Vietnamese to the core
Bird's eye chilli, coconut and banana in the garden; bà Tư, chú Bảy the scrap collector, Trâu Mập the buffalo; village market day, harvest day, a straw broom and a mouse trap.
Spending the summer at his grandmother’s, city boy Bin joins bà Tư and the plants that “wake up” in her garden to defend Làng Rạch Đa against the Bóng Tím horde: mud-bodied undead born from the “Immortal Serum” of Professor Hủ Mục, a childhood friend of hers.
The zombies never really hurt anyone. They trudge along their lanes, and the way to hold the garden is to plant the right thing, in the right place, at the right time.
"Plants are not immortal. Plants leave seeds."
