The Emperor's Railroad

Guy Haley
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The Emperor's Railroad and The Ghoul King

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1/19/2017
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I swear, all zombie stories should be required to include a plausible origin story in order to be published (at least Seanan McGuire, bless her, managed a capital job of that). All of the other zombie stories I've read seem to have been written by South Park's gnomes:

Phase 1: Normal world
Phase 2: ?????
Phase 3: ZOMBIES!!!

While the post-apocalyptic worldbuilding is somewhat interesting, I have to admit that I never found these stories particularly gripping or compelling, and I found the religious aspect simply tiresome. And since they're told from the point-of-view of someone other than the Knight, I felt as though I never really got to see enough of him to feel invested in him. There are hints that the angels are not really angels, but something more interesting--but at this point, I'm not interested enough to read the third story to find out. Rating: 2 Mehs. YMMV.