Lamberson, Gregory

The fifth series entry delivers nonstop action as Jake's enemies seem to stay one step ahead of him. Series fans and lovers of disaster stories and supernatural villains should enjoy this installment.

Lamberson's (Personal Demons) latest is both bleak and beautiful, a brain-splattering zombie thriller that is at its core a paean to the power of friendship, even in a dead world. This novella may be brief, but it has real bite, along with taut zombie action, scathing social commentary, and a suitably nihilistic ending. Zombie fans are in for one easy ride through the apocalypse. [Print Is Dead is Creeping Hemlock's zombie-themed imprint.

Two-time Bram Stoker nominee Lamberson has created a hard-boiled hero, gifted with a big heart and sent on intriguingly horrific adventures, who is reminiscent of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden and Glen Cook's Garrett, P.I.

This is the second in what is likely to be a long-running series of supernatural private eye novels starring ex-cop and recovering cocaine addict Jake Helman...