The Return Man
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4.1 • 55 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The outbreak tore the USA in two. The east remains a safe haven. The west has become a ravaged wilderness. They call it the Evacuated States.
It is here that Henry Marco makes his living. Hired by grieving relatives, he tracks down the dead to deliver peace.
Now Homeland Security wants Marco, for a mission unlike any other. He must return to California, where the apocalypse began. Where a secret is hidden. And where his own tragic past waits to punish him again.
But in the wastelands of America, you never know who - or what - is watching you . . .
'Hands down one of the best zombie novels I've read in a long, long time.' David Moody, author of Autumn
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Zito's debut is thrilling, melancholy, and stomach-churningly gory. In the desolate heat and haunting emptiness of the zombie-infested American Southwest, ex-neurologist Henry Marco is hired by the living to "return" their undead loved ones, a euphemism for blowing their brains out. Marco also yearns to find and "return" his own wife. Hired by the Department of Homeland Security to track down a scientist who may have developed a cure, Marco embarks on a journey across the desert, encountering packs of shuffling, flesh-chewing zombies; sadistic gangs of bikers; and a Chinese assassin with whom he inadvertently teams up. Zito amps up the action with a nightmarish showdown in the bowels of an abandoned prison and viscerally unbearable descriptions of human mutilations. The zombies are pretty standard and Marco's philosophical ruminations are sometimes both redundant and expository, but taken as a whole, this is a sturdy and crowd-pleasing novel that squarely hits its target.
Customer Reviews
Mr
Loved every minute. Great descriptive text along with a great yarn.
Keeps you hooked on every page!
👍 I found this book kept me turning the pages just to make sure Marco the main character was going to make it out alive!! I've never read a Zombie book maybe because I hate horror movies but love fiction books so thought this was a good start. Very well written and good story line. Download a sample and then you can decide for yourself!
The Return Man
Fantastic book, I loved every minute of it! Can't believe it is his first novel, I will be keeping an eye out for the next one. Great story and. Wonderful characters that have you emotionally invested in the story, I didn't want it to end!