(out of 4)THE SALT ON THE RIM: Hell has a special place set aside for Brian Keene. Just like the CIA doesn't take kindly to agents giving away their secrets, so do the residents of Hell.
For the past few years, under the guise of "publishing horror fiction", Keene has been slowly giving away Hell's most prized nightmares...those delirious illusions reserved for the only the most wicked sinners.
I can only think Satan's pissed.
THE LIME:In DEAD SEA, Keene's latest journey to the dark land, zombies have taken over the world--mindless, shambling things roaming Balitmore. If they bite you, you're infected. You might as well be dead already. Keene introduces us to Lamar Reed, a young man with a recently spotted past before the zombies came along.
We run side-by-side with Lamar as he escapes the fiery inferno that Baltimore has become. We race through zombie-infested streets, dodging the shuffling dead and gunfire. There are some calling this Keene's triumphant return to the sub-genre he helped revive. I call it taking the sub-genre and spinning it on its ear. Keene has created a phenomenal world for his characters to inhabit, at once global in scope and claustrophobically confining. And Keene leads us through this world with near jovial delight as he keeps launching surprise after surprise at you.
THE TEQUILA:This is seat-of-your-pants horror action as you've never seen it before.
Grab a copy as soon as you can. You won't regret it.
-Drew
