‘The
Inexplicables’ takes us back to the zombie ridden; poison gas saturated Seattle of the late 1800s that Priest brought
to life in ‘Boneshaker’. This time, the main protagonist is Rector ‘Wreck ‘em’ Sherman, an orphan who has just turned 18 (or
thereabouts) and so is evicted from the orphanage he grew up in. Feeling guilty
over helping his friend Zeke enter the deadly Seattle, and thus condemning him to death, the
sap addicted Rector himself seeks entry to the walled city. Imagine his
surprise to find that not only are there people in the city, but one of them is
Zeke, alive and well. But along with its regular woes of zombies and poison
gas, Seattle is being haunted by some creatures that
aren’t zombies, creatures they dub the Inexplicables. At the same time,
something is happening to the city’s zombie population. Are the two things
connected? Seattle’s various peoples will have to work together settle things.
I love this
series and I was glad to see this story set back in Seattle, the place where the characters from
all the books congregate. I love its underground world and the characters that
live there. While this story isn’t as much flat out action as some of the
others, a lot of character development happens and there are still plenty of
perilous things happening. I enjoyed seeing some Pacific Northwest mythology come to life, too. A very
satisfactory addition to the series.
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