Bryn Davis knows working at Fairview Mortuary isn't the most glamorous career choice, but at least it offers stable employment - until she discovers her bosses using a drug that resurrects the clientele...as part of an exortion racket. Now Bryn faces being terminated (literally) wit extreme prejudice.
With the assistance of corporate double agen Patrick McCallister, Bryn has a chance to take down the bigger problem - pharmaceutical company Pharmadene, which treats death as the ultimate corporate loyalty program. She'd better do it fast before she becomes a zombie slave - a real working stiff.
She'd be better off dead...
I really enjoyed Rachel Caine’s Outcast Season and The Morganville Vampires series, which are different takes on the general vampire books you find, as well as a series about genies (come on, how awesome!). So I was really interested when I read the blurb of her new book ‘Working Stiff’, as it sounded like a totally different take on the zombie fiction that you can find.
With the assistance of corporate double agen Patrick McCallister, Bryn has a chance to take down the bigger problem - pharmaceutical company Pharmadene, which treats death as the ultimate corporate loyalty program. She'd better do it fast before she becomes a zombie slave - a real working stiff.
She'd be better off dead...
I really enjoyed Rachel Caine’s Outcast Season and The Morganville Vampires series, which are different takes on the general vampire books you find, as well as a series about genies (come on, how awesome!). So I was really interested when I read the blurb of her new book ‘Working Stiff’, as it sounded like a totally different take on the zombie fiction that you can find.
And it is, the whole concept and story is quite unique. It is set in modern times, and the main character Bryn is a former Iraq serving military member, whom comfortable around death, goes to work for a funeral home. She finds her new employer entangled in hidden sinister works, which leads to her death, and re-awakening as a zombie. This alive state is only kept by a drug; Returne, which she needs shots each day, but unfortunately the supply hinges on her being useful to the makers of Returne. ..
The scenario’s presented within this book feel so realistic, you could actually believe this happening, and the character Bryn is a good, strong heroine who you can relate to in her vulnerabilities and strengths. I was engrossed in the storyline and characters from beginning to end, and of course the added hint of romance with a sexy character always keeps a story interesting! If you like, action, suspense and mystery, with a hint of romance (and of course zombies!) then you will enjoy this book. But please, if you are a mad scientist, don’t go getting any ideas now!
Working Stiff by Rachel Caine, ROC Fantasy ©2011, ISBN: 9780451464132
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