All the Pretty Little Horses

A Newsflesh Novella

De: Mira Grant

Narrado por: John Glouchevitch

A Newsflesh novella from the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant.

Stacy and Michael Mason are among the most famous heroes of the zombie apocalypse. Stacy, however, has fallen into a deep depression after having to shoot their infected son. In the aftermath of the pandemic, they start publicly documenting the recovery effort, which Michael hopes will take Stacy's mind off of her trauma and help her recover.

As they film the rescue of an enclave of orphans and report on the orphanages that have sprung up to care for traumatized, parent-less children, they begin to consider the last, greatest step of recovery: adoption.

More from Mira Grant:

Newsflesh
Feed
Deadline
Blackout
Feedback

Rise

Newsflesh Short Fiction
Countdown
Everglades
Sand Diego 2014
How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea
The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus
All the Pretty Little Horses
Coming to You Live

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Astonishing ... a fascinating exploration of the future."—New York Times

"While there's plenty of zombie mayhem, political snark, and pointedly funny observations here, the heart of this book is about human relationships, which are still the most important thing in the world...even in a world where you might have to shoot the person you love most in the head, just to stop them from biting off your face."—Locus on Feed

"Feed is a proper thriller with zombies. Grant doesn't get carried away with describing her world or the virus. She's clearly thought both out brilliantly, but she doesn't let it get in the way of a taut, well-written story."—SFX on Feed

"The story starts with a bang as corruption, mystery, danger and excitement abound."—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars) on Feed

"Gripping, thrilling, and brutal... Shunning misogynistic horror tropes in favor of genuine drama and pure creepiness, McGuire has crafted a masterpiece of suspense with engaging, appealing characters who conduct a soul-shredding examination of what's true and what's reported."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Feed

"Intelligent and intense, a thinking-person's post-apocalyptic zombie thriller set in a fully-realized future that is both fascinating and horrifying to behold."—John Joseph Adams on Feed

"I can't wait for the next book."—N.K. Jemisin on Feed

"It's a novel with as much brains as heart, and both are filling and delicious."—The A. V. Club on Feed

"OK, all of you readers who want something weighty and yet light, campy and yet smart, horror with heart, a summer beach read that will stay in your head and whisper to you "what if," Deadline is just what you are looking for."—RT Book Reviews on Deadline

"Deft cultural touches, intriguing science, and amped-up action will delight Grant's numerous fans."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Deadline

I Needed This Story To Be Told

If you ever wanted to read about what the Mason's before they adopted Georgia and Shawn  -- we finally have a novella for that.  All The Pretty Little Horses tells the story of Stacy and Michael Mason.  We know about them from the other books in the Newsflesh series, but this is the first time that they are front and center.  The story picks up right after the trial for the "murder" of the Mason's first and only biological son.  Stacy is in a deep depression. The only thing that seems to pull her out is photography and taking video of the post-Rising world.  Thus the start of the blog begins. 

I always hoped that in the back of my mind that Grant would write a "prequel" type novel or novella that told of the Pre-Rising world.  This isn't it completely, but it's the furthest back that I've read in any of her books.  We get to finally meet Stacy and Michael Mason before they adopted the main characters in all the other Newsflesh books.  

Sometimes novellas can feel rushed or too short, but Grant is able to tell these incredible side stories to the Newsflesh series with her novellas. And honestly, I like them as much if not more than the main stories.  Sure, this series is easily in my top 3 series of all time, but part of that is the way that she was able to continue them with these novellas.  

I'm never sure which novella is going to be the last, but if this is it I think I'd be okay with that.  Of course, I want more.  I'm greedy, but I think that the world that Grant wanted to tell has been mostly told.  I've also wondered why this series never became one of the Kindle Worlds books that I enjoy so much.  (If you don't know what they are - authors allow other authors to build on the world that they already created). I would love to read what some of the other authors I love would do with the Newsflesh world.  A couple angles that I would love to read would be: the start of the plague (either first hand or right as it was happening), a real broadcast journalist or news station dealing with hiding and/or false reporting, other parts of the US/world that have been affected, and more). 

Overall, All The Pretty Little Horses is my second favorite novella in the Newsflesh series behind "How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea".  Newsflesh series readers will love this addition to the series. If you haven't read any of the other books -- this might be one of more approachable novels because I think it could be read as an intro to the series.  Sure, you get none of the zombies (or very little), but it really is pre-Feed.