What a crazy good book! I guess it’s probably a novella more accurately, but it’s decently long and you more than get your money’s worth! It ties into the Feed series, but you would’t have to read any of that to enjoy this.
This is the story of a small group of people at the last Comic Con before the Rising takes place. Unfortunately for them, the Rising has come to Comic Con.
Any fan of awesome things (FIREFLY! Dr. Who, Buffy, My Little Pony, etc.) and zombies will get a kick out of this book. It’s a great little zombie romp, but seeped in geek culture. I loved all the references to Firefly especially.
Okay, but are all those references just a gimmick? No way! Grant obviously has mad love for everything she references and it’s a rockin’ zombie story too. From the get go you know no one is making it out of the convention center, and yet you can’t help but hope. No one knows how the outbreak starts, but once it does the heroes step up.
These heroes are the fans themselves who do their best to survive. When that doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen, they do their best to make things better for each other in the remaining seconds, minutes, and hours they have left. The Browncoats in this story are the sort that Joss Whedon would be very proud of.
I really can’t say enough how much I enjoyed this. In a very short time I cared about all the main characters, I believed in them, and I certainly believed in the terror of being in a locked building full of the infected. Without a doubt, this is a must read.