Crap! I forgot to put I am finished! Oh well, I am not sure anyone reads these anyway, but they are good for looking back in history to see what I thought of the book at the time. Meh. That is what I thought. Soso. Nowhere NEAR as good as the Angels are the Reapers. It was, um, a little boring and predictable. ( )

Joshua Gaylord (a/k/a Alden Bell) is a wonderful writer. This book is a sequel to his critically acclaimed The Reapers Are the Angels, and provides the backstory of Moses Todd. Moses and his reprobate brother Abraham are wandering aimlessly in the post-apocalyptic world, when they are asked to transport a young, attractive redhead to a citadel in Colorado Springs. Revived with a sense of purpose, the brothers and the mysterious Vestal Amata forge a working relationship during their travels. The slugs (zombies) have no interest in her, and survivors want to know why. She is a very odd character, with skeletons in her closest and some amount of crazy in her head. Yet, she and Moses. While I am not a zombie fan, the characters are very well done, the philosophies well reasoned, and the descriptions of the new world order are excellent. 4.5 stars. It is a REAL shame this book was never published in the U.S. Maybe Gaylord will write a book about Vestal Amata next? ( )

I have mixed and ambivalent feeling ( can i say feeling!?) about this book, it was not interesting as the prequel......there is something missing here after Temple's death......Vestal Amata was no way to take her part and the life and pain of the two boys din not catch my attention and not even interest....
i ended the book but it left me nothing.... that's a pity!!

( sorry for my english!!) ( )

I absolutely adored The Reapers and the Angels and was incredibly excited to see that Alden Bell had come out with a second book to follow up on that one. This book is set in the same world as The Reapers and the Angels and does have some crossover with that book; however it stands alone fine and follows a different main character than the first book. I breezed right through this book and loved every minute of it.

I love the writing style of Bell’s books; they are beautifully written, very engaging and thought-provoking. I love how Bell gives such prose and beauty to such a dark and desperate world.

Where Temple (from the first book) found amazing beauty in incredibly bleak landscapes, the main character in this book, Moses, is different. Moses is incredibly loyal to his misfit brother and has a strict code of honor that he follows. He is a breath of fresh air in a world that’s gone desperate. However, by his own admission he can be incredibly violent too and is very good at surviving. He often talks about how he fits in better in this bleak world of survival than he ever did in the pre-apocalyptic America.

As with the first book, this book focuses less on the rampaging zombies and more on how humans themselves have become monstrous. Moses (much like Temple) has an almost sympathy for the poor walking dead; the walking dead are just animals without any ulterior motives.

This book is defined by wonderful descriptions and thought-provoking passages while still being fast-paced and action packed. There really isn’t much of a point to the story other than to wander along beside Moses and his brother and see this crazy post-apocalyptic world through their eyes...and I loved every minute of it.

Overall this was an amazing follow up to The Reapers are the Angels. I absolutely loved the writing style, the characters, and the beauty and honor seeded among all the post-apocalyptic bleakness. I would recommend both of Bell’s Reapers books to everyone; they are just amazing in how they describe a world gone mad. ( )

I loved 'The Reaper's are the Angels' so much, I thought it was wonderful. Great book! I was sad at the end though as it seemed to indicate that it was destined to be a stand-alone novel. It didn't seem to leave any openings for further books.

When I saw that there was to be a sequel I jumped on the order button and could not wait to get my hands on it!

This story is told by Moses Todd (from the first book) and he is now traveling with his adopted charge Maury who he inherited by default from Temple. Things seem to be much the same in the world as when we last saw it, the zombies are still out there and the people are still getting by as best they can.

Although this ia a sequel it feels like a prequel at times due to the story being told from a mostly 'flashback' Point Of View. We learn Moses' history as he traveled the zombie infested lands with his brother Abraham, and at the same time we see the over-run world become a little more fleshed out in the telling. There are a lot of new characters to meet and their story's are mostly interesting but it just didn't move me the same way the first book did.

For two books set in the same world they seems so different.

It's not a terrible book....it's just not as likeable as the first one. It would take something quite epic to fill the gap left by Temple, I think, so it had a lot to live up to. It was an ok read but not one I'd go back to. ( )