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The Dead Repent: A Zombie's Story
The story of zombies is not yet complete, and the truth can be more horrifying than suspected. Some victims are lucky: they simply die a gruesome death on someone’s meal plan or their consciousness flickers out, and they become a mindless eater of living flesh. The true horrors are reserved for those who survive the zombie's bite and awaken to remember all that they were, even as their curse makes them feast.
Julian is not a particularly lucky fellow.
Follow his descent into the most ancient shadows of night and history. He discovers what's hiding within and struggles to remember what humanity can mean for someone who keeps leaving his on the far side of last night’s dinner.
This sometimes irreverent, once in a while funny, and often horrific story is about the struggle to cling to a sliver of something other than what those unlucky become, a journey beyond death and humanity, to find a path out of fear and revulsion. It is more than a story of the not quite dead, yet.
Julian is not a particularly lucky fellow.
Follow his descent into the most ancient shadows of night and history. He discovers what's hiding within and struggles to remember what humanity can mean for someone who keeps leaving his on the far side of last night’s dinner.
This sometimes irreverent, once in a while funny, and often horrific story is about the struggle to cling to a sliver of something other than what those unlucky become, a journey beyond death and humanity, to find a path out of fear and revulsion. It is more than a story of the not quite dead, yet.
336 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 23, 2015
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November 27, 2017
People who know me know zombie books are NOT my genre but when I found out my friend Steve had written this book I had to read it...and I'm so glad I did! This is a very good story, with aspects of faith, romance, and, yes, a little zombie action. What I enjoyed most was the telling in first person of the main character, Julian. As I read the book, I found myself really caring for this person, I mean, this zombie. (I chuckle as I type this, it's so not me.)
It's the mark of a great storyteller to captivate a reader with a story completely out of her element but that's exactly what this book did. Even if you aren't a lover of these types of books, I recommend giving this one a try!
It's the mark of a great storyteller to captivate a reader with a story completely out of her element but that's exactly what this book did. Even if you aren't a lover of these types of books, I recommend giving this one a try!
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March 21, 2016Who doesn't love a good zombie romance? Wait a second, is that a new genre? If not, it oughta be because Steve Ullom's "The Dead Repent" is just that, a romantic story about zombies who have heart. Now, I didn't say "a heart," none of the undead have that. However when Julian gets bitten, another zombie saves him, and compels the newly-diseased, flesh-eater to try to suppress his desires . The author takes Julian on a Canterbury journey, replete with a priest, a maiden, some poetry, and a fluid writing style. Oh, and then there are those other zombies, the ones who smell and whose arms drop off randomly, written with pure horror as they feed. In this regard, Ullom certainly hits the mark, drawing the reader into a world so clearly defined and colorfully imagistic. For zombie lovers, and anyone who likes a tension-filled romance, this is the one to read.
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