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[image error] 5 out of 5Set twelve yearsafter the shambling zombie masses have overrun Manhattan, America, and theworld, Monster Planet is the mind-blowing conclusion to what must be thescariest trilogy ever. Oceans of blood, scattered limbs, wanton violence, andgeneral mayhem abound, along with revivified mummies, a Welsh sorcerer, andWellington's signature brand of cool high-tech weaponry and sly humor —zombies, after all, are the ultimate consumers. What do the undead want, asidefrom fresh meat? Do the steadily diminishing number of humans who have somehowmanaged to survive over a decade of living hell stand a chance on a planetwhere they've been reduced to the status of prey? It all ends here, on MonsterPlanet.
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Review:
It all comesdown to this – Monster Planet. This book is the finale to David Wellington'szombie trilogy, and being a fan, and having read his vampire series, he has yetto disappoint.
I wondered over toAmazon to get the info for this book, and noticed that the reviews were allover the board. I will admit it – this isn't your traditional zombie series.There are some readers that hardcore when it comes to monsters, and don't careto deviate from the hardened fast rules of what each monster is supposed to be.If you like your zombies slow, stumbling, and mindless, then this story mightnot be for you. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of your standard zombiesin this series, but the author adds so much more to the walking dead that itmakes it that much more terrifying for the living and the dead.
"What can be soterrifying for the dead besides a bullet to the head?" you ask. How about thedead that can think? Zombies that are so smart, that they possess a dark magicthat can bring the end of the world as we know it. The writer refers to them as'lich', and they battle centuries-old ghosts that inhabit zombie bodies, andmummies that have reanimated without the slightest yearning for human flesh.
In the firstbook we found one of these lich following orders of a ghost to destroy mankind.It is set six weeks after the zombie epidemic where ten percent of thepopulation is the undead. The lich, Gary, rebels with his own intentions inmind – farming humans.
The second booktakes us back the beginning of the outbreak. Nilla finds herself dead, withoutany previous memories of herself. She follows her inner direction to head westbut ends up finding the source of the infection.
Monster Planet,the finale, brings back all the key players to finish the story. A war is beingwaged between the living and the dead, between those who want to rebuild theworld, and those who want to end it all, and don't assume that you know whichside wants what outcome.
            From the book:
It was the last, the hope, that made herdespair. It looked like the others had been treated to the same act she had –the kindly guide leading them on a tour of what must look like paradise onearth. To many of these people the idea of a safe place where the dead werekept at bay and where there was a little something to eat had long ago fadedfrom possibility. They had been hiding, hiding for years in fallout shelters orhardened public buildings, eating when and what they could, resorting to whateverit took to stay alive – Ayaan knew that many of them could tell her what humanflesh tasted like. They had been cold and hungry and alone for over a decade.When the Tsarevich's troops dug them out of their holes it must have felt likeinevitable doom descending. What little fight or spark of anger left to themhad been shaken out on the long, horrible journey in the cages. Now they werebrought to this safe, clean place and told lies about apple trees. Their brainsno longer knew how to process bullshit. -
David Wellingtondoes a wonderful job of writing in third person. I've always been biased tofirst person POV, but his books seem to suck me in, and I forget about how thestory is being told. I was pleasantly shocked to find characters from this vampireseries hidden within his zombie trilogy. He brings the two series together togive you a feeling that his world, is all one world. I look forward to sinkingmy teeth into his werewolf series.  <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=tf_... Widgets</A>