false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963898m/79076.jpg 79076 4 <div>In the heart of America, in the world&#8217;s most secure prison, something horrible is growing in the dark. A wave of cannibalism and fear is sweeping across the heartland, spreading carnage and infection in its wake. Captain Bannerman Clark of the National Guard has been tasked with an impossible mission: discover what is happening &#8212; and then stop it before it annihilates Los Angeles.<br><br>In California, he discovers a woman trapped in a hospital overrun with violent madmen. She may hold the secret to the Epidemic but she has lost everything &#8212; even her name.<br><br>David Wellington&#8217;s first novel, <i>Monster Island,</i> explored a world overcome by horror and the few people strong enough to survive. Now he takes us back in time to where it all began &#8212; to the day the dead began to rise.<br></div> 1405944 27 9 2006 Monster Nation (Zombies, Book 2) total:425|5:68|4:159|3:151|2:38|1:9| 425 1514 667 59 4 7 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 21:16:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 23:01:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 07:56:20 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:24:18 -0700 2009 Monster Island was startling in its originality and quality of writing. Wellington has a creative writing MFA and all that cute stuff, and the dude can twirl a sentence. His taut, powerful prose and lucid pacing suggests he's probably capable of writ...more...]]> 2 1 false true Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:22:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:22:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 21:37:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 06:17:28 -0800 2009
I wasn't sure at first what I was going to think of this book, as the cover had that ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 06 04:09:23 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 04:09:37 -0700 2008
The story is basic enough: zombies are t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Sep 07 09:49:33 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 09:54:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 03 15:54:33 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 16:28:38 -0700 2007 "He left an immaculate paper trail. And why not? He had nothing to hide. He was a man going awa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 28 08:19:31 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 15 13:23:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 07 00:30:29 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 00:36:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 12:01:30 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 22 13:07:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 20:03:25 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 07:17:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 13:40:59 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:32:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 10 17:30:22 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 19:31:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 25 20:36:03 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 08:13:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 12 06:13:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 06:14:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:39:49 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:40:51 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 21:23:29 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 21:31:08 -0700 2007
Why?

Magic.

Seriously, zombie novels or movies or comics should come out of the simple premise of the dead coming to life. People being confronted by their best friends coming after them and trying to eat their b...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:18:08 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:18:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 24 19:47:29 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 13 15:55:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:41:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:42:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=79076