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A Science Fiction Book Review

Boneshaker, Cherie Priest

This book, Boneshaker, was chosen for the February meeting of the SF club.  One thing I have noticed is a resurgence of mythical beasties in SF.  Vampires are wildly popular, this book has zombies, and I’m reading a juvenile about dragons amongst us. Come to think of it, Jerry has just finished reading a series of dragon books set in the Napoleonic era.

Boneshaker was a story of a young son looking for adventure in a dangerous part of the world, and of his mother going to rescue him and the adventures each has.  The plague that had destroyed and divided the world had left behind some Undead and that was really a mess.  I’m so over vampires, and now I am so over zombies as well. Continue reading