Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody The Zombie
Survival Guide (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for
his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson's
Fitzpatrick's War. Brooks tells the story of the world's desperate battle
against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts "as told
to the author" by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor
encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese
government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak
that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak
via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and
many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. Despite its
implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard
to put down. The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary
politicians and policies are an added bonus.

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