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Xombies: Apocalypso (Xombies, #3)

Walter Greatshell
4.9/5 (25093 ratings)
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Description:A group of women have been discovered who are immune to the Agent X plague. The secret of their immunity can provide a cure for human and inhuman alike--unless the Xombies find them first."In a world filled with formulaic zombie novels, Walter Greatshell's XOMBIES trilogy stands over the pack, taking 'running zombies' (technically, people infected with a contagious nanomaterial created as part of an immortality experiment) to places Danny Boyle never dreamed of. The first book, XOMBIES, started out as a running-zombie story with a very sympathetic, frail but clever protagonist. In the sequel APOCALYPTICON he showed us the Xombie outbreak from the POV of a different character, giving the Xombies a powerup in the process, and in the final book in the trilogy, APOCALYPSO, all hell breaks loose. This is a very crazy, action-packed postapocalyptic horror/sci-fi... comedy? In an online inteview, Greatshell has said he thinks of his books primarily as satire, and his sense of humor comes to the forefront in this installment. A quote from Steve Martin at the beginning of the book -- "Comedy is not pretty" -- is good preparation for what follows. While Greatshell's Xombies are nothing at all like the stereotypical, boring The Walking Dead/Dawn of the Dead zombie flesh-eaters, he does follow George Romero in one very significant way: despite the monstrously strong Xombies, the book is largely about human-on-human conflict, with a heavy dose of left-wing political satire at various targets. (One amusing note: Obama is president during the Xombies outbreak, judging from the hilarious moment in Washington, DC on page 201.) While there's many seriously creepy scenes of people running and fighting for their lives against dreadful odds, this isn't a mere lesson in resource management like the typical siege-fight-run zombie novel... neither is it exactly a J.G. Ballard-esque "embrace the apocalypse" dreamscape... it's more of a conjurer's deck of chaos, fast reversals, comedy, and Xombies getting shredded into twitching blue meat. On that note, my one regret about APOCALYPSO is that it's not 100 pages longer; there's so much happening so fast, I lost track of some plot threads, and a few more pseudo-scientific explanations would have been nice. But like his Xombies, Greatshell just keeps running, with infectious eagerness, throwing out new surprises right up to the end."--Jason Thompson, author of "Manga: The Complete Guide"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Xombies: Apocalypso (Xombies, #3). To get started finding Xombies: Apocalypso (Xombies, #3), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
307
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ace Books
Release
2011
ISBN
1101477288

Xombies: Apocalypso (Xombies, #3)

Walter Greatshell
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: A group of women have been discovered who are immune to the Agent X plague. The secret of their immunity can provide a cure for human and inhuman alike--unless the Xombies find them first."In a world filled with formulaic zombie novels, Walter Greatshell's XOMBIES trilogy stands over the pack, taking 'running zombies' (technically, people infected with a contagious nanomaterial created as part of an immortality experiment) to places Danny Boyle never dreamed of. The first book, XOMBIES, started out as a running-zombie story with a very sympathetic, frail but clever protagonist. In the sequel APOCALYPTICON he showed us the Xombie outbreak from the POV of a different character, giving the Xombies a powerup in the process, and in the final book in the trilogy, APOCALYPSO, all hell breaks loose. This is a very crazy, action-packed postapocalyptic horror/sci-fi... comedy? In an online inteview, Greatshell has said he thinks of his books primarily as satire, and his sense of humor comes to the forefront in this installment. A quote from Steve Martin at the beginning of the book -- "Comedy is not pretty" -- is good preparation for what follows. While Greatshell's Xombies are nothing at all like the stereotypical, boring The Walking Dead/Dawn of the Dead zombie flesh-eaters, he does follow George Romero in one very significant way: despite the monstrously strong Xombies, the book is largely about human-on-human conflict, with a heavy dose of left-wing political satire at various targets. (One amusing note: Obama is president during the Xombies outbreak, judging from the hilarious moment in Washington, DC on page 201.) While there's many seriously creepy scenes of people running and fighting for their lives against dreadful odds, this isn't a mere lesson in resource management like the typical siege-fight-run zombie novel... neither is it exactly a J.G. Ballard-esque "embrace the apocalypse" dreamscape... it's more of a conjurer's deck of chaos, fast reversals, comedy, and Xombies getting shredded into twitching blue meat. On that note, my one regret about APOCALYPSO is that it's not 100 pages longer; there's so much happening so fast, I lost track of some plot threads, and a few more pseudo-scientific explanations would have been nice. But like his Xombies, Greatshell just keeps running, with infectious eagerness, throwing out new surprises right up to the end."--Jason Thompson, author of "Manga: The Complete Guide"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Xombies: Apocalypso (Xombies, #3). To get started finding Xombies: Apocalypso (Xombies, #3), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
307
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ace Books
Release
2011
ISBN
1101477288

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