Dust and Decay

Heartbroken. Just sayin'. I just finished Dust and Decay, the sequel to Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Mayberry. A zombie book with a heart. So we pick up with our gang of friends, Benny, Nix, Chong, Lilah and Tom setting out to find the jet they saw in the first book. Things go wrong from the start, going from bad to devastating. With the death of Charlie Matthias, even more evil bounty hunters join up to take his place. And they are after Tom and his brother Benny. With prices on their heads, our heroes find themselves right back in the place they dread- the reinvented Gameland. Chong had been captured and the gang set out to save him. They each find their way there, not knowing where the others are. When Tom's fellow bounty hunters show up to help, he realizes what he means to everyone and it is not what he expects. With a showdown with Preacher Jack and White Bear in the making, the kids must dig deep to remember all the lessons Tom has taught them in order to stay alive. This sequel is not so much about zombies as it is about the evil people can perpetrate against each other when the law is no longer clear. What makes some people do what is right even when no one is in charge? What would cause you to risk your life to save others? And how do you go on when the one person holding you together is no longer there? I'm not going to give aways some of the twists, I will only say, be prepared to shed some tears as not all our heroes make it out of this one. "Such a man was the most dangerous of all opponents- one who fights to preserve love rather than perpetuate hate" Amen. And Happy reading my friends.