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Pale Gods
Pale Gods
Pale Gods
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Pale Gods

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With all the continents overrun by the living dead, the hubs of commerce and civilization are no longer New York or London or Beijing: they’re Nantucket, Havana, and Reykjavik. The sea is not the deadly, foreboding barrier it once was to human life: now it’s their source of safety, transportation, and sustenance. But the mainland beckons reckless, restless men, just as the sea did hundreds of years before, luring them with the promise of riches and danger. Sailing from Nantucket, the Hyperion takes six foragers on such a quest: Jacob, the scarred captain who lost half his right hand to the dead; Ridley, a young man full of curiosity and naiveté; King, a devout Christian who tries to keep the captain’s madness in check; Sink, who seems to thrive on the casual brutality of their trade; Phil, for whom this is just the best job to support his family in this strange, violent world; and Spider, a boy raised in the post-apocalyptic world, barely aware any other kind of life ever existed. Their journey takes them back to the land from which they’ve been banished, to steal back from the hungry dead all the things people once took for granted, the remnants of human art and ingenuity, before these are completely lost in the decaying ruins. But this time, they will find not just fuel and tools and weapons, but cities full of dead who are smarter, better prepared, and with their own mysterious agenda.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 22, 2013
ISBN9781618681522
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    This tale begins several years after the zombie apocalypse. The survivors are forced to live on islands and on boats surrounded by the ocean, the only thing that seperates them from the monsters. But all the "treasures" of humanity are trapped on the mainland with the zombies.The story follows Ridley, a young man looking for adventure. He finds himself on the Hyperion, a boat that travels up the coast line, scavenging for left-behind possession's surrounded by the dangerous zombies. The captain of the ship also has his own agenda as he searches for a rumored "smart" zombie. Reminiscent of Moby Dick, as Ridley could be Ishmael and clearly Captain Jacob mirroring Ahabs dangerous quest. I enjoyed this book and it kept me completely enthralled, so much so that I failed to notice the giant spider that crawled on to my stomach....perhaps the test of a great novel? :}

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