Everyone carries around his own monsters.---Richard Pryor

A HUMAN ELEMENT is an elegant and haunting first novel. Unrelenting, devious but full of heart. Highly recommended.

It's important to know the past, but your survival depends on knowing the present.

Yo! Deadheads," he yelled, waving his sword to taunt them. "Nice try, but you're messing with Benny-freaking-Imura, zombie killer. Booyah!

Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

The truth is the truth. What changes is what we know about it and what we're willing to believe.

Basher shook his head. "No, we climbed in through a ground-floor guest bedroom all ninja-like. Snuck up the back stairs." "Then you might be the cavalry," said Tom, "but I'm Santa Claus. Let's go downstairs and open some presents.