How will a group of just 3,000 protect themselves? But many know that these defenses will be no match for the coming horde. Built on the ground of an old army base and managed by strong-armed Secretary Guo, the Beacon hopes to survive with a system of resource-searching wind teams and its strong defenses. The Beacon of Light is such a government encampment… its leaders preach an unconditional allegiance to the Living Revolution and their Mao-inspired morning chants. In the countryside, these settlements are manageable with the numbers of jiangshi (zombies), but from the east in the direction of the giant metropolises comes a horde hundreds of thousands strong. Post zombie-plague China is a place of one billion undead… Little protective settlements have found their place on the landscape with several attached to the official government, but there are outliers or vulture groups that are tucked away in hidden valleys and have made defenses of their own. I just finished this book and feel a great need to get these words down… What a freaking ride! A definite cut above so many of the zombie books I’ve read… The first half builds a selection of first-rate characters and the final act is a tremendous blender of blades, zombies, and hell on Earth.
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