World War Moo: An Apocalypse Cow Novel

by Michael Logan

Overview

It began with a cow that just wouldn't die. Yep. That's right. They're still un-dead, and now the disease has spread to humans. The epidemic that transformed Britain's bovine population into a blood-thirsty, brain-grazing, zombie horde...err...zombie herd... is threatening to take over the globe in Michael Logan's World War Moo.

And there's not much time left to stop it. All of Great Britain is infected and hungry. The rest of the world has a tough choice to make. Should they nuke the brits right off the map — men, women, children, cows and all — in the biggest genocide in history? Or should they risk global infection in a race against time to find a cure? With hungry zombies attempting to cross borders by plains, trains, boats, and any other form of transport available, it's only a matter of time before the virus gets out.

And if it does, there's only one answer. This means war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250061652
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/09/2015
Series:	Apocalypse Cow , #2
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	592,140
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

MICHAEL LOGAN is a Scottish journalist whose career has taken him across the globe. He left Scotland in 2003 and has lived in Bosnia, Hungary, Switzerland and Kenya, where he is currently based with his wife and two young children. His short fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and a (very) short story of his won Fish Publishing's International One-Page Fiction Prize. He is the author of Apocalypse Cow.

Editorial Reviews

04/13/2015
The zombie onslaught continues in this off-kilter sequel to Apocalypse Cow, which sees most inhabitants of Great Britain, humans and animals alike, transformed into rage-fueled monsters by a brain-destroying virus. When English journalist Lesley McBrien gets wind of a plan to utterly annihilate the British population, she tries to expose it but only ends up in trouble. Teenage refugee Geldof Peters joins a mercenary team sent to extract his mother from hostile territory, and nothing goes according to plan. The interim British government considers taking drastic measures to preserve its own existence—such as using weapons of mass destruction on England. The story is entertaining, but readers expecting a raucous laugh riot may be surprised to instead find dry British wit (“Extreme cases aside, the virus seemed to have translated into more arguments, a lot more sex, and an inability to queue. They’d become Italian.”) that occasionally veers into pure zombie horror. (June)

Publishers Weekly

Apocalypse Cow treads that rare path between horrific and hilarious, which makes for a very fun read indeed. Give it a go.” —Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and A Dirty Job

“Apocalypse Cow made me snort with laughter.” —Terry Pratchett, author of the award-winning and bestselling Discworld novels

“Logan has a flair for unique description ("a muscled chest that made Arnold Schwarzenegger's pecs look like burst balloons") and for painting a mental picture almost photographic in its clarity. An impressive start for an author who's going places.” —Publishers Weekly on Apocalypse Cow

“Apocalypse Cow is a promising first novel, with a challenging premise that will be hard to top, so it'll be interesting to see what he has lined up next. Perhaps something equally horrifying (and hilarious) for the vegetarian set.” —Rue Morgue

“This clever and very funny twist on the traditional zombie novel is exceedingly well executed (it approaches but never quite steps into parody territory), and it ends with a scene that pretty much demands a sequel. Great stuff for horror and fantasy fans.” —Booklist (starred) on Apocalypse Cow

From the Publisher

Apocalypse Cow made me snort with laughter.

author of the award-winning and bestselling Discwo Terry Pratchett

05/15/2015
England is still blockaded to prevent the spread of the zombie virus unleashed in Apocalypse Cow. The British government in exile and U.S. war hawks want to nuke the British Isles to ensure that the disease doesn't become a global pandemic, and Prime Minister Tony Campbell has remained in London, trying to convince the rest of the world to look for a cure rather than a nuclear solution. Meanwhile, the infected (both bovines and humans) are living their lives, slightly more prone to violent fits of rage but mostly harmless unless they sense an uninfected nearby. VERDICT It's nice to revisit the characters from the first book, including spotty, awkward teen Geldolf and his militant vegan mother Fanny, who is leading a movement to educate the infected to conquer their urges through mental discipline. While not as wildly funny as its predecessor and lacking some of that book's tension, this is another pleasant pick for those who appreciate their horror with a laugh track.

Library Journal

2015-03-17
The stakes are raised when opposing forces threaten all-out war in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. Scottish journalist Logan (Wannabes, 2014, etc.) returns to the gore-filled world portrayed in his debut, Apocalypse Cow (2013). This is very much a novel about getting the band back together, at least those members of the motley crew who managed to survive the first go-round. To recap, a botched attempt to create a bioweapon created zombie cows in Britain in the first book. Now the outbreak has spread to humans, though the zombies it creates are more Invasion of the Body Snatchers than traditional monsters. "Extreme cases aside, the virus seems to have translated into more arguments, a lot more sex, and an inability to queue. They'd become Italian," Logan writes. Journalist Lesley McBrian's bestselling memoir of survival lands her a gig with the New York Times. She soon discovers a plot among the American, Russian, and Chinese governments to initiate "Operation Excision," which intends to eradicate the infected Brits, along with aid workers, with a one-two punch of nerve gas and neutron bombs. Lesley and her source are duly kidnapped and dumped back in Great Britain. Teenager Geldof Peters travels from Croatia to Scotland under the protection of mercenaries hired by his grandfather. Young Ruen Peat has come under the protection of Fanny Peters, a social activist and Geldof's mum. Fanny and her people have discovered that although they're infected, they've been able to fight off the effects through meditation, dope smoking, "combat yoga," and sex. Finally, the U.K. prime minister, Tony Campbell, has decided that if there's any threat to his country, he'll use his last intercontinental ballistic missile to spread the disease worldwide. If it all sounds slightly bonkers, it is—but Logan's unique combination of bombastic action sequences, off-kilter characters, and wild-eyed scenarios should please fans of speculative fiction and horror alike.

Kirkus Reviews