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This Dark Earth

By: John Hornor Jacobs
Narrated by: Michael Gallagher
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The land is contaminated, electronics are defunct, the ravenous undead remain, and life has fallen into a nasty and brutish state of nature. Welcome to Bridge City, in what was once Arkansas: part medieval fortress, part Western outpost, and the precarious last stand for civilization.

A 10-year-old prodigy when the world ended, Gus is now a battle-hardened young man. He designed Bridge City to protect the living few from the shamblers eternally at the gates. Now, he's being groomed by his physician mother, Lucy, and the gentle giant, Knock-Out, to become the next leader of men. But an army of slavers is on its way, and the war they'll wage for the city's resources could mean the end of mankind as we know it.

Can Gus become humanity's savior? And if so, will it mean becoming a dictator, a martyr...or maybe something far worse than even the zombies that plague the land?

"This smart addition to the zombie genre is heroic and strangely hopeful, championing the unyielding human drive for justice and civilization." (Publishers Weekly)

"This Dark Earth is a smart, thoughtful look at the end of humanity that delivers horrifying detail packed with an emotional resonance. It's The Road meets World War Z. Deftly written, with eloquent prose peppered with crisp, dark humor, Jacobs crafts a chillingly believable tale that transcends genre fiction and manages to do what I long for whenever I sit down to read a book: make me wish I'd written it." (Scott G. Browne, author of Breathers and Lucky Bastard)

"A savage gut-punch of a tale, lurching hellbent to a spectacular showdown ending unparalleled in the zombie canon." (Sophie Littlefield, author of Aftertime and Rebirth)

"This Dark Earth is, quite simply, the best zombie novel I've read in years. Breathes some much-needed new life into the dead." (Brian Keene, best-selling author of The Rising and Ghoul)

©2012 John Hornor Jacobs (P)2019 Journalstone
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Decent zombie entry. Very good narration that helps set the tone. Give this one a try. It offers nothing new, but it is a good book with little filler.

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