Bikers, Worms and Zombies

Following a major pandemic, the country is in ruins. West of the Mississippi River is a hellzone known as the Deadlands.

Here, bioengineered Corpse Worms rain from the blood-streaked sky, reanimating the dead. And here, atomic weapons have created legions of mutants, primeval monsters, and wild chaotic weather patterns.

Enter: John Slaughter. Hardcore outlaw biker. Blood member of the Devil's Disciples. A very wanted man. Captured by the army, the feds want him to lead a gang of his old bikers across the Mississippi and into the nuclear wastes of the Deadlands.

His objective: Snatch a high-level biologist who is being held at an old NORAD fortress by a paramilitary terrorist group. It will mean a raid into territory swarming with the living dead, mutations, and sects of psychotic survivalists...not to mention the Cannibal Corpse motorcycle club, blood enemies of the Devil’s Disciples.

His incentive: his brother is being held at a federal prison back east on charges of sedition. If Slaughter does not bring back the biologist, his brother will be executed.

The drawback: An ancient, diabolic evil has claimed the Deadlands and is in league with Cannibal Corpse. And unless Slaughter can stop it, it will pick its teeth with the last bones of the human race.

Cannibal Corpse by Tim Curran will have you puking your guts out with the graphic gore of this fantastic post-apocalyptic story. If the cause of the undead – parasitic worms – doesn’t make you squeamish, the vivid details of the “wormboys” most certainly will.

This story takes place after “worm rains” have infected both the living and the dead, with reanimated corpses overwhelming most of the United States. The east coast is the only place that is remotely safe, but it doesn’t appear that will last much longer. Desperate for a cure, the military sends in John Slaughter, a hardcore biker, out west to find a cure.

In addition to the undead, there is also a militia group terrorizing other survivors called the Red Hand that want to settle a personal score with Slaughter. As if that wasn’t enough, Slaughter and his fellow Devil’s Disciples (what’s left of his biker gang) have to travel through nuke sites now populated with an array of mutants. To top it all off, it appears that some demonic entity has taken an interest in Slaughter’s talent for violence. Slaughter basically has to ride through hell for something that might not even exist.

This is the most graphic and violent piece of horror that I’ve ever read – definitely not for anyone with a weak stomach. I have no idea how the author could live with these images in his head.

As always,

AstraDaemon