In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human.
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It’s been about fifteen years since the war began; the war between the dead and the living and the living are losing. Benny is fifteen and doesn’t remember much of his parents who were lost that night. He now lives in a secure town with his older brother Tom; a respected and successful zombie killer. He brothers aren’t close and Benny thinks other zombie killers like Charlie are so much cooler. But at fifteen, Benny has to find a job within the community or loses half of his allotted rations. Not finding an easy or cool job, he decides to go into the family business. Tom takes him out to the Ruin where the dead roam free.
When a new collection of zombie trading cards are released and one is of The Lost Girl, it starts a series of violent incidents where the brothers are almost killed and Benny’s friend gets kidnapped and dragged to the Ruin. Tom and Benny search outside to find and rescue her. In the Rot & Ruin Benny learns more about his brother, the society and himself. It’s a coming of age story where one learns that not all monsters are the undead.
Disclosure: I borrowed this book from my local library.
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