Monday, August 1, 2011

Deadlands by Lily Herne

Ten years after Cape Town was destroyed in the War with the living dead, zombies ramble free in Cape Town's suburbs (known as the Deadlands), and the remaining living are either in fenced in on farms or in urban shantytowns.

The living are watched over by the mysteriously robed Guardians, a race of humanoid figures who appeared at the end of the War and who keep the living dead at bay, albeit for a steep price. Every year the Guardians stage a human Lottery and select five aspiring teenagers to be whisked out of the enclave for a secret purpose. To be one of the chosen five is a highly sought after and prestigious accolade.

No one (yet) knows why it is that the Guardians prize teenage bodies so highly, how they control the zombies or what they look like under the robes that cover their bodies...


Translation for my romanian readers:

La zece ani dupa ce Cape Town a fost distrus de Razboiul cu mortii vii, zombii ratacesc liberi prin suburbiile orasului (cunoscute si ca Taramurile Mortii) si supravietuitorii sunt fie ingraditi la ferme, fie in cocioabe urbane.
Cei vii sunt paziti de misteriosii Gardieni in robe, o rasa de figuri humanoide care au aparut la sfarsitul razboiului si au tinut la distanta mortii vii, chiar daca pentru un pret exagerat. In fiecare an Gardienii organizeaza o loterie umana si selecteaza cinci adolescenti doritori sa fie furisati afara din enclava pentru un scop necunoscut. A fi unul dintre cei cinci alesi este o distinctie mult ravnita si prestigioasa. 
Nimeni (inca) nu stie de ce Gardienii pun un pret atat de mare pe trupurile adolescentilor, cum controleaza ei zombii sau cum arata sun robele care ii acopera in intregime...

3 comments:

Only Books said...

Suna sinistru. Dar cred ca e interesanta!:x

Larisa said...

Coperta seamana putin cu Mana stanga a lui Dumnezeu de Paul Hoffman, dar subiectul este diferit.

Handmade by Wicca said...

Seamana cu un film, al carui nume nu mi-l amintesc, era despre doi adolescenti care sunt expulzati din regat pentru ca acesta sa fie in siguranta. In fiecare an se alegeau doi, o fata si un baiat, care serveau drept tribut pentru cel ce le apara regatul.

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