[Review] "Deadline" and "Blackout" by Mira Grant (Seanan McGuire)

Previously, my review of Feed, the opening book in this series.

From that review: "Back on the subject of context for a moment, because the author was kind enough to reply to a ping about the timeline of the book's composition. Written during 2005-2006, it's as much a disaster-survival response to Hurricane Katrina as it is a reaction to and exegesis on the distrust in mainstream media that many folks of our generation underwent as we watched the nation convulse in the wake of 9/11 and the drumbeat to the wars of choice built on political lies parroted by the conventional media outlets; the protagonists of Feed are homesteaders on the frontier of Fourth Estate."

This becomes increasingly the case as the series progresses and reaches its climax and denouement (Tropical Storm Fiona figures prominently as a problem along the Gulf coast), and the government conspiracy/coverup/hostility towards the citizenry are likewise of increasing amplitude, along with the mental stresses inflicted on the members of the ensemble.

Death doesn't always stop the dead, and that works in the protagonists' favor a bit as well (though not nearly as much as it totally fucks them over, because seanan_mcguire is a horrible mean meaniehead to her characters and the readers who care about them).

I have volunteered to portray one of the supporting cast members, if it ever reaches video production, because I can be charming and die quickly, and can't cromulently remember too many lines. ;-)

Four point seven zombie moose out of five.