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So what makes these zombies so different?
Several innovations distinguish Roses of Blood zombies from the typical undead, but let's start with the similarities:
If you shoot them in the head, they die (at least at first)
If they bite you, you die and become one of them
They eat human flesh
They are a mix of smart, dumb, fast, and slow
Okay, now for the juicy part--originalities:
A parasite known as the Puppeteer reanimates and controls the host
The Puppeteer harvests stem cells from its prey to heal tissues and generate new ones
The Puppeteer develops tentacles
It can mutate
And that's only the beginning . . .
The main characters Roses of Blood follows three main characters: one human and two vampires.
Frost: the General of Shade's army. He is claustrophobic and wishes to abandon the apartment building in favor of an island where the vampires can farm and hunt free-range humans. He will do anything to get his way.
Shade: The vampire monarch. She promised her late father she would uphold his kingdom, the apartment building, and she wishes to maintain it rather than migrate to Frost's island. She suspects that one of her soldiers assassinated her father and sabotaged the apartment building's defense to let in zombies.
Ann: The secret blood slave of the maternity doctor, Grace. Ann's sister Ellie is one of the vampires' brain-dead breeders, pregnant with Ann's niece; Ann wishes to protect her, and she is also addicted to the vampire's bite. So when she is separated from her sister and her mistress, she must decide whether to escape or to go back--but first she has to get through some barbwire.
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