The Estuary, not your average Zombie Novel. Thank God! Derek Gunn gets it right with this novel of horror. This is a really good horror read whether or not it has zombies in it, but I am glad it does.
The novel is well written and edited, which is not always the case in this genre, and we have interesting and well thought out characters. Some of us demand more than blood and guts and it is here to be found, all of the above.
Case in point, we have a story with Nazi's, submarines, chemical warfare, the occult, zombies, back yard picnics and traffic jams, and the author still has time to place in an international man of mystery (spy). This would normally make a very jumbled and hard to follow story, but not here. The author is very adept at adding this delicious content while keeping the actions of the characters realistic in these unreal situations. I forgot to mention we also get an ancient sea bound keep and military gunning down citizens to prevent the spread of contagion.
Gunn has written some Vampire stories, but hopefully we will get some more zombies.
The only difficult time I had was relating to some Irish slang when I am from the American Southeast. A great read no matter which side of the pond you hail from.
I got mine from Amazon, click here to buy
Also found at the Permuted Press site and at Books a Million. Enjoy!
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