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It began with a cow that just wouldn't die. Yep. That's right. They're still un-dead, and now the disease has spread to humans. The epidemic that transformed Britain's bovine population into a blood-thirsty, brain-grazing, zombie horde...err...zombie herd... is threatening to take over the globe in Michael Logan's World War Moo .
And there's not much time left to stop it. All of Great Britain is infected and hungry. The rest of the world has a tough choice to make. Should they nuke the brits right off the map -- men, women, children, cows and all -- in the biggest genocide in history? Or should they risk global infection in a race against time to find a cure? With hungry zombies attempting to cross borders by plains, trains, boats, and any other form of transport available, it's only a matter of time before the virus gets out.
And if it does, there's only one answer. This means war.
Author Notes
MICHAEL LOGAN is a Scottish journalist whose career has taken him across the globe. He left Scotland in 2003 and has lived in Bosnia, Hungary, Switzerland and Kenya, where he is currently based with his wife and two young children. His short fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and a (very) short story of his won Fish Publishing's International One-Page Fiction Prize.
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The zombie onslaught continues in this off-kilter sequel to Apocalypse Cow, which sees most inhabitants of Great Britain, humans and animals alike, transformed into rage-fueled monsters by a brain-destroying virus. When English journalist Lesley McBrien gets wind of a plan to utterly annihilate the British population, she tries to expose it but only ends up in trouble. Teenage refugee Geldof Peters joins a mercenary team sent to extract his mother from hostile territory, and nothing goes according to plan. The interim British government considers taking drastic measures to preserve its own existence-such as using weapons of mass destruction on England. The story is entertaining, but readers expecting a raucous laugh riot may be surprised to instead find dry British wit ("Extreme cases aside, the virus seemed to have translated into more arguments, a lot more sex, and an inability to queue. They'd become Italian.") that occasionally veers into pure zombie horror. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
This sequel to the very funny Apocalypse Cow (2013) follows the traditional sequel format: much of the story of this book is taken up with finding out what the principal characters of the earlier book are up to now, reuniting old friends and enemies, and answering questions raised in the earlier novel. In case you're wondering, yes, the situation has become a lot worse. The plague that turned animals into zombielike eating machines has crossed over to human beings, and there's the very real danger that the plague will spread outside of Great Britain and into the rest of the world. The military wants to nuke the country, just to be on the safe side, but others are pleading for the time to find a cure. Logan proves that Apocalypse Cow wasn't simply a book-length mad cow joke (although it might have started that way); the sequel is just as much fun as its predecessor and just as cleverly constructed and written. Fans of zombie comedy (a thriving subgenre, perhaps surprisingly) should definitely check this one out.--Pitt, David Copyright 2015 Booklist
Library Journal Review
England is still blockaded to prevent the spread of the zombie virus unleashed in Apocalypse Cow. The British government in exile and U.S. war hawks want to nuke the British Isles to ensure that the disease doesn't become a global pandemic, and Prime Minister Tony Campbell has remained in London, trying to convince the rest of the world to look for a cure rather than a nuclear solution. Meanwhile, the infected (both bovines and humans) are living their lives, slightly more prone to violent fits of rage but mostly harmless unless they sense an uninfected nearby. VERDICT It's nice to revisit the characters from the first book, including spotty, awkward teen Geldolf and his militant vegan mother Fanny, who is leading a movement to educate the infected to conquer their urges through mental discipline. While not as wildly funny as its predecessor and lacking some of that book's tension, this is another pleasant pick for those who appreciate their horror with a laugh track. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
