Mini Review: Dead & Gone (Benny Imura #2.5) by Jonathan Maberry
on August 17th, 2012
Title: Dead & Gone
Author: Jonathan Maberry
Pub Date: August 14, 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Series: Benny Imura #2.5
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How did Riot escape from the Night Church? How did she survive the Rot & Ruin—and the horrors of her own past? There’s only one way to find out….
Jonathan Maberry explores the origins of a fascinating new character in an exclusive e-short story set in the land of the Rot & Ruin.
“I’m thinking of kicking you in a bad place.” - Riot
Yup, I think Riot is going to be a nice addition to Flesh & Bone, the third book in the Benny Imura series. Dead & Gone is a novella, about 85 pages long, that focuses solely on fifteen year old Riot. We get to know Riot as she flees a group that call themselves reapers. She’s pretty tough though, so she’s not easy to apprehend.
The beginning of Dead & Gone is a little on the slow side, but I think it did a good job at doing what it was meant to do – give background on Riot. She meets some other interesting characters that I’m curious about, and their role in Flesh & Bone. I really enjoyed getting Riot’s perspective, especially knowing that she’ll eventually meet up with Benny and the rest of the group. This takes place about 3 year prior to Rot & Ruin (book #1), so it’s interesting to think about what connections there might have been throughout the first two books. And I’ll be honest, I’m glad that this was released as a novella instead of trying to add the information into Flesh & Bone.
If you’re a fan of the series, this is a must read, especially before reading Flesh & Bone. If you haven’t started this series yet, then you need to do so immediately.
You can read First Night Memories (#0.5) for free, which gives insight to what it was like for some of the characters when the world changed.
In the Land of the Dead (#1.5) is bonus material for between Rot & Ruin and Dust & Decay.
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Rot & Ruin #1
Dust & Decay #2
Dead & Gone #2.5
Flesh & Bone #3
on a scale of 1 to 10 how badly do i need to read this series? 10 being read it now!
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Seriously, you need to read these. NEED!
ok, off to look for book one!
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oh B&N has the entire boxed ebook set for 30.00 ….ahhhhhh
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Riot sounds like a pretty entertaining character. Love that quote!
I haven’t read this series yet but I’ve heard good things. I will have to pick them up soon! 
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Sam, pleaaaase read the 1st book. I promise you, you will be happy you did.
Glad you enjoyed the story! DEAD & GONE takes place about three years before FLESH & BONE, so it’s technically a prequel to the whole series.
We’re also in SERIOUS discussions about a possible film based on ROT & RUIN. Can’t share any of the details yet, though.
Here are links to free ROT & RUIN bonus content: FIRST NIGHT MEMORIES includes an excerpt from Nix’s Journal and the story of how Tom Imura escaped with Benny on First Night: http://www.simonandschuster.com/admin_assets/3477_First_Night_Memories.pdf
IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD takes place between ROT & RUIN and DUST & DECAY http://www.simonandschuster.com/admin_assets/5539_Dust__Decay_BONUS_Material.pdf
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Ahh, okay. I’ll add the info about the timing and those links in my post.
And my son is ecstatic about the possible film.
I’m pretty psyched about the film thing, too! Can’t share details yet (but we have the PERFECT actor to play Tom Imura).
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Oh c’mon, talk about a total tease! lol
Wow! This series has been on my radar for awhile and if I could ever dig out then I could read more of what I want! I should just ask the author to be on my blog then I HAVE to read the books!
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