W. R. (NYbooks) reviewed on 7/22/2013 + 100 more book reviews

SciFi / Horror. * * *. A host taking virus has nearly eradicated the world population. The author travels the world collecting eyewitness accounts from survivors to record them for historical purposes.

The book has a documentary feel to it because the novel progresses with someone else's story. The fascinating (for me) part is seeing the effects a full on attack has on the world in so many ways: politically, economically, religiously, and many more.

Amazingly, although the "transcripts" are collected in a post-Z world, there aren't many scences involving Z-attacks. The few that are described are viscerally horrific.

The one drawback: because of the multitude of eyewitnesses, there is no protagonist and therefore no emotional attachment as in a typical novel.

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