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Walter Greatshell's tale starts well into an early stage of an infection crisis, charting in first person the tale of Lulu, our hero. She with her mother travel around the country leaving bad debts as they go, on a search for Lulu's estranged father. Because of this they don't keep up with current events and therefore miss all news of the outbreak and the news of infection. Once they realise the scope of the disaster. They seek out the man they have been stalking, and this is when things get bad.
Interestingly to the plot the first infected zombies or xombies as they are called due to their infection by agent X, were originally and exclusively women. Adding an interesting twist as our female lead is automatically distrusted by almost all of the other male characters adding a nice feel of being alone and isolated, especially as a lot of the tale is set on a nuclear submarine.
The xombies are unlike the zombies we face, thankfully. They are fast, blue in colour and almost indestructible. Worse still, they retain some of their memory and their ability to speak. Meaning they can call you by name. I am glad ours merely moan!
The book is well paced with some nice asides, and it goes in an interesting direction, with plenty of gore and violence for those of you who like that. As it is written in the first person we only see the point of view of our lead protagonist, Lulu. This is a bit of a shame as I would of personally liked to hear from some of the other characters, but that is a smaller issue as the story unfolds with plenty happening and some genuinely shocking scenes.
As a survival manual it lacks any practical information unless you know enough other survivors with the ability to run and live in a nuclear submarine, and have access to one. Which is possible but fairly unlikely. Other then that because of the difference between our zombies and the xombies the book is an interesting diversion rather then a survival manual. It does however present an interesting theory behind the cause of infection, which surviving conspiracy theorist should enjoy. Overall satisfying and interesting but not ground breaking.
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