Michael Stephen Fuchs

This fourteen book series is thrill, after gut-punching thrill, and provided me with over one-hundred-thirty-four hours of listening pleasure. I laughed, cried and had several "Heck Yeah," moments. Most of the characters are explained in-depthly, offering a flashback into their flaws and their warped perspectives, as the zombies evolve and eat up the world. But I really do get sick of Anglo-Saxon authors describing Africa and other countries in less than flattering terms, despite the fact that it has been Europeans who ruined most of these locations. I mean, if you're going to call a country and all it's people bad names, at least acknowledge how they got that way - I digress!

The story begins a few years into the apocalypse, thus, we are thrown into the action of tier-one, special-ops, trying, and often failing to carry out a series of last-ditch efforts to save the last pocket of humanity, even as that slice of civilization is being gobbled-up, by a new breed of dead-heads that can think, and possess super-human abilities.

I appreciate the consistency of all the books being narrated by the same gentleman, with his soothing, animated voice (I hate when publishers switch narrators, mid-series). I would have liked more books that dive into the rebuilding process, but I am more than satisfied with the kindness of the author, of not leaving us hanging, and wondering how things turned out, as he took us all the way to the end of the fight for their very existence...SMILE!!!

PS:
If you dig strong females, you will love this series!… (más)

This fourteen book series is thrill, after gut-punching thrill, and provided me with over one-hundred-thirty-four hours of listening pleasure. I laughed, cried and had several "Heck Yeah," moments. Most of the characters are explained in-depthly, offering a flashback into their flaws and their warped perspectives, as the zombies evolve and eat up the world. But I really do get sick of Anglo-Saxon authors describing Africa and other countries in less than flattering terms, despite the fact that it has been Europeans who ruined most of these locations. I mean, if you're going to call a country and all it's people bad names, at least acknowledge how they got that way - I digress!

The story begins a few years into the apocalypse, thus, we are thrown into the action of tier-one, special-ops, trying, and often failing to carry out a series of last-ditch efforts to save the last pocket of humanity, even as that slice of civilization is being gobbled-up, by a new breed of dead-heads that can think, and possess super-human abilities.

I appreciate the consistency of all the books being narrated by the same gentleman, with his soothing, animated voice (I hate when publishers switch narrators, mid-series). I would have liked more books that dive into the rebuilding process, but I am more than satisfied with the kindness of the author, of not leaving us hanging, and wondering how things turned out, as he took us all the way to the end of the fight for their very existence...SMILE!!!

PS:
If you dig strong females, you will love this series!… (más)

This was a solid 4 rating until I got to the end of the book. It just ends. In the middle of a developing storyline. I also felt it left another storyline dangling.

The last 20-30% of this book sets up for a zombie mission, which won't take place until the next book. All of that setup should have been in the next book! Not this one.

Anyway, other than that leaving a bad taste in my mouth, I enjoyed the book quite a bit. Good writing. Good characters. Good zombie action. A few surprises here and there.… (más)