Zombies in the subway

Fruitful collaboration between Fabien Clavel and his Rageot editor in the collection "Thriller": after two novels that won their little success (Immediate Takeoff and Nighter in high school who acted out the young Lana BLOOM, petulant and stubborn investigator), Metro Z arrives third. Fabien Clavel here abandons the side investigation of his two previous novels to operate with a theme on the rise: that of survival-zombie.

Emma is a young teenage girl who lives in Paris. She looks after her little brother, Natan, reached dautisme. Their relationship is difficult: she jealous child who monopolizes the attention of his parents and with whom it is impossible to communicate. One afternoon, the two children take the subway to go home. But they never narriveront to: several bombs exploded at various stations, casting a death wind on a crowd at aboies. Emma and Natan are separated in the crush. This is for them the beginning of a long ordeal underground
Oppressive claustrophobic atmosphere for a thriller, Metro Z judiciously exploits the tricks of the Zombie theme by offering readers 200 pages of a twilight camera. In the darkness forced oars confined subway (classical part of the Zombie theme), Emma will initially have to find his brother. She'll quickly realize that the bombs Nont not caused only material damage; they have transformed transport users Zombies Army Legitimizing fantasy is simple if not simplistic: Sarin gas used by terrorists would result collapse of the conscience of his victims. Emma and Natan owe their salvation only by a medication against motion sickness that contains a molecule even immunize against the debilitating effects of the gas. The rest of the narrative is formally marked. Fabien Clavel connects the shock scenes, of course, very visual, inspired filmography dune more than substantial. The young reader is sure to thrill more than a labyrinthine maze of recovery The subway of the capital, plunged into total darkness, turns out the ideal setting for an army of undead launched on the heels of young innocent children. In his flight, Emma will meet other characters spared the effects of the gas: the graffiti artist C-Byl, unglazed and bold, which quickly became a friend, and Méléard young cantankerous and egotistical framework that thinks Quà save himself what is the quen price. BLOOM heroine Lana previous two novels Fabien Clavel fact emerged, ensuring continuity for the fans. In the background of this struggle for survival, Fabien Clavel sketch dune sister relationship with his autistic brother. It establishes a filiation between perhaps risky lautisme and zombies: both literally live outside the world without relational fabric with their neighbors. Through this, Metro Z raises the issue dune little known disease, its repercussions on the family unit, and more specifically on an older sister who has to live with. We may regret that this second theme, guaranteeing the thickness of the protagonists, is not further developed.

Clever bow drawn to a genre comfortably in the landscape of limaginaire literatures, Metro Z third novel Fabien Clavel collection Rageot Thriller turns out a twilight behind closed doors without downtime which distils with ease so sneaky quoppressante anxiety. There is obviously a matter of survival, but also the difficult relationship between a sister (Emma) and his autistic brother (Natan). An honest thriller certainly not revolutionize the tradition but takes care to give him a tribute.