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Tomes of the Dead: Empire of Salt (Tomes of the Dead)
by
Weston Ochse (Goodreads Author)
Tomes of The Dead is a collection of some of the very best eyeball popping, gut munching, zombie fiction around, groaning with horror and excitement. Each book will explore the zombie genre in new and thrilling ways. Join us in these worlds of the dead and remember to leave your sanity by the door!
The Olivers have a chance to make a new home at Salton Sea. Looking forward...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 6th 2010
by Abaddon Books
(first published 2010)
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2 AND ½ STARS
I have mixed feelings on this book. It reads very strangely, from the characters, to the setting, to the delivery. One of the main characters, Patrick, is a widowed father of two. He drives to a new town where he has inherited a house and business from his estranged father. Patrick spends the first third of the book drunk and sitting on a stool in his restaurant while his two nearly grown up children wander around the town witnessing a group of people, lead by a Romanian freedom fi...more
I have mixed feelings on this book. It reads very strangely, from the characters, to the setting, to the delivery. One of the main characters, Patrick, is a widowed father of two. He drives to a new town where he has inherited a house and business from his estranged father. Patrick spends the first third of the book drunk and sitting on a stool in his restaurant while his two nearly grown up children wander around the town witnessing a group of people, lead by a Romanian freedom fi...more
After falling on hard times, the Oliver family drives cross country from Philadelphia to California to relocate at Bombay Beach, a former resort community on the edge of the Salton Sea that now looks more like a desert wasteland. The oliver kids befriend an ex-gang banger who shows them around. One night they witness a bus load of military soldiers about to enter a private section of their community when green-skinned creatures rise from the sea and attack; only one soldier escapes (Metzger, a f...more
It's been a while since I read a zombie book. That it's Weston Ochse, who I admire greatly, is probably the only reason why I didn't pick this book up, say "cool cover, cool title" and then put it back down.
Turns out, EMPIRE OF SALT is great fun. Ochse has an ensemble of delightfully strange characters in his barren, sad setting of the Salton Sea, which also has a biblical tie-in that sort of sneaks up on you. The writing is first rate-- going from elegant to pulpy and action-driven, all of what...more
Turns out, EMPIRE OF SALT is great fun. Ochse has an ensemble of delightfully strange characters in his barren, sad setting of the Salton Sea, which also has a biblical tie-in that sort of sneaks up on you. The writing is first rate-- going from elegant to pulpy and action-driven, all of what...more
It's always interesting to see what direction the writer will take the zombie. Viral, bacterial, from outer space, man made, fast or slow. Weston's zombies kept my interest and made this book a quick and enjoyable read.
Nice climax, the first 2/3 are just OK. A few of the characters seem to be quirky for quirkyness sake.
Secret Government lab produces zombies that they hide beneath Salton Sea in California. A new family arrives just as the situation begins to deteriorate and in a single week all hell is unleashed on the populace.
Weston pretty much razes the entire place... he plays no favourites and hammers everyone equally. Pretty brutal and once you get rolling it flies right by.
Weston pretty much razes the entire place... he plays no favourites and hammers everyone equally. Pretty brutal and once you get rolling it flies right by.
good, but depressing took awhile to get really juicy.
Fun scary goodness!
I really enjoyed this solid zombie tale set in the desolate surrounding's of California's polluted Salton Sea.
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Weston has won the Bram Stoker Award for first novel and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His work has appeared in magazines, comic books, anthologies and how-to guides. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from National University and has an interest in the martial arts. He lives in southern Arizona where he spends his days writing and basking in the noonday sun.
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May 11, 2010 06:10pm