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Deadworld, Dennis Dufour, 2007, ISBN 9781425132491
Gabe Boudreau, a New York investigator, is called in to a crime scene
with plenty of blood, but no bodies. He realizes that this will be an unusual
case, but he has no idea how unusual it will be. At the same time, he is still
in love with Renee, who rejected his marriage proposal and moved to New Orleans.
Jake, his friend, tries to set him up with a local lady bartender, but Gabe is
not interested.
Suddenly, the media is full of reports of people
attacking each other like animals. The only way these zombies can be stopped is
with a bullet in the head, and the sickness (actually an American bioweapon that
got out of the lab) is spread with a bite.
Gabe decides that he is going
to New Orleans, and take Renee somewhere safe, no matter what; Jake goes with
him. Along the way, they meet Luccia, a Peruvian singer who is attacked by one
of them in the middle of a concert. Dr. Lieberman is the scientist who developed
the bioweapon. Trying to break through a military cordon, the group is arrested,
and handed over to a corrupt lieutenant named Delgado. All women are taken to
another room to be gang-raped by the soldiers. Gabe prevents Delgado from doing
it to Luccia, and the group escapes, heading south.
The group is at a
New Orleans boat dock, about to board a boat for a safe island off the coast
(Dr. Lieberman gave them the coordinates just before he died). The dock entrance
is blocked by a couple of school buses. Delgado, who has followed them from New
York, and is obsessed with hurting Gabe as much as possible, intentionally moves
the buses away, to make it easier for the zombies to attack. Gabe finally finds
Renee, though not under the circumstances for which he had hoped.
This
is more than just a really good zombie novel. It's a story of love and
friendship and obsession. It's a very short novel, and it is very much
recommended.
Paul Lappen is a freelance book reviewer from Connecticut whose web site http://www.deadtreesreview.com contains nearly 700 book reviews on all subjects, concentrating on small press books.
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