A review by colossal
Falling Sky by Rajan Khanna
3.0
Science fictional zombie apocalypse via virus with airships.
Ben Gold is the pragmatic action hero that's fallen in with scientists trying to combat the Bug that has left the majority of humanity as animalistic Ferals. Any fluid contact with a Feral will transfer the Bug. A key part of the life of the survivors of the Bug is airship travel, well away from the carriers of it. But the remaining elements of humanity are prey to each other and there's little trust to be had even though trade and barter are required for people to survive. When Ben loses his heirloom ship to raiders that also attack the scientist's settlement the foundation for a much larger battle is laid.
This was ok. It's not the book, it's me. I'm just not into post-apocalyptic stories or zombie stories for that matter. This is quite competent, and the world mostly makes sense (where's the fuel coming from?! Can everyone brew biofuel?!) but it's not really my sort of thing. However, it's quite short and the story setup is interesting. I will be proceeding to the next one.
Ben Gold is the pragmatic action hero that's fallen in with scientists trying to combat the Bug that has left the majority of humanity as animalistic Ferals. Any fluid contact with a Feral will transfer the Bug. A key part of the life of the survivors of the Bug is airship travel, well away from the carriers of it. But the remaining elements of humanity are prey to each other and there's little trust to be had even though trade and barter are required for people to survive. When Ben loses his heirloom ship to raiders that also attack the scientist's settlement the foundation for a much larger battle is laid.
This was ok. It's not the book, it's me. I'm just not into post-apocalyptic stories or zombie stories for that matter. This is quite competent, and the world mostly makes sense (where's the fuel coming from?! Can everyone brew biofuel?!) but it's not really my sort of thing. However, it's quite short and the story setup is interesting. I will be proceeding to the next one.