The Girl with All the Gifts

This was the best zombie story I've ever read. I've been trying to branch out to new writers, so I picked this up thinking there was no way it was Mike Carey, author of Lucifer and The Unwritten and one of my all time favorite comic book writers. It was. He handled himself quite well with prose, which was fascinating, as most comic book writers have a hard time transitioning. All of his major themes were there, including the parts where the plot seems to be wandering off course, only to have everything come veering back into place towards the end just time to enforce a tremendous impact of an ending. No one does endings like Carey. (I'm very excited to see how he wraps up the Unwritten this year.) This book won't change your life but it's an incredible thriller.