Corpse Days
Jonathon Kane
Jonathon Kane
Genre: Horror
ASIN: B007YT8V9M
Number of
pages: 169
Word Count: 53,132
Cover Artist: Steven Novak
Book Description:
Is this
the end of the world? Is the Rapture upon us? Has a Zombie Apocalypse arrived?
That's a matter of opinion, but it doesn't hurt to be a licensed Shooter in
these uncertain times.
Meet Stan Norton - a middle-aged Shooter with a haunting past. He wants little to do with the living dead and less to do with the living, until that is, a mysterious young woman with an affinity for guns and martial arts enters his life. An adventure begins and the hunt is on for a reclusive enemy, as the clock ticks down toward a full-blown resurgence of the Corpse Days.
Meet Stan Norton - a middle-aged Shooter with a haunting past. He wants little to do with the living dead and less to do with the living, until that is, a mysterious young woman with an affinity for guns and martial arts enters his life. An adventure begins and the hunt is on for a reclusive enemy, as the clock ticks down toward a full-blown resurgence of the Corpse Days.
Short Excerpt:
“So what do you say, Stan?”
“Yeah, what do you say? Wanna join our merry band of zombie hunters?”
questioned Jay.
“You’re the only merry one,” played
Javier.
“Yeah… I’m
the merry one.”
“Seriously,” pleaded Heather with a hint
of longing in her eyes. “We could use
one more. Safety in numbers, Stan.”
“I’ll… have to think about it.”
“Okay.
Well, think about it at our place tonight then. We have a cabin in the woods down the road
from here… plenty of room, a king-sized bed, and the fridge is stocked full of
beer,” she offered.
Stan contemplated the offer for a few
seconds. He was exhausted from the road
trip and sore from his run-in with the living dead earlier.
“Sure, if you don’t mind.”
“Our place is your place,” called out Jay
enthusiastically.
“Thanks.”
“Well boys, I got this one,” announced
Heather to a receptive audience.
Stan got up so that Heather could get out
of the booth. She walked up to the
counter, and paid the bill with cash. As
she collected her change, she noticed a news broadcast on a small television
mounted up in the corner behind the register.
She listened closely to hear what the newscaster was saying over the
noise of the restaurant.
“Earlier today, this video was shot of a
man walking around downtown Mobile.”
The video was shaky. Panned out, it showed the side view of a man
in a well-tailored suit slowly walking down a sidewalk. He was holding a briefcase. No one else seemed to be around. When the camera quickly zoomed in, the man
still appeared to be perfectly normal.
He had dark, slicked back hair and short sideburns. However, his profile was partially hidden due
to the angle at which he was being shot, and when he turned his head, the
reason why someone was filming him became dreadfully obvious. He was facing the camera, but he was not
looking into it. He was not capable of
looking into it because he had no eyes.
The frame froze there.
“Oh my gosh,” gasped a waitress who was
standing next to Heather, looking up in awe.
And there it was—in the upper left corner
of the screen—the poster child for the new zombie movement. Where the windows to the soul would be, this
thing had neither. Its humanity left
behind somewhere, yet inexplicably, it still moved on—transformed from someone with a purpose to something with a purpose. Heather wondered if he ever had a soul to
begin with.
“The man was processed by an off-duty
police officer. He has yet to be
identified,” concluded the newscaster.
“This really is the end of the world,
isn’t it?” asked the gum-chewing waitress, still staring at the grotesque image
in the background.
“Depends on who you ask,” replied Heather
coolly.
Oh I love this book. Full of grit, blood, guts and zombie full on fun. Jonathon Kane has my admiration for some great storytelling that had me pinned to the chair for a good long while while I read, flinging pages on my e-reader with abandon. A cheerful zombie apocalypse always makes my day.
Great plot, dialog was straight up awesome and believable and I loved the flow of the book. You have to grab me with action and dialog that feels natural. If it doesn't, well, that is a turn off and it won't hold my attention for long. This book is well done. I liked the chapter breaks, the characters were ones I could get hooked into early and take me through a whole sitting. The scenes, like the one above grabbed you by the hair and make you watch as the world goes to hell and you are left standing wondering where you left that last box of Twinkies. Oh, and a baseball bat. *grin* Heather is a kick butt character that I really enjoyed.
Great read!!!
I hope we will be seeing more from Mr. Kane!
4.5/5
About the Author:
Corpse Days is Jonathon Kane's debut novel. A zombie
story was a natural fit for him, as he loves all things Halloween. He felt he could bring human emotions other
than just fear into this corner of the horror genre. In high school, he
began writing short stories. However,
only when Heather Storm came along—the main character of Corpse Days —did he
realize a novel was possible. Jonathon has recently finished the sequel
to Corpse Days, titled The Calm Before.
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