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Benny isnt interested in taking on the family business, but he reluctantly agrees to train as a zombie killer with his boring big brother, tom. Set over a course of four novels, this particular series ran between 2010 and 20 providing the entire story of an apocalyptic society in the wake of a zombie outbreak and how people are. Benny, tom, and nix are main characters that have you cheering, cringing, and groaning right along with them. Benny doesnt think much of his brother and thinks him a coward. Image result for rot and ruin tom imura quotes favorite. Lilah the lost girl and bennys best friend lou chong are going with. I liked how the plot just kept pulling you back in over and over again. In dust and decay the second book in the series he faces head on with a wild rhino when he goes out with tom imura, benny imura, nix riley, and lilah his crush the lost girl. Tom s signature weapon is his katana, and he is so good with it, he has been called a modern samurai. Tom imura benny s older brother, a renowned bounty hunter. He lived in mountainside, a town in the sierra nevadas in central california, where he worked as a zombie hunter, but preferred to be called a closure specialist. Tom imura, who is also a bounty hunter, steps in and saves benny from these bounty hunters just in time, but they take nix, benny s friend, as a captive for gameland. Tom imura, bennys older brother, is patient, compassionate, and a skilled fighter, but a man who sees himself as less than perfect. Benny lmura couldnt hold a job, so he took to killing.

The swordfighting and stealth howtos are included because benny might have used them to aid in his learning from tom. Benny doesnt want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother tom. See more ideas about books, iron fey and zombie art. Throughout the beginning of the book he and phoenix are trained by tom imura to survive out in the rot and ruin. I kind of want to draw him with his cowboy boots, beretta and katana 8 theclassicbookworm. Jan 03, 20 the series follows benny imura, but as far as i am concerned, the most intriguing and attractive character by far is tom imura.

The novel is a thirdperson narrative that follows the protagonist, benny imura. Top to bottom benny imura, tom imura, and lilah the lost girl. Plus, i really liked tom imura s pov towards zombies and how he is teaching benny to think as well as act. The series is set in a postapocalyptic world where zombies have taken over the usa, benny must get a job or his rations will get sliced in half. Benny and his older brother tom, japanese siblings who have lived in a postapocalyptic setting. Now, bennys brother tom is training them in the art of zombie whacking. In the beginning of the book, benny tries to find a job that fits him. During his time with the imuras hes learned how to defend himself and survive on his own. I finished this book in one night, i could not put it down at all. In the beginning of the book, benny is jobsearching with his best friend because jobs are a requirement at 15 years of age in the book. I love booksmy booksiron feyfinal fantasy 3lost girl.

Benny since first night, the time when the zombie outbreak began has not yet killed, has now come to the stage in his life where hes going to have to make some big decisions. Initially published on the 30th of august, 2011, this was to be the second book in the series following on directly from the first, as it continued the adventures of benny imura. He was rescued by his brother, tom, who is a skilled bounty hunter. Order of benny imura books the benny imura series is a series of ya horror novels by american novelist jonathan maberry. Everyone thinks tom is brave and fearless, a hero, but benny knows. In the first installment of the rot and ruin series, benny imura has just recently turned 15 and is need of finding a job before the town cuts his rations in half. Benny s development has been funny, touching, hard to read, and wonderful to see. Benny is against becoming a zombie hunter because his halfbrother, tom, is known as one of the best zombie hunters around. Now, after months of rigorous training with bennys zombiehunter brother tom, benny and nix are ready to leave their home forever and search for a better future. It takes place 15 years after a zombie virus spreads around the world. Benny and his older brother tom, japanese siblings who have lived in a postapocalyptic setting as survivors in a small walledoff town for fifteen years, had saved nix from certain death in gameland and had destroyed the twisted bounty hunters.

Benny, nix, lilah, and chong journey through a fierce wilderness that was once america, searching for the jet they saw in the skies months ago. Lou chong is benny s best friend and they have been for many years. Tom imura was benny imuras 35yearold brother and a survivor of the zombie apocalypse. Tom plays the part of the tragic hero a true gentleman who wields a zombie killing samurai sword, cares for his younger brother, gracefully carries around his inner demons and clings to the hope that one day, the.

How the rot and ruin lookedsmelledfelt, how the bounty hunters operated, benny s introduction to being an apprentice, his reaction to actually seeing a zombie killed. Rot and ruin on apple books apple books apple apple. Benny is a great character and his friends chong, morgie and nix are good for a chuckle. Set over a course of four novels, this particular series ran between 2010 and 20 providing the entire story of an apocalyptic society in the wake of a zombie outbreak and how people are making amends with that. They share the very same japanese american father who remarried benny s mom while tom was hardly twenty. May 4, 2017 im not a fan of zombie books, but these books are amazing check it out no spoilers in the board. So yeah, i love this book and before i go all fangirl over tom imura and squee my head. This volume is a collection of short stories some previously published but most are brand new.

Lilah the lost girl and benny s best friend lou chong are going with them. Benny imura, his brother tom, nix riley, and lilah, the lost girl, are back out in the ruin this time in search of that. Benny imura is a fifteenyearold child that lives with his older halfbrother tom. Benny imura and his friend chong look for a job so their rations dont get cut in half. A young adult series which takes place 15 years after the zombie apocalypse. Benny imura is the main protagonist in the series, a somewhat rebelious youth, aged 15. A fanfiction that rewrites tom s fate and explores the situations that come from that. The only part of the deal that sounded like it might be fun was the actual killing. The only part of thedeal that sounded like it might be fun was the actual killing. As benny accompanies tom into the hostile wilderness, he learns how wrong he was about many things, from the supposed coolness of largerthanlife bounty hunter charlie matthias. Read online benny imura series by jonathan maberry in. Benny and tom go to an gated but abandoned suburban community known as sunset hollow, where benny. He loses his very quickly and shockingly as he finds a world very different from the one he has believed existed all his life. Its also six months since benny imura and nix riley saw something in the air that.

