Zombies

by Don Roff

The year is 2011, and what starts as a pervasive and inexplicable illness ends up as a zombie infestation that devastates the world's population, leaving scattered pockets of humans fighting for survival. Taking the form of an illustrated biologist's journal found in the aftermath of the attack, this pulse-pounding, suspenseful tale of zombie apocalypse follows the narrator as he flees from city to countryside heading north to Canada, where - he hopes - the undead will be slowed by colder climate. Encountering scattered humans and scores of infected on the way, he fills his notebook with graphic drawings of the zombies and careful observations of their behavior (are the zombies actually learning?), along with terrifying tales of survival. This original new entry to the massively popular zombie resurgence will keep fans on the edge of their seats to the very end. The character's background as a biologist (and amateur birdwatcher) give him the interests and abilities to notice (and draw/paint/record) interesting things about the zombies.
The journal is kept in the quiet times at night in shelters between eventful zombie attacks and escapes and run-ins with good and not-so-good human survivors. He also discovers what may be the root cause of the infection in the remains of a shattered laboratory. The title is illustrated page-by-page with detailed gory realistic depictions of zombies and zombie mayhem, with accompanying journal accounts and scientific observations.

• ISBN10: 0811871002
• ISBN13: 9780811871006
• Publish Date: 1 October 2009
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Chronicle Books
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

Reviews

[Hillary]

 

For some reason, I am obsessed with zombies. I have the zombie couch to 5k app on my phone I watch The Walking Dead religiously. And plus it is that time of year for slightly spooky reads. So I saw this in the library, and I was like cool a zombie book I haven't read yet.

The book is like a journal of this scientist who survives the initial zombie infection. In it, he keeps track of his thoughts and findings. He tells of the maybe mysterious food that is supposed to have caused the people to get sick and reanimate. To be sure he tells it as he experiences it so we never know for sure. He records his travels north as the cold supposedly keeps the zombies away. That made me feel better as I live in Cleveland where it is winter eight months out of the year.

There is also drawings in the journal. It gets gory so if you are sensitive to that this may not be the book for you. I, however, thought that the artwork was fantastic! Among the best I have seen in a graphic novel so far. The illustrator used his imagination to bring the zombies to life. It also kept true to the fact that this is a journal written by a scientist, so it wasn't TOO professionally done. I loved the story line and plot. The only thing I did not like is that there is no ending. The book made clear that some humans survived and I wanna know HOW but when the scientist gets killed it boom book over. Oh well, I guess that what all the other zombie books are for.This review was originally posted on Adventures in Never Never Land