Monster Island : A Zombie Novel (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

Monster Island by David Wellington is the first book of a "zombie" trilogy. We are never told what caused the global disaster, but most countries of the world have fallen and all that is left is millions of shambling and hungry dead. One of the last countries still under human control is Somalia ...

from irunsjh

An interesting take on the Zombie mythology. I was not a huge fan of the text going back in time, to take into account different perspectives of the same time frame. I think it would have been better to break the chapters up into smaller chunks to allow for less back in time stuff. I found it con...

from Scaryguy

Good book! Interesting plot! My only big qualm was with the druid. Here's a guy who learns English from those around him, so how does he sound? Like a Harry Lauder stereotype. Now, if he'd been a Roman Centurion and spoke like Luigi the pizza guy, I would have been a little more forgiving (but no...

from Arctic-Stranger

Ok, you have to like zombie lit to really enjoy this novel, but if you do, this is a real treat. Zombies in NYC, and Dekalb has to get AIDS drugs for an African leader from the UN building. He is supported by child warriors from Somalia, and is opposed by a couple of million walking dead people, ...

from shawnr

Noteworthy for being an early experiment in RSS novel syndication, David Wellington's novel, Monster Island, is an incredible take on the zombie genre. Although clearly well-aware of the conventions of zombie stories and films, Wellington manages to tweak the genre in some ways that make Monster ...