Generation (Crime thriller with a horror injection) [Kindle Edition]

I've now read this, at a sitting. Brilliant: the science is convincing enough in detail, as is other technical stuff; the premise is almost believable, good enough anyway for us to be happy to suspend disbelief; the plotting is complicated and full of twists and suspense; the ending is satisfying (baddies get their deserts etc.); and we are left with ...? To say he has read Le Carre and Grisham is not an insult. Thoroughly recommended.

What price eternal life? A dead prison harbouring a living mind.
This is the premise of Generation, a completely original take on the living dead.

I'm a great fan of horror and for me the best, like this, offer a stage to play out more troubling implications.
With a world of zombie novels clamouring for attention William Knight has provided a view, through flyblown eyes, of what life as the dead could be like.
Poetic and poignant, I found myself asking, would I go there? Is my drive for life so strong I could view my own decay?

Generation is a multi-levelled horror that does not shirk from the gorier details whilst building on a truly horrific theme.
Well researched, William Knight provides a putrid taste of things to come.
Following the strong central character, Hendrix, the horrible possibilities of genetic engineering are revealed.
The story starts so innocently, escalating rapidly into a conspiracy cocktail turned real.
The efforts of the powerful to hide their actions pushing Hendrix into revealing deeper secrets.
Each step closer to the truth raising the stakes and opening the door to further horror.

On one level it shows the collapse of morality when tempted by limitless profit.
On another it shows the extremes people will face when pursued and defamed.
Then there are the motivations of those offered an apparent escape from death.
Trapped between them are the stars of the show, the dead.
Beautifully written, these tragic characters elicit real sympathy as they exude Struldbrugian sadness.
Each of the dead is trapped in a recurring nightmare from which the only escape is torment and fire, consigned to hell.
These are my favourite parts of Generation, where indeed the real mind games begin and the implications start to work on the subconscious.

It is rare for me to experience physical and spiritual horror within the pages of a novel.
William Knights uncompromising, in your face attitude and relentless pace, deliver.
Generation leaves a lasting impression, a stain that won't wash out.

This isn't my usual genre but twists had me hooked so that I found it increasingly hard to put the book down. I especially like the way the zombies narrate their side of the story. Enjoyed it. Would like to know what happens next...