As Dekalb’s boat entered New York City’s harbor surrounding the Statue of Liberty, it looked like simple tourists were visiting the site, but up close these tourists were looking for someone to eat. It’s not just here but most of the world has lost the living to the dead and these zombies are hungry. Dekalb, a former weapons inspector, is risking his life by going to New York because he must find drugs needed by a warlord in Somalia. With him are a small group of young women with guns and the ability to kill. Gary a doctor in New York has been experimenting to try and find a way to live even when you’re dead. Monster Island: A Zombie Novel  by David Wellington is a gruesome vision of a world lost to the zombie. There is something creepy about flesh eating zombies but this book takes the idea further and expands the danger and menace. This is the first volume in a trilogy, and the next book is Monster Nation: A Zombie Novel.