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    A Drizzle of Zombies

    By Joshua Price

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    Four unlikely heroes. One absurd undertaking.

    Like any good supervillain, Dr. Malevolent robs banks, but when the incompetent Captain Rescue intercepts her latest heist, they accidentally trigger a most undeadly threat: zombies! The two sworn enemies must band forces to save the world, dragging along the perfect allies: a shotgun-toting cop, and... a bunny?

    The group ventures to the heart of the undead sea to discover who wants to annihilate humanity. Because zombies are only the beginning. Dun dun dun.

    The flood starts in... A Drizzle of Zombies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoshua Price
    Release dateJan 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301152988
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    A Drizzle of Zombies
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    Joshua Price

    Josh Price (1986-2117 [assuming the continued advancement of technology and barring any civilization ending catastrophes]) is an independent writer, specializing in short, hilarious and witty books in an ongoing series of superhero adventures. He grew up in Texas, but now spends his days in Missouri, where he has no real life friends (but oodles of internet ones) and hardly leaves the house. In his spare time, which he has an awful lot of, he writes, plays video games, listens to music, and hangs around the house naked. In that order.

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    • 5/5
      I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.Ever came across one of those books that you find yourself laughing out loud while you read - this is one of those books. I loved the authors style of writing. From the first page to the last this book with have you laughing and not wanting the laughs to end.
    • 3/5
      The “hero” of the book is Captain Rescue. He is a superhero. More precisely, he is an incompetent superhero lacking any super powers but has all the cool gadgets that money can buy. Captain Rescue “saves” the day by pure luck rather than any skill. His archenemy is Dr. Malevolent and her crew of brainless lackeys. She thinks things out and makes good plans – she is a much better at being evil than Captain Rescue is at saving the day. The fact that Captain manages to foil her plans is quite frustrating as he truly is clueless.Yet, the two must join forces to stop a zombie invasion. After a bank theft by Dr. Malevolent, two of her lackeys find a green liquid in one of the safety deposit boxes. Being clueless the two decide to drink it. Unfortunately this serum creates zombies. So these two zombies end up infecting the jail and police station. Captain Rescue, Dr Malevolent, a talking zombie, a big blue bunny and a shotgun carrying cop called Freight (who now seems invincible with his gun) must save the day in the madcap adventure.This book is quite silly without being stupid. Price manages to keep the “craziness” of his story under control so the humor is not overboard. Hopefully he maintains this balance in the next book.
    • 4/5
      A Drizzle of Zombies by Joshua Price is the first book in 'The Annals of Absurdity" series.Dr. Malevolent is up to her super-villain ways again. This time she wants to rob the bank (aptly named 'The Bank"). With her schizophrenic sidekick, Boris (aka Charlie, aka Cecil DeWitt, aka who knows) and a group of unnamed lackeys, what could possibly stop her? With her "employee of the month' winning" rod constantly at her side and the most unsubtle getaway van of all time, nothing can hinder her cause- taking revenge on human-kind for her father's death....by natural causes. She will have vengeance.Enter Captain Rescue, the epitome of a spoof hero and arch-nemesis of Dr. Malevolent. Armed with a purple, spandex suit (with cape), plenty of unidentifiable (at least to him) Internet bought gadgets, and more neuroses than the average pollen-fearing bee in a florist's, he defends the citizens valiantly in the name of Justice. Or at least tries to. Captain Rescue is unfortunately 'one banana short of a fruit bowl' if you get my drift, and only succeeds in saving anybody through sheer, dumb luck. His idea to save the cliche cat in the tree, is to repeatedly ram his parent's truck into the trunk until one or both buckle. He travels in one of his many "Rescue" vehicles, but his most used is the "Rescue Machine", which he personally designed- with crayons. But why does he do all this? Why choose this path? His parents were killed by dolphins and now he must fight evil. They were very wealthy and it's their money that pays for all his escapades and funds his 'creativity'.During this latest battle between the two foes, Dr. Malevolent and her crew get captured. This is important because their cargo gets taken into custody as well. Among their bank spoils is a vial of strange, green liquid with enough warning labels to make anyone think twice. Well, almost anyone. Seems one of the police men cataloguing the inventory thinks it looks rather tasty. From the title of this book, I'm sure you can guess what happens next. Yes, our clever cop has a coughing fit and seconds later becomes a zombie. Luckily his partner has seen enough horror movies to realise what's happening. Unfortunately, this leaves him paralysed with fear and causes his demise. When the city actually calls for help from their resident "hero", he's in it up to his neck, literally- zombies love necks. And what's our Batman-wannabe's (seriously, he lives in a cave and has a butler called "Alfonso") first reaction when encountering a zombie? Spray it with mace! Now why don't any of the movies ever think of that? Oh right, because it does absolutely nothing. Who would've thought? Note to self: Mace does not repel the undead. Eventually, he works his way to the police station and runs into Dr. Malevolent and her cronies. Together, they agree to help save the world (in Malevolent's case it's because she doesn't want to rule the undead), along with a huge mountain of muscle (Freight- who's a cop with a bloodlust to match his size) and his shotgun, Courtney. Boris (Malevolent's right-hand man) equips himself with his precious bunny costume and becomes 'Charlie', a born leader with enough smarts to possibly save them all- minus a few lackeys.Along the way, this odd menagerie run into a zombie who's a little bit different- he can speak (plus he doesn't have a hunger for human flesh). He has no memory of his human life, but does get brief visions of how the zombie DNA (if that's what it is) was created. The group decide