Catastrophic events have destroyed the world as we know
it, leaving behind survivors who search desperately for
the basics they need to survive. A young girl, Nora, and
her brother, Addis, are abandoned by their parents and
sift through the remnants of Seattle hoping to find
food. Julie and her parents travel along the roads
hunting for a settlement or safe place where they can
make a new life. Meanwhile, a dead man finds himself
walking, struggling to remember who he is and why he
exists.
THE NEW HUNGER is the prequel to the Warm Bodies
series. Isaac Marion definitely whets the reader's
appetite for more as THE NEW HUNGER hints at the
uniqueness of Marion's zombies. THE NEW HUNGER alternates
viewpoints, giving us insight into the evolution of the
characters we already know and love from WARM BODIES.
Isaac Marion does a great job at developing his
characters. I absolutely love Addis and his determination
to do the right and moral thing, even when it seems
difficult. I only wish there were more pages so we could
see the characters' lives before the zombies started
rising.
THE NEW HUNGER isn't a warm and fuzzy romance with
zombies. Instead, it's graphic, brutal, and sometimes
downright disturbing as our characters have to learn to
cope in a world where being dead isn't the worst thing
that can happen to you. Isaac Marion does a brilliant job
at portraying this desolate world while still showing us
the glimmer of human emotions that lurk, even in the
darkest of times. If you like your zombies just a tad bit
different, don't hesitate to give THE NEW HUNGER a try as
it's a pleasant surprise!
The must-read prequel to the “strange and unexpected”
(Audrey Niffenegger) and “highly original” (Seattle
Times) zombie love story Warm Bodies—the New
York Times bestseller and inspiration for the hit
film—from the critically acclaimed author whose clever debut
turned the classic horror story on its head.
The end
of the world didn’t happen overnight.
After years of
societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides,
humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow
no one could have expected: all the world’s corpses rising
up to make more.
Born into this bleak and bloody
landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to
hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of
America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new
home.
Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old
Nora finds herself her brother’s sole guardian after her
parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of
Seattle.
And in the darkness of a forest, a dead man
opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues
beyond a red tie and the letter “R,” he must unravel the
grim mystery of his existence—right after he learns how to
think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling
in his belly. The New Hunger is a glimpse of the past
and a path to an astonishing future…
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