Gehenna - Jason Brant

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Title: Gehenna
Author: Jason Brant
Genre: Horror
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 176
Date read: March, 2015

When two cannibalistic, gravely wounded men stagger into the town of Gehenna, all Hell breaks loose. Infamous outlaw Mad Dog McCall, stuck in the city jail, must fight for his life to escape. The lonely, intelligent, and snarky Karen must make horrific sacrifices to survive the night against the growing army of the dead.

Together they set upon a journey of biblical proportions, fighting against the living and the infected, hoping against hope to find a safe haven in the middle of Hell.


I read Jason Brant's book "Ash" earlier this year, and was really pleasantly surprised by it, so when I found this book was free for Kindle, I downloaded it right away.

Unfortunately it couldn't quite live up to my expectations. It's still very well written, but it seemed more like an introductory novella than a book in its own right. Nothing was resolved, but the scene set very eloquently for book two.

I doubt I'll read book 2 though - not because I didn't like this one, but simply because it's a tad more firmly in the horror genre than I prefer. Zombies are all well and good when they further the plot like in Mira Grant's books, but when they're just an excuse for gore (I literally winced on several occasions while reading this), then I'd rather move on to something else.

I do think it'd make a terrific horror movie though. Not that I'd ever watch it - I'm too much of a scardy-cat for that - but it did remind me quite forcibly of "From Dusk Till Dawn" at times.