Book description
Schneider Wrack Was Dead.
Until he wasn't. Convicted of a crime he's almost completely sure he didn't commit, executed, reanimated, then pressed into service aboard a vast trawler on the terrible world of Ocean, he was set to spend his afterlife working until his mindless corpse fell apart. But now…
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From the outset the book provides a vividly horrible, dark, and atmospheric setting. I was all for following a zombie POV in the beginnings of an undead revolution on a city-sized ship designated to hunt giant sea monsters on another planet. The best moments are when the story really engages with the pulpy nightmare of the undead experience, or of the thalassophobia inherent to the setting.
Despite the setting, this isn't a depressing or sombre work - there's a sense of humour and irreverence throughout here, lightening the tone. It's full of fascinating and creative and fucked-up worldbuilding -…
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