![]() Soon Benny realizes the zombies are bad but they might not be the only monsters in Rot & Ruin (2010) by Jonathan Maberry. Even Tom might be a lot more than Benny ever gave him credit for. Nothing is what Benny thought, not his heroes, not his friend Nix and her mother, and certainly not his hometown. Out in the rot and ruin where the zombies run loose is different. At least he can keep his rations and has a job that sounds moderately cool.īut nothing about dealing with his brother, or the zoms, is anything like Benny expected. ![]() With no better options, Benny finds himself reluctantly apprenticed to his brother Tom, a zombie killer and “closure specialist”–whatever that means. And pit raker, well, pit raker is exactly what it sounds like. Not too mention it involves throwing quieted zombies into a burning pit and maybe getting infected. There’s too much competition selling carpet coats. ![]() It also means possibly getting shot by the twitchy gun bulls because there is a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to infection. Fence testers have to walk the fence all day rattling it for loose spots that zombies might exploit. ![]() Any job will do as long as it requires minimal effort and doesn’t involve working with his annoying, boring, completely irritating older brother Tom.īut being a locksmith apprentice is boring and involves carrying heavy tools all day. He’s fifteen and his rations are going to be cut in half if he doesn’t start contributing to society. ![]()
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