![]() Great stuff for horror and fantasy fans." - booklist, starred review, "Apocalypse Cow treads that rare path between horrific and hilarious, which makes for a very fun read indeed. An impressive start for an author who's going places." - Publishers Weekly "This clever and very funny twist on the traditional zombie novel is exceedingly well executed (it approaches but never quite steps into parody territory), and it ends with a scene that pretty much demands a sequel. Great stuff for horror and fantasy fans., " Apocalypse Cow made me snort with laughter." - Terry Pratchett, author of the award-winning and bestselling Discworld novels "Logan has a flair for unique description ("a muscled chest that made Arnold Schwarzenegger's pecs look like burst balloons") and for painting a mental picture almost photographic in its clarity. Give it a go., This clever and very funny twist on the traditional zombie novel is exceedingly well executed (it approaches but never quite steps into parody territory), and it ends with a scene that pretty much demands a sequel. Yup, we're screwed.Īpocalypse Cow treads that rare path between horrific and hilarious, which makes for a very fun read indeed. As the nation descends into chaos, can they pool their resources, unlock a cure, and save the world? Three losers. And if that wasn't bad enough, the fate of the nation seems to rest on the shoulders of three unlikely heroes: an abattoir worker whose love life is non-existent thanks to the stench of death that clings to him, a teenage vegan with eczema and a weird crush on his maths teacher, and an inept journalist who wouldn't recognize a scoop if she tripped over one. It would become an epidemic that transformed Britain's livestock into sneezing, slavering, flesh-craving four-legged zombies. It began with a cow that just wouldn't die. ![]() from a rampaging horde of ZOMBIE COWS Forget the cud. From the twisted brain of Michael Logan comes Apocalypse Cow, a story about three unlikely heroes who must save Britain. A single outcome: the world is screwed.If you think you've seen it all - WORLD WAR Z, THE WALKING DEAD- you haven't seen anything like this. ![]() ![]() Standing in the way are rampaging hordes of animals, a ruthless security agent and an army ready to shoot anybody with a case of the sniffles on the off-chance the virus has mutated. During her bumbling quest to unveil the truth, she crosses paths with Terry and Geldof, and together they set out to escape a quarantined Britain with the evidence and vital data that could unlock a cure for the virus. When Britain begins a rapid descent into chaos and ministers cynically attempt to blame al-Qaeda, Lesley stumbles upon proof that the government is behind the outbreak. When scientists with warped imaginations accidentally unleash an experimental bioweapon that transforms Britain's animals into sneezing, bloodthirsty zombies with a penchant for pre-dinner sex with their victims, three misfits become the unlikely hope for salvation.Ībattoir worker Terry Borders' love life is crippled by the stench of death that clings to his skin from his days spent slaughtering cows teenage vegan Geldof 'Scabby' Peters alternates between scratching furiously at his rash and baiting his overbearing New Age mother and inept journalist Lesley McBrien struggles forlornly in the shadow of her famous war correspondent father and the star journalist at the Glasgow Tribune.
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