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The great thing about trade paperbacks is that they don’t take very long to read. About an hour and a half, altogether, for this one. It was a good way to make sure I kept my quota for March. But anyway…

I love zombie movies, books, stories and video games. Some of the highlights of my video game upbringing were blasting a zombie in the face in a Resident Evil game. There’s really just nothing better. And quality zombie literature is also hard to come by. (I do, however, recommend The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. It’s like a Worst Case Scenario book, but for a world dominated by the living dead.) That’s why I was happy to have this series recommended to me by a friend. His name is Adam. He’s from back home. He has also recommended plenty of other good titles. And he wants his due.

The story isn’t so different from other zombie stories. As a matter of fact, the beginning is quite similar to 28 Days Later. A small-town cop wakes up from a coma to an empty hospital, only to discover that the world has fallen to the undead. He leaves to find his family, and ends up finding a whole group of people in addition, of which he becomes ad hoc leader. The first book is about the group getting used to the idea of no longer being at the top of the food chain.

The writing is a tad goofy in places, but the art, overall storyline and attitude are top-notch, and I’ll definitely continue reading this series in the near future.

Next book, “Haunted” by Chuck Palahniuk.

[This article is part of the 26 Books project that I'm doing this year.]