But he has to try, and The Rising is the story of this quixotic quest. There’s no chance that Jim will make it there alive and even less of a chance that his son will still be intact when he does. It’s his son, a few states away, calling for help. In The Rising‘s first chapter, Jim Thurmond receives a cell phone call inside the makeshift bunker where he’s holding off the undead hordes. It helps that there’s a strong plot-line at the heart of the story, beyond the usual “civilization falls!” atmosphere. Keene has been credited with part of the recent resurgence in zombie horror, and The Rising‘s full-throttle forward drive shows what a clever writer can go with that material. So what we get is a self-aware, hyped-up take on zombie mythology. We’ve seen this story before.īut we haven’t seen it quite like Keene had in mind. Wellington’s work still awaits in my stack of books to read, but if it’s anything like Keene’s debut novels, I’m in for a treat.Īt first glance, there’s not much to distinguish The Rising from other traditional horror fare: Evil has escaped, the dead are coming back to life and the survivors must band together against evil. As it turned out, one of the most interesting panels of the entire convention was a round-table discussion about zombies starring writers such as David Wellington and Brian Keene.
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