Death Troopers

The thing this book most reminded me of was Snakes on a Plane. When I first heard about both SoaP and Death Troopers, my first reaction was “That's an amazing idea and should be tons of fun! Why did no one think of this sooner?” Both situations ended up being similarly disappointing, though, although of the two Death Troopers was an order of magnitude more disappointing.

DT was disappointing because the only time it felt like a Star Wars novel was when Han Solo showed up, and even that felt kind of contrived (and seriously, if this only takes place a year or two before ANH, wouldn't Han at some point in that movie have said “Blow up a Death Star? Wow, that's almost as crazy as that time I had to fight a bunch of zombies last year”?). It was also disappointing as a zombie novel because the best (non-comedic) zombie stories are visceral, bloody things; this one felt mostly clean and antiseptic in comparison.

I still really like the idea of zombies in space, so hopefully this won't stop someone else from writing a similar (non Star Wars) book in the future.