are searching San Francisco for a biomedical facility that can help them engineer a cure to the zombie plague.
What they don't figu...more
What they don't figu...more
The second installment in the Double Dead series. I give it slightly higher marks than the first because Coburn develops as a character, and we see some fun forward progression on the overarching plot. A little easier on the inventive and prolonged profanity, which was a relief (I don't mind profanity, there was just such a volume of it in the previous book that I started getting a bit bored with it).
Also, considerably less dark than the first volume. There's a lot of gross blood & guts, bu...more
Also, considerably less dark than the first volume. There's a lot of gross blood & guts, bu...more
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The throughly enjoyable follow-up to Double Dead. I hesitate to use the term pulp, since I think of pulp fiction as throw-away material, but perhaps Mr. Wendig is changing the game here. Some of the best written pulp fiction I've ever read. Enjoyed the brevity of this one, but hope that the next is given the full treatment.
Great. Throughly enjoyed this one too, especially the kick-ass zombie killing children! But surely it's not the last book in the series?
Not as likable as the first book, Double Dead, but good enough that I will continue on with this series. 3 stars.
Another great read. Chuck Wendig is a wonderfull writer.
Coburn is a hoot. The Zombie apocalypse has never been so full of excitement. Goes to show what a smart ass vampire can do for ya!
Coburn is a hoot. The Zombie apocalypse has never been so full of excitement. Goes to show what a smart ass vampire can do for ya!
It was way too short... How could you NOT love a vampire that has to save humanity from a zombie apocalypse?
More Coburn! You can't beat that!
My only complaint would be the length.
My only complaint would be the length.
Hm. On the one hand, I like Chuck Wendig's novellas. Get in, action, get out, wham bam thank you ma'am.
On the other, I liked the meatier read of Double Dead. Bad Blood is a good part of a story, and that it's not longer shouldn't necessarily be held against it, but when I'm reading something I like I want a lot of it.
So, essentially, read Double Dead and then read this, because it's a good story.
On the other, I liked the meatier read of Double Dead. Bad Blood is a good part of a story, and that it's not longer shouldn't necessarily be held against it, but when I'm reading something I like I want a lot of it.
So, essentially, read Double Dead and then read this, because it's a good story.
Not as good as the first one but still entertaining.
A very good follow up to the first novel. I just wish it was longer.
I was anxious to see where Coburn and Gil were headed. Bad Blood was fun book, but felt much shorter than the Double Dead. The ending was a bit too open-ended for me. There could easily be (and should be) a third story in the series.
An excellent and brutal follow up to Double Dead. It's short, but it's fun and there's a fair amount of character and plot development packed in the pages. A must for anyone who liked Double Dead, unless you've got some weird thing about zombie children.
More an FYI than a review - this is a short sequel to DOUBLE DEAD, not a standalone story. Do not read this before finishing the original.
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Chuck Wendig is a novelist, a screenwriter, and a freelance penmonkey.
He has contributed over two million words to the roleplaying game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP).
He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is a fellow of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, will show at th...more
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He has contributed over two million words to the roleplaying game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP).
He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is a fellow of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, will show at th...more
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