Awards
- Commended for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2012
- Winner of Cybils (Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA) 2010
- Winner of Gateway Readers Award 2012
- Winner of Nutmeg Book Award (Teen) 2013
Overview
A teen who reluctantly starts work as a zombie hunter uncovers corruption in his community in this first book in the post-apocalyptic dystopian Rot & Ruin series by New York Times bestselling and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry. Benny Imura lives in a zombie-infested America where every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter (or ""closure specialist"") with his boring older brother, Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash but seeing Tom's compassion and quiet bravery while killing zombies beyond the wall changes how he sees the world around him...and the older brother he's kept at a distance since their parents' death. But not everyone treats their hunting career as an important vocation. Thrill-seeking closure specialists and greedy citizens endanger the community's safety. As Benny fights the corruption, he learns what it means to be human.
Full Product Details
Author: Jonathan Maberry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition: Reprint ed.
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.526kg
ISBN: 9781442402324
ISBN 10: 1442402326
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 14 September 2010
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Horror fans will appreciate the gorge-raising descriptions of the shambling zombies...while zombie-apocalypse aficionados will cotton to the solid world-building and refreshingly old-school undead. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
An impressive mix of meaning and mayhem. -- Booklist
Author Information
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and comic book writer. He writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and adventure; and he writes for adults, teens, and middle grade. His works include the Joe Ledger thrillers, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate, Mars One, and many others. Several of his works are in development for film and TV, including V Wars, which is a Netflix original series. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including the X-Files books, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, Hardboiled Horror, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, and others. He lives in Del Mar, California. Visit him at JonathanMaberry.com and on X (@JonathanMaberry) and Facebook.
