Brandon Fisichella
The Corpse War of 1793
The Corpse War of 1793
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Britain is at war, and a young soldier dreams of glory fighting on the Continent. Instead, when his regiment is posted to a dull garrison duty, he fears that boredom shall be the worst of his fate. Yet rumours soon spread of an enemy more vile and terrifying than even the French. They speak of risen corpses that roam the night with a hatred for the living and a taste for flesh. When a sentry goes missing, leaving behind an unfired musket and bloody prints, the rumours can no longer be dismissed as rustic fancy. Will His Majesty's soldiers keep ranks before the undead tide, or shall their parade grounds become naught but a charnel pit?
Here stands the authentic account of a soldier who bore the whole of The Corpse War witness. Bound by duty and compelled by guilt, he sets down in gruesome detail all that befell him, his comrades, and his regiment from the first devilish outbreak to the Great Battle between the Living and the Dead. His tale is one of woe and unwanted laurels, amidst a field where courage rots more quickly than flesh, and zeal burns hotter than black powder.
Fans of Sharpe and World War Z will devour this debut novel of visceral military horror, in which a common British redcoat confronts unimaginable terrors and bears witness to the Army's desperate war against the risen dead.
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Content warning: Blood and violence. Not appropriate for young children.
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As an amateur historian and lover of zombie media, this book represented a confluence of my interests that I simply had to check out. I was elated to discover that the text is exactly as equally knowledgeable and terrifying as I expected and hoped it would be. Fisichella’s encyclopedic, expansive research is evident in the accuracy with which he depicts the late-18th century British Army, and his potential and aptitude as a writer of visceral horror and suspenseful thrill shine through in the work’s more action-packed passages. I cannot help but to recommend any fan of horror, especially the zombie sub-genre, and especially those who appreciate the quasi-historical realism of the book’s setting, pick up a copy and join the ranks of fans post-haste.
I thoroughly enjoyed ‘The Corpse War of 1793’! I am excited to see what Brandon has in store for his future projects!
It was an outstanding book! I can't wait for what you make next.
Redcoats vs. Zombies with depth. The author uses very authentic feeling writing that really pulls you into the eyes of the soldier, that grounds you into a real place, and because of that the zombies feel like they too are real because of how real the character they are after is.
Now the zombies, the author could have used any number of zombies from a great number of medias but as far as I can tell the closest I could find are from the Return of the Living Dead (1985) and even then its not a perfect match. The Fleshtide in this book are some of the most terrifying, unstoppable examples of the Undead in the genre.
This story features people with realistic reactions from panic to heroism using real tools of steel and shot to fight something actually unnatural and unnerving.