In
this sixth entry, by Steve Mertz --- veteran action/adventure writer and
concept creator of the BLAZE! series --- ZOMBIES OVER YONDER is a wild,
action-packed yarn that takes off like a shot and zips along like a well-aimed
bullet.
J.D.
and Kate Blaze, the Old West’s only man and wife team of gunfighters, are plying
their trade in a traditional manner at the start. When the fugitive they’re bringing
in for a reward makes a daring escape attempt with the aid of some hardcases
lying in wait at the train station, the attempt fails in a bloody shootout. But
before the rabid dog fugitive can be cut down, he ruthlessly blasts an innocent
young woman bystander. The Blazes feel a share of the guilt for her death. So,
based on a letter found on her body, they head for the remote town of Yonder to
make contact with the father she was on her way to visit and inform him of the
tragedy.
Once
J.D. and Kate get to Yonder, however, all hell --- literally --- breaks loose. They
find the father has also died under suspicious circumstances, his mine has been
taken over by the mysterious Count Vlad who employs not only has his own small
army of trigger-happy gunmen but also has the local U.S. Army colonel in his
pocket, and the nearby townsfolk live in cowering fear … not *just* from the
count and his gunnies but, more than anything, from the unseen yet terrifying “workers”
who toil deep in the mine.
Before
the Blazes can work things out and, just incidentally, save their own skins, plenty
more bullets will fly, corruption and curses will have to be dealt with … and
the dead will walk!
All
the Western sweep and excitement you could ask for, plus some spooky twists to
spur things along. Saddle up for the ride, you’ll enjoy it.
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