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211. THE MZD: A novella of undead horror by M Ramberg
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No resisting these guys; yes, pleaseMallory Anne-Marie Forbes
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...Great reader’s hook! I love it-when you read a hook like this, you just know immediately you’ve got a rewarding story to read. Why “rewarding”? Because sometimes a reader just finds herself glad she picked up a particular story! Maybe it’s inappropriate to chuckle at a dystopian zombie infestation story, but I just couldn’t help myself; the author’s subtle humour is too much not to laugh out loud. His grasp of the social realities of “foreigners” in South Korea is so detailed, it’s easy to imagine oneself in that situation and locale. Another aspect I enjoyed of this novella is the author’s approach to the Zombie situation. Instead of slapping us right away with “hey, these are zombies” type of narrative, he gently allows the information to flow in, or to rise up, like a corpse’s hand might poke up from a rushing river when it’s bumped by a fallen log also floating downstream. Instead of starting with the Zombie problem, he starts with character, and lets that develop first, then subtly weaves in the plot background. That makes for a much better and more appealing approach. The only question this reviewer has is:
“Mike, when’s the next story?” :)
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Genre: Horror
The MZD: A novella of undead horror
Book Description
South Jeolla Province was a sleepy little corner of South Korea where the foreign English teachers mostly partied, traveled, and dreamed of home. That was, until the undead started walking, demanding the flesh of the living, and chaos reigned in the streets.
After a night trapped in Capp’s, the foreigner bar, a group of westerners attempt a cross-country escape on pizza delivery scooters. They visit a safehouse where madness reigns, and then journey out towards an island of horror.
Meanwhile, a film-maker and anthropologist is holed up with a small contingent of the United States Army, and it turns out that he unwittingly may hold the key to ending the terror.
Safehouses, abandoned churches, army outposts with mad commanders – who will survive the terror of The MZD, and what awaits on the other side of the madness?
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