Product Description

In the heart of America, in the world's most secure prison, something horrible is growing in the dark. A wave of cannibalism and fear is sweeping across the heartland, spreading carnage and infection in its wake. Captain Bannerman Clark of the National Guard has been tasked with an impossible mission: discover what is happening - and then stop it before it annihilates Los Angeles. In California, he discovers a woman trapped in a hospital overrun with violent madmen. She may hold the secret to the Epidemic but she has lost everything - even her name. 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19732 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Review
I've admired Wellington's short stories in such collections as THE UNDEAD and BRAINCHILD, but standing out on his own, he proves himself the real deal. Horror fans - and even non-horror fans who can't resist cat-and-mouse adventure - will be marooned happily on this ISLAND. - Rod Lott, Bookgasm "An instant horror classic." --Paul Goat Allen, BN.com "Excellent... It's got all the stuff a zombie aficionado wants." -- BoingBoing.net "Glorious and grisly." --Rue Morgue

Synopsis
In the heart of America, in the world's most secure prison, something horrible is growing in the dark. A wave of cannibalism and fear is sweeping across the heartland, spreading carnage and infection in its wake. Captain Bannerman Clark of the National Guard has been tasked with an impossible mission: discover what is happening - and then stop it before it annihilates Los Angeles. In California, he discovers a woman trapped in a hospital overrun with violent madmen. She may hold the secret to the Epidemic but she has lost everything - even her name. 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.

About the Author
David Wellington is an author of zombie fiction and a zombie aficionado. MONSTER NATION is part of the Zombie series which he began on his website (he has retained electronic rights to the series), along with MONSTER ISLAND and MONSTER PLANET. He has also written zombie fiction specifically designed to be downloaded onto IPod's. He went on to Syracuse University and then Penn State, where he received an MFA in Creative Writing. He currently lives in Denver.

Customer Reviews

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 charity shop as they had no re-read value to me.

The Zombie idea has been going for decades now and yes things need to be done to change the same old story BUT zombies that can go invisible or have telepathic powers to control other zombies or even humans is WAY to far.

I would suggest you leave this book and try David Moody and his Autum series.

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 enjoy this book though and read over half on the day i bought it, i would have liked more on what was going on in the world, what happened to the president?, government? ect
Ive read the first one and to be honest id recomend you read this one first, after reading 2 of 3 im not really bothered abt reading the 3rd one as i think the author has gone as far as he can.
Ive read many zombie books and its VERY hard to find a decent one, ive read some really awful ones with 2D characters, bad grammer and terrible descriptions, id stay clear of anything on the Purmutated Press or Infected Books publishers as a rule of thunb, id highly recomend World War Z by Max Brooks though...

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 the final book in the trilogy I was so disappointed in the ending I felt as though I had wasted my time in reading any of them. Therefore I decided to give this book only one star because ultimately I felt really deflated and disappointed.