The Burning World: A Warm Bodies Novel

Isaac Marion

Feb 2017 · The Warm Bodies Series Book 3 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Jacques Roy

About this audiobook

Library Journal’s Must-Have Spring Books, Editors’ Picks 2017

“A thrilling coast-to-coast journey.” —The Seattle Times

“A richly imagined philosophical exploration.” —Bellingham Herald

“Exciting action, intriguing characters, epic scale.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Poignant and poetic...brings zombie lit back from the dead.” —The Stranger

The New York Times bestseller Warm Bodies captured hearts worldwide in twenty-five languages, inspiring a major film and a cult fandom. Now R the reluctant zombie continues his journey in this much-anticipated sequel.

Being alive is hard. Being human is harder. But since his recent recovery from death, R is making progress. He’s learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love, and the city’s undead population is showing signs of life. R can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart—building a new world from the ashes of the old one.

And then helicopters appear on the horizon. Someone is coming to restore order. To silence all this noise. To return things to the way they were, the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak. The plague is ancient and ambitious, and the Dead were never its only weapon.

How do you fight an enemy that’s in everyone? Can the world ever really change? With their home overrun by madmen, R, Julie, and their ragged group of refugees plunge into the otherworldly wastelands of America in search of answers. But there are some answers R doesn’t want to find. A past life, an old shadow, crawling up from the basement.

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed much of this series but the end seemed so hopeless. I get that the author doesn't believe in God but without Him all is hopeless and love is worthless and nonexistent. We are the ones who are evil and brought evil into this world. God gave us the freewill to do wrong/right because without freewill love couldn't exist. Love must be given freely not taken forcefully. It seems like the author is blaming God for the evil in the world but if God didn't exist there would be no good/love. Without freewill we would all be zombies forced to love God. God doesn't want to force us to be good or love Him. He wants our love to be given freely. It's the only way it is worth anything. Many religious people get this wrong as well. True love is lying down your life for your friend. God did this for us through His son Jesus. All one must do is accept Him and the gift of eternal life He's given us. We all deserve death but He paid that debt for us. There is nothing more beautiful than that.

I wish it was the same narrator as the first book (Warm Bodies). I can't stick to this book. The way this guy reads and his voice...: / I don't like it.

About the author

Isaac Marion grew up in the mossy depths of the Pacific Northwest, where he worked as a heating installer, a security guard, and a visitation supervisor for foster children before publishing his debut novel in 2010. Warm Bodies became a #5 New York Times bestseller and inspired a major Hollywood film adaptation. It has been translated into twenty-five languages worldwide. Isaac lives in Seattle with his cat and a beloved cactus, writing fiction and music, and taking pictures of everything. Visit IsaacMarion.com for more on these endeavors.