FEED spoiler party!

Seanan, I loved it. It's selling really well in my bookstore too...which might be because certain people are answering the question "What have you read lately?" with "Feed! It's awesome!" Just saying.

I have a question for clarification re: Ryman ranch. The horse Rebecca bridled, saddled and loaded her sisters on, it was post-amplification, so it was a zombie horse, right? I'm trying to figure out how her sisters got off of it - it would have to have been killed in some way. And horsies slobber so I'm guessing they had to spend some time at the CDC or equivalent getting decontaminated (plus there's that whole thing of being that close to zombies).

I'm very much a cat and horse person, so you had me thoroughly traumatized and I still love the book. I'm just trying to figure out how I can manage the wait until next May.

Thanks, Melissa

My impression was that all three of them were on the horse for a while. If Rebecca bridled it and got everyone on it while it was going through the stupid-but-not-evil phase of early amplification, she could then control it for a distance, push her little sisters off the back, and ride it further away from them. It would then be well into the evil phase, so eventually she'd lose control of it (or flying spittle would get her, as you point out), but her sisters would not only be away from zombie Rebecca and zombie horse, but also from the entire ranch full of zombie horses and stablehands.

It's not a foolproof solution, but if you're good with horses, a fast thinker, and trying to get your little sisters out of major danger, it's a reasonable bet.

(I'm a big sister myself. That was one of the parts that got to me.)