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Dead City

[rating=4]

Dead City written by Joe McKinney This story follows a San Antonio police officer during the night of the initial outbreak as he battles his way through the dead to get back to his wife and infant son. Joe McKinney sucks you in with action but where I think he excels the most is when talks about his fears involving his family especially when he talks about his infant son. Starting out I admit I was kinda bored because the zombie’s seemed to be stereotypical old school zombies. That’s not really a problem with the book or at all, I think I was wanting something different at the time. I am glad I kept reading because the pace of the book changed and kept me turning pages. Between the action sequences, near misses with death I couldn’t ask for much more. One thing that I love doing is theorizing about how zombies could happen and how they could be dealt with, so when that aspect was thrown into the dialog I was hooked. My one solid complaint is that at the end [spoiler]once the danger was dealt with there are no survival details delivered, just bam back to normal after a flash forward[/spoiler].

A buddy let me borrow his copy but you can find Dead City on Amazon

Day by Day Armageddon

[rating=5]

Day by Day Armageddon written by J.L. Bourne and narrated by Jay Snyder.

Told from the perspective of a journal that belongs to a Naval officer that is living in San Antonio Texas and is his account of the initial outbreak and violence that spreads. Listening to the accounts makes you feel as if you are there feeling what he feels as he describes the decisions he has to make in order to insure his survival and the survival of his group.

Once you start listening to this audio book you won’t be able to stop. I’m serious, I started last night and finished this afternoon. Mick and a mutual friend turned me on to this series and I can’t be more pleased.

Excerpt from the book on J.L. Bourne’s website “I’m sorry to report that despite our best efforts, the anomaly has broken the boundary of government containment measures. It is no longer safe to inhabit larger cities. Safe zones are being established on the outskirts of high population centers and will be open to those not infected.”

I got my copy from Audible.com or Amazon, same thing, and listened to it on my android.

J.L. Bourne’s website http://www.jlbourne.com/

We’re Alive

[rating=5]

Written by KC Wayland and produced by KC Wayland and Shane Salk, We’re Alive is a story about zombie survival that follows three soldiers and a group of civilian survivors from the initial outbreak and into their daily struggles, fights and all out war. This isn’t your grandpa’s audio drama or your grandma’s soaps. This is the best produced audio drama out there today to include it’s well written story line, detailed characters, acting, audio quality and blow your mind sound effects.

We love We’re Alive so much we have a fancast for it.

You can We’re Alive at http://www.zombiepodcast.com