Ex-Heroes

This popped up in my facebook newsfeed and it had an interesting effect. It made me think about superheroes and think about just how much I’d like to re-read Ex-Heroes. It also reminded me how much I’m looking forward to the upcoming ‘Man of Steel’ movie, but that’s a separate set of thoughts.

Ex-Heroes is a post-apocalyptic zombie superhero novel.

I like superhero novels, I like post-apocalyptic novels, and I haven’t read a lot of zombie novels, but hey, I’m willing to give the genre a chance. Enter Ex-Heroes.

Like so many readers my favorite character was St. George, but what’s not to like, powerful, interesting and with a moral compass. He’s the archetypal Superman character, which is precisely why the above pic reminded me of him.

One thing that Clines does nicely is he gives you entire chapters of backstory in an interesting way. It would be reminiscent of the show Arrow, or of the novel ‘Crimes Against Magic’ except Clines precedes both of them.

The other thing that’s nice, is that Clines pits the heroes against an enemy that they can go to town on. This isn’t a little thing. Heroes aren’t supposed to kill Villains; it’s just not heroic. In Ex-Heroes, the Villains are zombies. They’re already dead, and there are no moral hang-ups with killing zombies. This means that the heroes can just cut loose on them, which is fun. If you’re reading about superheroes it’s fun reading about them using their powers in a justified and yet highly aggressive fashion.

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