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The Rising
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In this Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, a father must travel cross-country to find his son after a plagu…more

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Caryn
Dec 14, 2007 rated it did not like it
Shelves: horror, zombies
I'm sorry - zombie fish? I kind of lost it after that... ...more
Zac
Sep 26, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ebooks
This book was a considerable amount of fun. Keene made an incredibly unique tale with great characters combining elements from not only zombie and apocalypse fiction but other genre's as well. Parts of this book reminded my of Stephen King's The Mist and also Peter F Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction.

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Sherrie
Jul 18, 2007 rated it liked it
Warning, Zombie book alert. But really good! The dead are rising…and they are being inhabited by beings from another dimension. These beings got vanquished there when God won the battle of good over evil. These beings have found a portal…and are using dead bodies to inhabit. Oh..and they feed on human flesh because it gives them strength. Of COURSE it does! We first meet the main character, Jim Thurmond, holed up in a bomb shelter in his back yard being threatened by his now zombie wife. (In Pen ...more
Thee_ron_clark
Dec 12, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: zombies
Man, this is a really great read. It is well-written and is paced nicely. The premise is that demons or something like demons begin to inhabit the bodies of the dead and use these bodies to kill the remaining living humans. No one is safe as these creatures not only enter and control the bodies of humans, but of animals as well. Good stuff.
William
Well written fast moving tale that puts a different spin on the zombie genre. zombies are evil so the thought of them being demon influenced is easily swallowed.
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Mar 16, 2007 rated it liked it
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Jan 06, 2017 rated it it was ok
Heather
Nov 09, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 27, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Jan 16, 2008 rated it liked it
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Jan 21, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 03, 2009 rated it it was ok
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