Review Of Dead City by Joe McKinney
83% Good
Zombie fans will enjoy this book. I like when a writer makes a small spin on something familiar. In this particular zombie thriller, the zombies are not technically dead. Also, there are a few fast moving zombies, not very many, and the author never explains why there are fast moving zombies at all.
Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying–but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life–with an insatiable hunger for human flesh…
The book is well written. The main character is a police officer, and is on duty when the horror begins. I would have anyone considering this book to note that the entire bulk of the book happens within the span of a single night. There is very little information prior to the zombie outbreak, and the book ends with very little regarding life after. It is more about the struggle of the main character finding his wife and child.