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major_kerinaMy second zombie novel of the year. And I read it in an astounding (for me) two days.
Granted it was an action book of just 200 pages. But still!
Okay...thoughts.
This is definitely tough-as-shit zombie stuff. These zombies don't screw around. They even face down tactical nukes with a glowing smile. Being brained still works but it's tough-ish.
The author is a soldier currently deployed in Iraq and his knowledge of USAF stuff sure shines through. The book takes the form of a journal. Those always leave me with a bit of incredulity but I know they're just a device for telling a story. I also allows him to have typos as a part of verisimillitude. There's a lot of photos and side documents which definitely give an interesting feel. I'm curious how this guy managed to get the authorization to take some of these photographs, especially the one of a Minuteman III silo O_o... But the story certainly appeals to my the Snake's Embrace side despite the fact it's in typical zombie mode.
I also like how it manages to keep all the main characters (off-screen character not counted) alive so far. It starts with the USAF soldier on leave who is quite resourceful with safeguarding his home when things go to shit. He teams up with a neighbor and the survivor pool grows from there.
The story is limited due to the journal form. You don't get much of a description of people and things. Annabel, the cuddly dog part of the cast, is kinda vaguely...a small, carry-able dog. Laura is little girl. There's a nurse and her husband. And the young woman. They're all zombie story typical cast members but I gotta give the story the fact it makes things interesting despite the fact most tension is gone from it.
You know that the story survived to be written. You know that in relaying the events of a few hours or a day that our main character survived whatever he encountered. Still, I felt compelled to read it and I enjoyed it. But it ends very suddenly with only a vague promise of a sequel. And the preview given of the sequel is a much different book and (honestly) not quite as interesting as the original novel. It involved a super-secret Ark where the people in it have never seen the outside world and have grown up from babies to adults as government test subjects to preserve the human race in the event of possible extinction (supposed to be in the present day). Yeaaaah....I dunno. I like underground bunkers but this stand-in for the secret of Area 51 is a bit much to swallow in a zombie book.
More on the books can be found here - http://daybydayarmageddon.com/ and a sample of the novel here - http://www.tacticalunderground.us/journal1.htm
Granted it was an action book of just 200 pages. But still!
Okay...thoughts.
This is definitely tough-as-shit zombie stuff. These zombies don't screw around. They even face down tactical nukes with a glowing smile. Being brained still works but it's tough-ish.
The author is a soldier currently deployed in Iraq and his knowledge of USAF stuff sure shines through. The book takes the form of a journal. Those always leave me with a bit of incredulity but I know they're just a device for telling a story. I also allows him to have typos as a part of verisimillitude. There's a lot of photos and side documents which definitely give an interesting feel. I'm curious how this guy managed to get the authorization to take some of these photographs, especially the one of a Minuteman III silo O_o... But the story certainly appeals to my the Snake's Embrace side despite the fact it's in typical zombie mode.
I also like how it manages to keep all the main characters (off-screen character not counted) alive so far. It starts with the USAF soldier on leave who is quite resourceful with safeguarding his home when things go to shit. He teams up with a neighbor and the survivor pool grows from there.
The story is limited due to the journal form. You don't get much of a description of people and things. Annabel, the cuddly dog part of the cast, is kinda vaguely...a small, carry-able dog. Laura is little girl. There's a nurse and her husband. And the young woman. They're all zombie story typical cast members but I gotta give the story the fact it makes things interesting despite the fact most tension is gone from it.
You know that the story survived to be written. You know that in relaying the events of a few hours or a day that our main character survived whatever he encountered. Still, I felt compelled to read it and I enjoyed it. But it ends very suddenly with only a vague promise of a sequel. And the preview given of the sequel is a much different book and (honestly) not quite as interesting as the original novel. It involved a super-secret Ark where the people in it have never seen the outside world and have grown up from babies to adults as government test subjects to preserve the human race in the event of possible extinction (supposed to be in the present day). Yeaaaah....I dunno. I like underground bunkers but this stand-in for the secret of Area 51 is a bit much to swallow in a zombie book.
More on the books can be found here - http://daybydayarmageddon.com/ and a sample of the novel here - http://www.tacticalunderground.us/journal1.htm
