Posts tagged apocalypse
900 Miles To Go Before I Sleep [Book Review]
900 Miles by S. Jonathan Davis was one of the more entertaining zombie stories that I’ve read so far this year. The story won me over at the very beginning: instead of a long set-up, or several pages without any undead action, Davis gets down to business right away. The main character, John, is attending a meeting in New York [...]
Mad Swine Spreads Into Winter [Book Review]
Mad Swine: Dead Winter is the second in a zombie series by Steven Pajak, although the status of Pajak’s “crazies” as zombies is still in dispute in some circles. Dead Winter managed to survive my make-or-break rule about book series (if the follow-up doesn’t impress me, I give up), even though it is significantly less brutal than the first story. [...]
The Thinking Zombie Has Evolved [Book Review]
The Reanimation of Edward Schuett by Derek J. Goodman is the most incredible zombie concept that I’ve read since Kim Paffenroth’s Dying To Live Series; Edward shambled through my dreams for several nights, after I finished reading the novel. I just couldn’t stop thinking about the story – I’ve never even heard of Goodman before this, but he has my [...]
Evolution Among Zombies: Judgement Day Continues [Book Review]
Judgement Day: Redemption by JE Gurley continues the story from Judgement Day: Zombie Apocalypse. In the first book, readers were shown various survivor groups fighting with each other – not for supplies, but for something much more valuable. In the sequel, readers find out what happened to the group that sought safety at the Biosphere. There is also an introduction [...]
The Undead Rise Again [Book Review]
Age of The Dead, the second book in the Rise series by Gareth Wood, is a vast improvement over the first installment. I love all the changes that Wood has made to his series: no longer in journal format, some dialogue, and several characters die. In addition to the changes in the author’s writing style, I also enjoyed the increased [...]
Coming Soon: Amongst The Dead [Book Review]
Amongst The Dead by David Bernstein is a strange post-apocalyptic story told through the POV of a young girl who is struggling to stay alive in an undead world. Riley is 12yrs old going on 13, and begins the story with the infection of her dad while they are living in a secluded cabin. After her dad’s death, her situation [...]
Dead Tropics: The Smart Lori [Review]
Dead Tropics by Sue Edge is the first zombie story I’ve read that is strictly from a mother’s POV, and has children present throughout the story as main characters, rather than just passing plot devices. Lori is a mom in Australia who drops her kids off at various places before she goes to work at the local hospital as an ER nurse. [...]
Hoppers, Juggernauts, and A Demon Walk Into an Apocalypse…
Once again, Craig DiLouie has me comparing his work to HP Lovecraft’s stories, and Lovecraft is looking really tame compared to The Infection series. I hate waiting for sequels, but this one was worth it. I had stated in a previous review that I wouldn’t want to find myself in DiLouie’s world; The Killing Floor went one step further and [...]
