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A dutiful Samurai, a madcap Ninja and a bizarro Zen Monk team up to battle the undead in Feudal Japan. Can these unlikely allies stay friends long enough to stop the zombees from taking over their homeland?

Publishers Weekly

The idea of combining zombies and martial arts comics may sound as stupid as, for example, turning poisonous snakes loose on a plane; in both cases, though, the resulting mixture turns out to be fun, as bouncy and entertaining as it is mindless and forgettable. On a silly nocturnal mission from his lord, loyal samurai Fume learns that an epidemic of zombieism has struck the neighborhood. These dead aren't just shambling around, doing the decoratively rotten, live-brain-eating thing that readers expect of modern zombies; they're a very nimble and chatty bunch. Fume must team up with an outlaw ninja and a silent monk to survive and to fight the hoards of animated corpses. The usual authorities are no help, so it's up to the three zombie-busters to save humanity and have a good time doing it. Along the way, the story introduces some interesting concepts, such as zombie birds and domestic animals, then forgets about them. The introduction of a Lovecraftian space alien behind the whole mess is clever, too. Mainly, though, this is a book for people who want to see pictures of rotting bodies and exuberant swordplay, which Santos's vigorously brushed black and white artwork delivers very capably. (Oct.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.