David Wellington's first novel, "Monster Island" explored a world overcome by horror and the few people strong enough to survive. Now he takes us back in time to where it all began-to the day the dead began to rise.
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David Wellington was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1971. He attended Penn State and received there an MFA in creative writing. He works as an archivist for the United Nations in New York City. In 2003 he began work on the website "www.monsternovel.com", where his novel Monster Island was serialized on-line over the course of five months and quickly became an internet cult phenomenon.
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Format:Paperback
OK, so I guess you've read Monster Island and decided to read the sequel - or prequel in this case - to David Wellingtons first zombie novel. Though new readers to this series please note that this book is more than suitable to read as the first in the series before moving on to Monster Island.
Maybe I am in the minority of people out there reading zombie novels, but when I started hunting Amazon for zombie novels I bought a whole host of them by various authors in the hope of some good old zombie nosh entertainment. But what I find is that the books I bought all seem to have either thinking zombies, talking zombies, zombies with rocket launchers, animal zombies and now in this book INVISIBLE zombies. What happened to good old Romeo 'Dawn of the Dead' zombies ? Maybe I am stuck in the past and that Zombies have evolved in the last 20-30 years !
Don't get me wrong the book is entertaining, but what sticks out in my mind after reading the book is not so much what I enjoyed about it, but what I did not like about it - or found confusing. I hated the thought of Invisible zombies and I was confused by there seeming to be two different reasons for the dead coming back to life - Mael's God and the mad scientist Vronski working to save his wife Charlotte. And the introduction of psychics seemed to push what could have been a great book a little further over the top.
Wellington does do a great job in telling the fall of humanity to the undead hordes from start to finish in the book, and that to me is what saves this book. From the first sporadic outburst of the dead returning to life through to the eventual full on zombie apocalypse. The military jargon is easily understandable, and the little notes make fun reading at times.... Read more ›
Maybe I am in the minority of people out there reading zombie novels, but when I started hunting Amazon for zombie novels I bought a whole host of them by various authors in the hope of some good old zombie nosh entertainment. But what I find is that the books I bought all seem to have either thinking zombies, talking zombies, zombies with rocket launchers, animal zombies and now in this book INVISIBLE zombies. What happened to good old Romeo 'Dawn of the Dead' zombies ? Maybe I am stuck in the past and that Zombies have evolved in the last 20-30 years !
Don't get me wrong the book is entertaining, but what sticks out in my mind after reading the book is not so much what I enjoyed about it, but what I did not like about it - or found confusing. I hated the thought of Invisible zombies and I was confused by there seeming to be two different reasons for the dead coming back to life - Mael's God and the mad scientist Vronski working to save his wife Charlotte. And the introduction of psychics seemed to push what could have been a great book a little further over the top.
Wellington does do a great job in telling the fall of humanity to the undead hordes from start to finish in the book, and that to me is what saves this book. From the first sporadic outburst of the dead returning to life through to the eventual full on zombie apocalypse. The military jargon is easily understandable, and the little notes make fun reading at times.... Read more ›
By N. rees
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I won't bother explaining the plot as others have done that better then i ever could. I bought this in book form and then re-bought it on the kindle.Wellingtons zombie book has what others lack, originality
By Longshot
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So poor I used most of the copy from my Monster Island review just so I could give this a review.
I know zombie lit involves suspension of belief, however this really involves suspension of your brain in formaldehyde.
Most of the 1 star reviews have covered the story (and it's flaws) in more than enough detail, but suffice to say, I read all three in the trilogy (Island somehow was actually the best of the bunch if such a thing is possible), as it gets more and more 'out there' with each installment.
Doesn't follow a traditional Zombie route, which would be fine if it didn't end up becoming a form of supernatural fantasy (which isn't why I bought the book)
Reads like the bloke and some of his mates sat around a camp fire drinking beer and smoking something, with each of them having to add the next line to the story in turn, as it gets more and more whacky.
Wanted to enjoy this (I really did) as it was a mighty tome with ZOMBIES(as are the other two) but sadly it was just 'pants'.
I know zombie lit involves suspension of belief, however this really involves suspension of your brain in formaldehyde.
Most of the 1 star reviews have covered the story (and it's flaws) in more than enough detail, but suffice to say, I read all three in the trilogy (Island somehow was actually the best of the bunch if such a thing is possible), as it gets more and more 'out there' with each installment.
Doesn't follow a traditional Zombie route, which would be fine if it didn't end up becoming a form of supernatural fantasy (which isn't why I bought the book)
Reads like the bloke and some of his mates sat around a camp fire drinking beer and smoking something, with each of them having to add the next line to the story in turn, as it gets more and more whacky.
Wanted to enjoy this (I really did) as it was a mighty tome with ZOMBIES(as are the other two) but sadly it was just 'pants'.