he might be useful and let him tag along. As he can't remember his own name, Captain Rescue 'kindly' names him Stubbs. Stubbs informs the group that zombies apparently don't like giant, fuzzy, blue bunnies and so Charlie is the perfect deterrent. Together they will battle through zombie nightclubs, a zombie birthday party and in general a lot than 'a drizzle of zombies', to find the creators and save the world.In case it wasn't already clear, this is very much a comedy. For this reason, the zombies are hardly threatening. I'm fully aware that that these two things aren't necessarily related. I know you can have scary zombies in a comedy (thank you 'Shaun of the Dead"), but these ones aren't. Just to make that clear for anyone out there who's only interested in zombies that leave you devoid of all hope and with a death wish. There are also a ton of pop culture references, from 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Doctor Who' to 'Jurassic Park', 'Monty Python' and 'Donkey Kong' (with many, many more), there's bound to be something you recognise. Of course, there are also the obvious references to superheroes, mostly Batman, and the whole 'saving the world' thing. I feel I have to make it clear- this is a spoof. It is in no way serious. Absolutely nothing makes any sense in this book. Things get stranger and stranger and if you're the kind of person who can't not question what's going on, this may not be the book for you. If you can go with the flow, you may find this book more appealing.Sometimes, the nonsense can be a little tiring, especially paired with the slapstick humour. Both are constant and unceasing, but they can be odd enough to keep you reading. Just be aware that if you're looking for something with even an ounce of seriousness in it- this is not it. Overall, a story with quirky (if a little immature) humour, that is reminiscent of old-school TV shows, such as 60's Batman and Doctor Who episodes, with a little video-game oddness thrown in. If you like pop-culture references or spoofs, this is for you. For me, there was just a little too much absurdity to fully enjoy this book. Everyone has a different level of craziness that they can tolerate and this book exceeded mine. If this book has caught your interest, you'll be pleased to know it ends on a cliffhanger and the next book is available. If you can handle more crazy than me, why not check it out?Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by the author. This is not a sponsored review. All opinions are 100% my own.
    • 4/5
      I couldn't resist this book just based on the title -- how much trouble could just a drizzle of zombies cause? Well, what starts as a single human turned zombie ends in a zombie deluge. Before you can say, "BRAAAAINS!!!," the town is being overrun. The dire situation results in our hero, Captain Rescue, and the villain, Dr. Malevolent, joining forces to find a way to save mankind. They are joined by a macho cop married to his gun, a goon in a bunny suit, and a zombie who can still think for himself (mostly). Throw in some yetis, dolphins, a pink dinosaur, and a minotaur on a pogo stick and how could that be anything other than tons of fun? This book made me laugh from the front cover to the about the author notes. The hero is a bumbling idiot, but his heart is in the right place and he even manages to do a little good sometimes. The villain actually starts to enjoy the idea of saving the world, even if she does have to keep rescuing Captain Rescue. And the zombie is just happy no one has killed him yet. Joshua Price takes us on a funny, wild adventure that is really entertaining. If you're tired of the heavy drama of your standard paranormal novel and are in need of some laughs, I highly recommend giving Price a try.
    • 4/5
      Put together an incredibly inept and stupid hero, a brilliant and beautiful female supervillain, a neanderthal-like thug of a policeman in love with his wife Courtney, who is a shotgun, a villain dressed in a blue bunny suit and mix them together with an entire city turned into zombies with only an "intelligent" zombie and ever more expendable henchmen as allies and you get an incredibly silly but fun story. It is a bit violent at times, but it's cartoon violence, in the main tongue in cheek and very humourous.There are also little jokes and references to other books and movies, which I think many readers might miss, but which I loved. For example when our heroes are confronted by pink dinosaurs, Captain Rescue says as an aside that he should have brought a glass of water as an early warning system, which must I think be a reference to the famous scene in "Jurassic Park".It does slow down a little in the second half when the story becomes even sillier, with bigfoot, genies, evil dolphins, etc., but these are all presumably leading up to Book 2 in the series.Overall, just go with the fast paced flow of the story and enjoy the thrills of the rollercoaster.
    • 3/5
      I won this book on Librarything.comHmm. This book is hard to review because it is awful and yet fun enough that I read it to the end.Mr. Price is playing with absurdist fiction. This is "Shawn of the Dead" curtseying toward Mary Chase, Richard Kelly, Douglas Adams, and Monty Python.Pathetic hero "Captain Rescue", dashing villain "Dr. Malevolent", an enraged man-mountain called Freight, an assortment of nameless flunkies, and Charlie who seems to be a Púca, or maybe he's just Boris in a furry blue bunny suit.With Captain Rescue more or less in the lead (when he isn't shrieking in terror with his arms wrapped around his head) the crew battles zombies loosed by the evil Acme company in a bid to control the world.Acme is defeated and the zombies destroyed. As this seems to mean that most of the world's population might be gone too (the geographical limits of the epidemic are unclear) the follow-on stories might be absurdist post-apocalyptic, something almost too convoluted to contemplate.Really don't like the title, I must say.
    • 4/5
      A snicker on every page and a couple of guffaws throughout. A satire of super heroes (reminded me of The Tick) and random fun poking at the rest of the literture world. Can't wait to read the next in the series!
    • 3/5
      This book was great. It's not usually my type of book; I don't udually go for the absurd or idiotic, but it was a blast. Josh really knows how to use his words. The book was stupid hilarious. I especially love the part where Captain Rescue licks Freight's arm because he thinks it'll make him stronger. I was laughing so hard; I've never laughed that hard with a book. It's an awesome book if you like absurd situations, idiotic heroes, and zombies.