Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy

'"Yo, Chris!"
Chris turned away from the soda machine and saw Forest Speyer striding down the empty hall toward him, a wide grin on his tanned, boyish face. Forest was actually a few years older than Chris, but looked like a rebellious teenager - long hair, studded jean jacked, a tattoo of a skull smoking a cigarette on his left shoulder. He was also an excellent mechanic, and one of the best shots Chris had ever seen in action.
"Hey, Forest. What's up?" Chris scooped up a can of club soda from the machine's dispenser and glanced at his watch. He still had a couple of minutes before the meeting.'
(Courtesy)

What is it?
💖A novel adaptation of the first Resident Evil game, from the first zombie attacks in Raccoon City to Jill and Chris' fran🔴tic escape from the Tyrant in the laboratory bowels of Spencer Mansion.

Who wrote it?
, whose other novels include Alieꦫns, Predator and Star Trek tie-ins. Trivia fact: Perry wrote the novelisation of the movie Timecop.

Fanboy factor?
High. Perry has a set of already well-rounded and much loved characters to play with, and never once shies away from the good stuff - the gory, bloody zombie attacks. The book even opens with a gruesome description of two children who've been eaten alive by ✅everyone's favourite monsters.

Is it any good?
Good enough for a Resi nut to wallow in the simple action, though Perry's dialog🍷ue is awful👍ly bland. But the regular nasty (and unflinchingly well-described) moments of zombie terror go some way toaverting criticism from thebasic writing often on show.

Further reading
There'sby Perry surrounding the games, both adapti♎ng them and filling in the gaps. Real fans, though, should try tracking down the first ever Resi novel,. If you can read Japanese, that is.