Lee Willard

Abomination (Dyoniss and Kessil, #3) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First there was the book, 'The Pod People' written by Yhikhiing thirty something decades ago. Then there was the movie, then the blockbuster remake of the movie starring Aleenya, the actress who gained fame portraying the witch of the ancient windwheel. Now she is also starring in a sequel that promises to be bigger and bloodier than the remake. When Dyoniss and Kessil find the sliced open body of one of the zombies from the Pod People movie, they think it is a prop left by the cinema company to publicize the upcoming release, but when it is analyzed in a laboratory, it is determined that the zombie was genetically engineered and could well be spreading in the wilds.

When members of Kessil's former tribe arrive, looking for weapons to defend themselves and the All Basin Powwow where most of the plains tribes have gathered, they realize that this is a much more serious situation than they thought. They find that the movies are all documentaries and people had actually been killed making them. They come to believe that the cinema company is responsible for these zombies and had deliberately released them into the wild to provide scenes for their movie. They plan to chase down those responsible, but find that first they must defend the people of the plains from the zombie apocalypse. When they lose some of their own, including a good friend of Kessil's granddaughter, bringing them to justice becomes even more important.

Dyoniss finds out all too clearly just how close to the Instinct those people will come to defend their ill-gotten gains. If not for an unexpected ally, he could well have succumbed to their trickery. When Kessil learns of the unexpected part she plays in all this she is even more horrified. She is most horrified however when she has to face the guilt that results from taking a life.

This may be the second most violent of the stories of Kassidor, even though most of the dead are plant-based artificial zombies. There are more advanced zombies and several humans are their victims also. Kessil is not the only one who has to face the executioner's guilt. At 6011ad. this takes place at the latest time of any of the Kassidor stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005559540
• Artikelnr.: 72788089

Autorenporträt

I am a retired embedded systems engineer and sci-fi hobbyist from Hartford. Most of my stories concern Kassidor, 'The planet the hippies came from' which I have used to examine subjects like: What would it take to make the hippy lifestyle real? How would extended lifespans affect society? What could happen if we outlive our memories? How can murder be committed when violence is impossible?

I have recently discovered that someone new to science fiction should start their exploration of Kassidor with the Second Expedition trilogy. To the mainstream fiction reader the alien names of people, places and things can be confusing. This series has a little more explanation of the differences between Kassidor and Earth. In all of the Kassidor stories you will notice the people do not act like ordinary humans but like flower children from the 60's. It is not until Zhlindu that the actual modifications made to human nature to make them act that way are spelled out. To aide that understanding I've made The Second Expedition free.

I am not a fan of violence and dystopia. I believe that sci-fi does not just predict the future, but helps create the future because we sci-fi writers show our readers what the future will be and the readers go out and create it. I believe that the current fad of constant dystopia and mega-violence in sci-fi today is helping to create that world, and I mention that often in reviews and comments on the books I read. I also believe that the characters in those stories who are completely free of any affection are at least as unnatural as the modified humans of Kassidor.

In my reviews, * = couldn't finish it. ** = Don't bother with it. *** = good story worth reading. **** = great and memorable story. ***** = Worth a Hugo.