Black Redneck vs Space Zombies

Paperback, 300 pages

English language

Published by Monster Fight.

ASIN:
B00EEJ3KDC
5 stars (2 reviews)

The Devourer and her Space-Zombie minions have destroyed untold planets.

Those worlds didn't have a Black Redneck.

Jefferson Balladeer is an African American who was adopted as an infant by the Balladeer family of Picayune, MS. When Ma and Pa Balladeer die in a car crash, it’s left to Jefferson’s older brother, Big Beau Balladeer, to raise Jefferson.

While Big Beau is large of heart and body, he’s not the ideal caregiver for the naturally intellectual Jefferson. Big Beau teaches young Jefferson the only thing he knows, how to be the ultimate redneck.

Jefferson grows up to be a rodeo star and an expert marksman, and, as Big Beau would say, a certified, grade A ass-kicker. Jefferson becomes known as the Black-Redneck.

When Jefferson is seventeen, he begins to question what he wants to do and who he really is. To further complicate matters, he finds out Pa-Balladeer told everyone …

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In my top five since 2013!

5 stars

When I first saw this book listed on reddit in the selfpublish sub, i thought "that's the dumbest title i've ever seen." For the next 2-3 day I kept thinking about the title, and how stupid a book must be with such a title. The book also being self-published by a first time author was off-putting. The description, too, suggesting it's a silly low-budget horror movie type story, wasn't peaking my interest.

But the title. The title stuck. I bought the damn book.

Lo and behold, it is probably one of the best pieces of literature I've ever come across.

Growing up in a small town myself, Steven somehow captured the exact environment, social and otherwise, that I grew up in. I could connect with all the characters on a personal level, like looking through a mirror. Like this was my own life story. It was vivid, and real. More …

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5 stars