Review of _Dead Sea_ (2007) by Brian Keene, up on Fantastic Worlds
“Review of
Dead Sea
© 2007
by
Brian Keene”
© 2013
by
Jordan S. Bassior”
Introduction: Zombie apocalypses straddle the ground between fantasy horror and science fiction horror, depending on the reason given for the apocalypse. The tendency is for zombie apocalypses set on the near-future Earth to be science fiction horror, because that allows authors to exploit our fear of epidemic disease, which is an obvious rationale for the zombie apocalypse. Dead Sea is no exception.
Synopsis: A zombie apocalypse has spread around the world. Lamar Reed, a gay black man living in Baltimore, is forced to flee the dubious safety of his apartment when the city catches on fire. He makes it the harbor, making and bringing with him a few friends on the way, and is fortunate enough to leap onto a museum-piece Coast Guard cutter, the Spratling, which a Coast Guard veteran and some other survivors have managed to get running. They flee offshore, trying to find a safe haven.
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