The
Newsflesh Trilogy comes to a close and I think I’m in love with a new favorite
writer. Book II wasn’t as good as Book I; not because it was a sequel but
because I thought that the character of Shaun was a weaker narrator than his
sister George. In this book we’ve got the best of both worlds as Shaun is
attempting to break into the declared disaster zone of Florida to retrieve some
biological samples (and to rescue the baby sister of one of his fellow
bloggers) and George returns!
(Do
not read any further if you don’t want spoilers)
Georgia
Mason has been cloned by the CDC in hopes of somehow wrangling Shaun in. After
the events of the last book, Shaun and his news team went rogue. So, the CDC
hopes to shut him and his website up by using a clone of his sister. Whether
this clone will be used peaceful or as an assassin is unknown as this clone of
George that narrates alternating chapters with Shaun, is a test model and will
be incinerated once a more perfect clone is completed in another lab.
As
Shaun seeks to finally blow the lid off the global conspiracy involving the truth
behind the zombie virus, George and some undercover scientists hope to escape
the clutches of the CDC and reach Shaun’s team before it’s too late. When the
questions behind the scope and scale of the government’s plans to prevent the
Zombie virus from ever being cured are finally ready to be answered, the Mason
siblings will travel from one corner of the US to the other and may even obtain
a much desired interview with the President.
I
really enjoyed this volume. Along with the final chapter, Mire Grant includes
some extra “content” at the end that shines light on the origins of the two
harmless viruses that later merge into the super-killer that is commonly
referred to as “Kellis-Amberlee.” Now, there’s also a blub about an “eBook only”
novella that pertains to the Newflesh Trilogy. I don’t know if it includes the
origin chapter I read in this book or is something different.
I’m
very interested in getting that novella, but I don’t have a Kindle or other eBook
device. Actually, I am anti-eBook period. I believe that the good Lord wanted
everyone to read their books in print/ paper form. I’m old school. I know many
who read strictly eBooks and a couple of writers/ artists who use the eBook
medium to publish their own material. I guess I’m one of them using my Blogger
account to post my reading journal. (However, I have Carpal Tunnel and writing
hurts more than typing does, and I like typing.) But, there’s just nothing like
holding a book in your hands while snuggled up in a recliner with 2 cats in
your lap.
Anyway,
if anybody knows Mira Grant and can find a way to get her to send me a
manuscript of her novella- I’d be eternally grateful.
I hate to see this series end. Yet, I know
that Grant is working on another medical conspiracy type trilogy as I write
this review. I think one book is out already. I hope to get my hands on those
books very soon too! Like I said earlier, I’ve got a new favorite writer and
for someone who’s a strictly comic book only type of guy that speaks volumes.
A
fantastic read.
Worth
Consuming.
Rating:
9 out of 10 stars.
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