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A review by marimoose
By the Blood of Heroes: The Great Undead War: Book I by Joseph Nassise
3.0
Two things. Normally, I don't read war books all that often, especially ones with a degree of historical perspective. The other thing is that while I do occasionally read zombie comics, watch zombie movies, and play zombie games, I haven't been as keen as reading zombie books (I mean, I have read a few, but most have never really come up as particularly likable).
All that said, I actually quite like this book. By the Blood of Heroes is part one of Nassise's The Great Undead War series. Book one deals with a specialized mission involving the rescue of American pilot Jack Freeman out of the clutches of German enemy lines. Now let's mention the fact that the one leading this mission is a war veteran with a steampunky metallic arm. Oh, and the Germans have invented zombie gas. And the Red Baron, Germany's top ace, is a thinking zombie. Yeah, problems all around.
Maybe it was the steampunk, or maybe it was the historical period (I've always had such a fascination with WWI), or maybe it was the fact that there was so much going on, but I was certainly entertained. It did help that the characters were distinct, and that I felt anxious to see the Americans succeed. All the same, there were occasional glimpses of Baron Richthofen in the story, and I loved that point of view (particularly interesting because be is a zombie).
Mostly my caveat was that I realized (too late, as usual) that the book was a series, and while there is a relative degree of success occurring in the novel, the epilogue was pretty bleak.
Suddenly, everybody dies...
All that said, I actually quite like this book. By the Blood of Heroes is part one of Nassise's The Great Undead War series. Book one deals with a specialized mission involving the rescue of American pilot Jack Freeman out of the clutches of German enemy lines. Now let's mention the fact that the one leading this mission is a war veteran with a steampunky metallic arm. Oh, and the Germans have invented zombie gas. And the Red Baron, Germany's top ace, is a thinking zombie. Yeah, problems all around.
Maybe it was the steampunk, or maybe it was the historical period (I've always had such a fascination with WWI), or maybe it was the fact that there was so much going on, but I was certainly entertained. It did help that the characters were distinct, and that I felt anxious to see the Americans succeed. All the same, there were occasional glimpses of Baron Richthofen in the story, and I loved that point of view (particularly interesting because be is a zombie).
Mostly my caveat was that I realized (too late, as usual) that the book was a series, and while there is a relative degree of success occurring in the novel, the epilogue was pretty bleak.
Suddenly, everybody dies...