Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller by Ben Tripp Reviewed By John Alleman of Bookpleasures.com
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/3080/1/Rise-Again-A-Zombie-Thriller-by-Ben-Tripp-Reviewed-By-John-Alleman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html
John Alleman
Reviewer John M. Alleman: John holds
a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of West
Florida. His literary interests are numerous and eclectic, with a
special affinity for environmental ethics and
metaphysics.
By John Alleman
Published on December 21, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439165164
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Author: Ben Tripp
ISBN: 978-1439165164
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Click Here To Purchase Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller
Craving a zombie thriller with some meat on its bones? Grab a copy of Ben Tripp’s Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller and let that slake your appetite.
Originally drafted as a movie screenplay, Rise Again found its way on the shelves of bookstores, and a book worth grabbing, it is.
Rise Again is not your ordinary run-and-gun or duck-and-cower kind of thriller. Sure, Ben Tripp fills the pages with everything you’d expect from a zombie apocalypse--grotesque man-eaters, death-defying close calls, not-so-death-defying close calls, dire means to survive, etc. That’s all nice and good, but those elements are merely necessary for Tripp’s novel to call itself a zombie thriller; all those elements combined aren’t the meat of what makes Rise Again shine in all its gory, I mean glory.
What sets it apart is a female lead who’s accustomed to crises and competent in the trenches, the variety of characters representing various demographics in the struggle to live, the gritty honesty with which Tripp examines the ugly side of humanity amidst the end of the world, the way you get swept up in the action, the fear, and the determination to escape a fate worse than death.
More importantly, what positions Rise Again in the limelight is what it doesn’t contain in its pages: Rise Again doesn’t focus on useless bumbling characters to convey a state of panic; it doesn’t merely trail a single character and plot line, boring the reader with monotony.
It all starts with a Fourth of July celebration in the small town of Forest Peak, California. Danielle Adelman--sheriff of Forest Peak, jaded war veteran, lackluster sister--expects a normal holiday of keeping the peace until the sun goes down and the tourists find their way home. When droves of people begin flooding the streets, screaming and flailing their arms until they drop dead in their tracks, Danny realizes it’s not going to be a normal holiday.
Panic ensues and the situation quickly careens out of control until Danny is left with the responsibility over a community of terrified tourists and Forest Peak natives. Shock, disbelief, grief set in when everything settles. Horror and hope commingle when the bodies begin rising and lumbering about. Terror grips when the dead start feeding on the living.
Before Danny knows it, she’s the leader of a traveling caravan of survivors trying to keep themselves that way. All the while, she harbors a secret dilemma: accept responsibility over her charge or break away to find her sister who ran away just before apocalypse arrived.
Rise Again follows all the strategic decisions and impulsive missteps of Danielle Adelman while detailing the hopes and tragedies of the survivors and commenting on ethics and social solidarity amidst the end of the world.
So gather your wits and beware for “…the infected dead will rise again…”
Click Here To Purchase Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller
Author: Ben Tripp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
ISBN: 978-1439165164
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Click Here To Purchase Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller
Craving a zombie thriller with some meat on its bones? Grab a copy of Ben Tripp’s Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller and let that slake your appetite.
Originally drafted as a movie screenplay, Rise Again found its way on the shelves of bookstores, and a book worth grabbing, it is.
Rise Again is not your ordinary run-and-gun or duck-and-cower kind of thriller. Sure, Ben Tripp fills the pages with everything you’d expect from a zombie apocalypse--grotesque man-eaters, death-defying close calls, not-so-death-defying close calls, dire means to survive, etc. That’s all nice and good, but those elements are merely necessary for Tripp’s novel to call itself a zombie thriller; all those elements combined aren’t the meat of what makes Rise Again shine in all its gory, I mean glory.
What sets it apart is a female lead who’s accustomed to crises and competent in the trenches, the variety of characters representing various demographics in the struggle to live, the gritty honesty with which Tripp examines the ugly side of humanity amidst the end of the world, the way you get swept up in the action, the fear, and the determination to escape a fate worse than death.
More importantly, what positions Rise Again in the limelight is what it doesn’t contain in its pages: Rise Again doesn’t focus on useless bumbling characters to convey a state of panic; it doesn’t merely trail a single character and plot line, boring the reader with monotony.
It all starts with a Fourth of July celebration in the small town of Forest Peak, California. Danielle Adelman--sheriff of Forest Peak, jaded war veteran, lackluster sister--expects a normal holiday of keeping the peace until the sun goes down and the tourists find their way home. When droves of people begin flooding the streets, screaming and flailing their arms until they drop dead in their tracks, Danny realizes it’s not going to be a normal holiday.
Panic ensues and the situation quickly careens out of control until Danny is left with the responsibility over a community of terrified tourists and Forest Peak natives. Shock, disbelief, grief set in when everything settles. Horror and hope commingle when the bodies begin rising and lumbering about. Terror grips when the dead start feeding on the living.
Before Danny knows it, she’s the leader of a traveling caravan of survivors trying to keep themselves that way. All the while, she harbors a secret dilemma: accept responsibility over her charge or break away to find her sister who ran away just before apocalypse arrived.
Rise Again follows all the strategic decisions and impulsive missteps of Danielle Adelman while detailing the hopes and tragedies of the survivors and commenting on ethics and social solidarity amidst the end of the world.
So gather your wits and beware for “…the infected dead will rise again…”
Click Here To Purchase Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller