James Knapp
Roc
April 5, 2011 / ISBN 0451463927
Sci-fi
Amazon
Reviewed
by Nicole Merritt
Agent Nico Washalowski had a brain injury that left him with the
inability to be brainwashed. Like the others Samuel Fawkes has injected
with his stolen Huma, Nico died and was revived after two minutes,
but he didn’t turn "revivor". That's how he found
out he was immune. Now, he has recurring nightmares of being injected.
Enemy Fawkes’ army of zombies is at his control and out to
destroy the world. Revived corpses dominate the action of this fantasy
book in which the underlying theme is even more sinister than the
obvious.
Element Zero begins with Nico in a restaurant replaying
the events of five years ago and quickly moves to the present where
street fighting zombies are being controlled by a madman. Nico is
on the prowl to stop him.
I am a huge fan of the Night of the Living Dead series and this
book appealed to me because of its easy readability and similar
theme. It is a zombie story with a new twist. I like it. If you
are a fan of zombie cult fiction, you will wrap yourself up in this
one. It’s been a long time since someone took the revived
corpses on a new ride. Have fun with it, and expect to see a movie
deal.
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