5.0 out of 5 stars
"His face had puffed up and turned black with rot and . . .The smell of him would make animals run away."
7 Jan 2011
Format:Paperback
A vital young woman is thoroughly enjoying the pastorally bright summer day when a man, obviously in distress, staggers in front of her. Alarmed, she rushes to the man's aid only to be attacked, and seriously bitten by him. In shock, she flees into a nearby trendy oxygen bar. She hooks herself up, and dies. Then she comes back, the oxygen has kept her brain alive, but she has lost her memory. Not remembering her name, she adopts the name Nilla, which she takes from a bag of snacks she finds after she awakes.
This is still the beginning of the zombie plague, so, just as she comes back, she is discovered by a couple of police officers who think that she is wounded, but still alive. She is then transported to a hospital were she will witness the beginning of the end of the world.
Meanwhile Dick, an inspector from NIH, is hiking up a mountainside of the Rocky Mountain National Park to investigate a complaint of either mad cow or scrape amongst a flock sheep. What he finds is far, far worse.
Wellington tells his story from three viewpoints, the third being Captain Bannerman Clark of the Colorado Army National Guard. Clark is enjoying some downtime in his favorite restaurant when he gets an emergency call. It seems that there is a riot happening at the ADX-Supermax prison in Florence. Again, it will be far, far worse than what he's expecting.
Wellington will bounce the audience from one situation to another using these three viewpoints, and these character's stories will interweave with each other until all three meet up at the end. Which is alright, my IQ is higher than that of room temperature, so I can handle these multi-viewpoints.
Nilla is the main character of this novel.... Read more ›
This is still the beginning of the zombie plague, so, just as she comes back, she is discovered by a couple of police officers who think that she is wounded, but still alive. She is then transported to a hospital were she will witness the beginning of the end of the world.
Meanwhile Dick, an inspector from NIH, is hiking up a mountainside of the Rocky Mountain National Park to investigate a complaint of either mad cow or scrape amongst a flock sheep. What he finds is far, far worse.
Wellington tells his story from three viewpoints, the third being Captain Bannerman Clark of the Colorado Army National Guard. Clark is enjoying some downtime in his favorite restaurant when he gets an emergency call. It seems that there is a riot happening at the ADX-Supermax prison in Florence. Again, it will be far, far worse than what he's expecting.
Wellington will bounce the audience from one situation to another using these three viewpoints, and these character's stories will interweave with each other until all three meet up at the end. Which is alright, my IQ is higher than that of room temperature, so I can handle these multi-viewpoints.
Nilla is the main character of this novel.... Read more ›
By J. Patterson
Format:Paperback
Wow, what I first thought was going to be an okay-novel turned into a real page turner and I can't wait to read the other two books in the series. Mr Wellington makes both the heroes and the villan [no spoilers!] sympathetic and builds tension at every turn.
I thought I'd seen it all until the zombie pigeons turned up!!!
I thought I'd seen it all until the zombie pigeons turned up!!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Author Should Write Screenplays, Not Books
I've never read anything by David Wellington before, so I have no point of reference - not sure if this is worse than Monster Island: A Zombie Novel, or better... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2009 by Ursula K. Raphael
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Bad
Was not too bad a story, I agree with most of the others though, could have done with leaving out the magic as this brought down the story quite a bit. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2008 by Yellow-Sn0W
2.0 out of 5 stars
A zombie story?
I brought both Monster Island and Monster Nation and DONT plan on getting the third part.
They were an OK read if you have nothing else, these were given to my local... Read more
They were an OK read if you have nothing else, these were given to my local... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2008 by Evvaa
3.0 out of 5 stars
good read but doesnt want me to read the next one
i thought the invisable zombie bit was a tad OTT but it worked in the context, should have been more abt the mad professor, the ending with Bannerman was most disapointing, i did... Read more
Published on 7 May 2008 by T.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time
I have now read all three books in this trilogy by David Wellington. The story is ok and I would have given it a three if it stood alone as a zombie novel, however after reading... Read more
Published on 3 May 2008 by David
4.0 out of 5 stars
Prequel to the epic zombie trilogy - but not as good as the first.
This prequel to Monster Island has some nice touches. I particularly liked the use of newspaper articles and other bits of media to demonstrate the increasing panic and breakdown... Read more
Published on 22 April 2008 by J. P. Baker
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been so much better
Started out good, but when the author introduced the magical girl zombie who could do everything apart from fly, some hippy bs characters, and started to inject as many sop opera... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2008 by Mr. A. Farrell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Prequel
This book is a prequel to 'Monster Island' by the same author, and is written in a similar style, which isn't surprising. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2007 by Dr. Andrew Phillips
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