He barely liked his family andby family he meant his older brother, tom and he definitelydidnt like the idea of business. He has to dash between trees to avoid being killed. Overview in the zombieinfested, postapocalyptic america where benny imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Both of tom s parents were japanese, so tom had straight black hair, light brown skin, black eyes, and a face that showed only the expressions he wanted it to show. Setting up his next story, this deals with the fallout of the events of the first and how everyone is coming to terms with what happened there, as they all try to move on. Benny imura is a fifteenyearold boy who lives with his older halfbrother tom. In the zombieinfested, postapocalyptic america where benny imura li. Benny imura couldnt hold a job, so he took to killing. One such series that hes become particularly well known for is that of the benny imura line of books, a popular collection of sciencefiction novels set in the aftermath of a zombie outbreak. He reluctantly joins his brother, tom, in the zombie hunting business and discovers the reality of the business.

Oct 30, 20 at the beginning of the book, benny imura is young, naive, immature and doesnt look past the surface level of anyone or anything in his small circle of existence. Lou chong is bennys best friend and they have been for many years. Six months have passed since benny imura and nix riley learned that flesheating zombies arent the scariest or most dangerous monsters around. They share the same japanese american father who remarried bennys mother while tom was barely twenty.

Hes 15 years old and his rations are going to be cut in half if he doesnt start contributing to society. He lived in mountainside, a town in the sierra nevadas in central california, where he worked as a zombie hunter, but preferred to. This novel introduces 15yearold benny and follows his adventures as he becomes an apprentice to his zombiekilling older brother tom, whom benny has always resented because he feels that tom failed to save their parents from becoming zombies. Toms signature weapon is his katana, and he is so good with it, he has been called a modern samurai. Benny imura is the lead character of the benny imura otherwise known as the rot and ruin series of novels by jonathan maberry. But as they plan to leave and find a better future, a zombie attack puts a crimp in their plans. This story is about two brothers, the imura brothers, tom the bounty hunter and benny the not so yet bounty hunter. The protagonist, benny imura, can be a little annoying to me maybe its as my older sibling self, but tom is way cool. Set fourteen years after the zombie outbreak, the novel follows benny imura five months after he turns fifteen as he. Skipping ahead in a book to find out the fate of a character you love is most likely always a bad idea. Its also been six months since benny imura and nix riley saw something in the air that changed their lives. With every other option exhausted, benny imura reluctantly apprentices with his older brother, tom, as a zombie killer, despite blaming tom for their parents deaths. One might ask if these are connected in any way to maberrys joe ledger. I really enjoyed fire and ash, the fourth book of the rot and ruin series.

Tom imura original characters tom imura jessie riley. In dust and decay the second book in the series he faces head on with a wild rhino when he goes out with tom imura, benny imura. In the zombieinfested world benny has grown up in, teenagers must work once they turn fifteenor theyll lose their food rations. His abilities are greatly underestimated by benny at the start, so tom doesnt receive his welldeserved respect from benny. Tom and benny must venture into the ruin to get her back. Interview with tom imura, character from rot and ruin by jonathan maberry and international giveaway. Based upon the short story of the same name, the full length novel was released in the united states september 2010 and in united kingdom march 2011.

The last picture is of benny himself, from a later book in the series. I simply cannot wait to meet these characters again, who already feel like old friends, in the third book. Benny imura is a teenager who lives in the town of mountainside with his brother, tom a bounty hunter, and his friends. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. His whole world changes as it does when we grow up and lose our innocence. Benny will never forgive his brother, tom, for what happened on first night. I was heartbroken the first time we thought he died. Nix benny s best friend and has a crush on benny and benny has a crush on her. On first night, the evening when the globe awoke to a zombie strike, benny s mom had handed him to tom and also informed him to run.

When they do leave, bringing chong with them, benny tries to reestablish the fire of his and phoenixs romance but quickly learns the females of the group are much stronger and independent than whats seen at first glance. He tries out jobs like being an apprentice locksmith, hand cranked generator. Now that tom and benny have fully commited themselves to the family. Benny imura is a potentially unforgettable hero in the making, to rival even his supernaturally cool brother tom.

He barely liked his familyand by family he meant his older brother, tomand he definitely didnt like the idea of business. Tom imura was benny imura s 35yearold brother and a survivor of the zombie apocalypse. Benny doesnt want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother tom, but he has no choice. He is the younger halfbrother of tom imura, nixs boyfriend, and lou chongs best friend.

Set fourteen years after the zombie outbreak, the novel follows benny imura five months after he turns fifteen as he looks for a job so that his rations will not be halved. In the zombieinfested, postapocalyptic america where benny imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Im only on chapter four of dust and decay, but of course i had to skip to the end to see what would happen to tom imura. Tom was a police cadet before firstnight, and worked as a. This is a story of a boy, benny imura, who grows up very quickly while with his older brother tom out in the rot and ruin. Now, after months of rigorous training with benny s zombiehunter brother tom, benny and nix are ready to leave their home forever and search for a better future. Any job will do as long as it requires minimal effort and doesnt involve working with his annoying, boring, and completely irritating older brother tom. Morgie benny s good friend and also has a crush on nix. The novel was released in the united states in september 2010 and in the united kingdom in march 2011. Benny remembers his mother screaming from the window as tom took benny and ran while their father, already turned, attacked her from behind.