9/12) comes to a close as Alex, who had been destined to die of a brain tumor just before the world effectively ended, is still battling nature, herself, the humans who have turned into monsters, and the other “normal” humans whose ethics seem rather monstrous as well. However, given the gore, crushing desolation, and dearth of joy, they will likely hope the final volume comes up with something that even faintly resembles a happy ending.Ī brutal, stunning, and compellingly written trilogy ( Ashes Shadows, rev. Dystopian and apocalypse buffs, as well as fans of the earlier novel, will find this an exceptionally well-developed look at one way in which the end of the world could play out. The shifting narrative perspective to other central characters offers both an extended view on what is happening in each of several key locations and a break from Alex’s misery. It’s quite a lot for one girl, however tough, to take, and she crumbles often, eliciting both reader sympathy and exasperation. All of these endeavors would be derailed quickly should her brain cancer, which thanks to the EMP disappeared along with most of humanity, suddenly return.
In this middle volume of an anticipated trilogy (beginning with Ashes), Alex continues to hover on the edge of sanity and survival as she fights the zombies created by a cataclysmic electromagnetic pulse avoids the creepy powers that sent her out of a protected community and into the wilderness and searches for her missing love.
This horror/survival story (with extremely graphic violence) presents an intriguing take on zombie fiction.
The trio's deepening bond adds to the already high tension. Survivor Alex teams up with eight-year-old Ellie and soldier Tom to search for other people. An electromagnetic pulse kills most of the country's population instantly many of those left become zombielike, "brain-zapped" cannibals.
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