Cannibal Corpse, M/C
By Tim Curran
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"This is a fantastic novel! The writing is perfect, the story utterly involving, and the characters completely likable."
--Swampdweller Book Reviews
Following a major pandemic, the country is in ruins. West of the Mississippi River is a hellzone known as the Deadlands.
Here, bioengineered Corpse Worms rain from the blood-streaked sky, reanimating the dead. And here, atomic weapons have created legions of mutants, primeval monsters, and wild chaotic weather patterns.
Enter: John Slaughter. Hardcore outlaw biker. Blood member of the Devil's Disciples. A very wanted man. Captured by the army, the feds want him to lead a gang of his old bikers across the Mississippi and into the nuclear wastes of the Deadlands.
His objective: Snatch a high-level biologist who is being held at an old NORAD fortress by a paramilitary terrorist group. It will mean a raid into territory swarming with the living dead, mutations, and sects of psychotic survivalists...not to mention the Cannibal Corpse motorcycle club, blood enemies of the Devil’s Disciples.
His incentive: his brother is being held at a federal prison back east on charges of sedition. If Slaughter does not bring back the biologist, his brother will be executed.
The drawback: An ancient, diabolic evil has claimed the Deadlands and is in league with Cannibal Corpse. And unless Slaughter can stop it, it will pick its teeth with the last bones of the human race.
"Overall a great read."
--Sheri White, Hellnotes
Tim Curran
Tim Curran hails from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, Resurrection, Hag Night, The Devil Next Door, Long Black Coffin, Graveworm, and Biohazard. His short stories have been collected in Bone Marrow Stew and Zombie Pulp. His novellas include Fear Me, The Underdwelling, The Corpse King, Puppet Graveyard, Sow, and Worm. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, as well as anthologies such as Flesh Feast, Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and Vile Things. Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com
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Reviews for Cannibal Corpse, M/C
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tim Curran's "Cannibal Corpse M/C" is a wild ride across an apocalyptic America overrun by worm-infested zombies. The star of the book is the aptly-named John Slaughter, president of a biker chapter called the "Devil's Disciples", who chocks up a body count almost as high as the number of hamburgers McDonald's has sold as he travels the country. Slaughter's a strong anti-hero type who given plenty of character by Curran.The book plot lines are born from "The Stand" and "Escape From New York" as Slaughter and members of his Disciple gang head west to "The Deadlands" to save a scientist (and his brother) who may have a cure for the disease taking over the country. As the group heads west, they encounter enough different types of creatures and situations to keep the reader moving swiftly through the novel. Curran has a vivid imagination and this book is not for the squeamish. Veteran fans of the zombie genre' will find enough new here to keep them turning pages.The ending seemed a little rushed and predictable, but not enough to detract from a solid story. All in all, this is a fine addition to a genre' that becoming too crowded with entries.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tim Curran's epic Zombie adventure is bloody, raw and violent. Mecilessly violent. Diabolically violent. You will need a strong constitution just to read the book. Do I need to say it's not for children or the easily offended? The M/C in Cannibal Copse M/C is for motorcycle club. Hey, even with the cover, I didn't know that until I was reading the book. M/C mentality is central to the theme in this one, but due to the "Outbreak" times have changed. Our protagonist, Slaughter, finds himself "longing for the good old days when you patched with a good club, pushed some blow and crank, took to the road on your steel horse with your brothers, and your enemy stayed down dead when you shot him."Where Slaughter goes, carnage follows. It's unrellenting and if I have any complaint about this fast-paced post apocalyptic thriller it's that there are times when even I found it to be more than over the top. It's obvious Curran is not a beliver in the modicum - less is more.Early on in the saga, Slaughter is given a chance to wipe clean his considerable record with what authority there might be left in the world, more important, he's given a chance to keep his brother from the death penalty. He is reunited with several members of his M/C DEVIL'S DISCIPLES and sent on an impossible mission to what's left of the NORAD site in North Dakota to attempt the rescue of the one woman who may be able to turn the tide against what has happened to humanity.I have no idea how the author was able to continue to find new and increasingly disturbing ways to describe the images and scents on Slaughter's quest westward. He must have left his thesaurus in shambles along the way.Here's a great quote from Cannibal Copse M/C that provides a nice synopsis of the story. "...here in the Deadlands a few days could be an awfully long time. In a few days you could meet a crazy old Indian barbecue king who could tell you wild tales about a Skeleton Man and you could trip your brains out on peyote and have visions and hold court with Black Hat and face down a town full of zombies only to be taken prisoner by the Red Hand and be forced to fight against a giant wormboy only to barely escape a worm rain and hook up with a neurotic young woman whom you begin to feel protective of only to see her dragged off by mutants. And then there was always the bit about the woman squeezing out worms and becoming some kind of f___ing seer. Yeah, a few days in the Deadlands could be like a lifetime of revelation and pain and horror."Not the great American novel, but if you're looking for pure escapism, it's tough to find better.If you subscribe to Amazon Prime, this one is still free in their kindle lending library. I any case I found it to be a nice diversion from the horrors of everyday life.