Death Troopers: Masterpiece... or Fluke?

Death Troopers is a story which centers mostly on two brothers on a prison barge. The book is set during the First Galactic Civil War, a few years before A New Hope. At first it is rather slow going and the actual zombies don't quite come into play until close to the middle, although there are signs of them before then. This is rather annoying, yet at the same time, satisfying; annoying because this is a zombie book and thus, one would expect lots of zombie from beginning to end and satisfying because this writer takes time to develop the characters of the story, instead of making the zombies the stars of the book. He makes sure that you care for the characters before they're being chased down by undead, flesh-eating monsters of various species. 

When the zombies do come into play, the writer makes sure to describe them in such a terrifying manner that the reader is very able to see them in his or her mind's eye. Not only are the descriptions horrific, but the situations that he puts the characters into are equally ghastly. And not only does the writer rely upon the horrible scene of a  hoard of zombies running full speed at a 13 year-old kid in a broken down Imperial prison barge, but he also employs various suspenseful scenes, which I believe are a must in any thing to do with zombies, whether it be a book, movie or any other medium. 

So, in summation, is Death Troopers a masterpiece, fluke or something in between? I would have to say that it is verifiable Masterpiece of Star Wars horror. An excellent read for Star Wars fans and zombie fans alike.