In the apocalyptic novel Blaze of Glory by Weston Ochse, the world
is overrun by zombies an extraterrestial blob of
slime martian invaders maggots, which are seemingly
exterminating all of humanity. The story follows an unlikely group of
survivors, who for all they know could be the last living people on
earth! They stick together to push through, but the odds are against
them.
As this summary of the plot might show, the story of this book is very, very generic. In the post scriptum of the book, the author notes that he wanted to write a story in the B-movie genre alongside of Tremors and The Blob, and if that was the goal, he succeeded well. Too well, for my taste: The book has pretty much no unique flavor, no surprises, nothing to set it apart from all the other stories in this genre. Which is sad, because the characters are somewhat likeable and the general writing style is mostly fast-paced and easy to read. Had the author done just a little bit to make the story stand out from the rest, this could have been a great book. But as is, it’s just one of many.
Unless you are a huge fan of b-movie apocalyptic worlds, I can’t recommend this book.
