In William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, the heroine Juliet utters the famous phrase, “O happy dagger” just before killing herself over the body of her dead lover, Romeo.
But in Koji Steven Sakai’s reimagined version of the classic, Juliet finds a better use for her bladed weapons. At a time when zombies are taking over the city, Juliet becomes a sword-wielding warrior.
The result is Romeo & Juliet vs. Zombies, Sakai’s new novel, published by Luthando Coeur. In it, the Nikkei author and creative multi-hyphenate Sakai irreverently turns S…