Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Trudge
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, no. 1
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Publisher Description
"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." -Joe McKinney, two time Bram Stoker Award winner and best-selling author of the Dead World series.
For Cade Grayson, husband, father, and former Delta Force operator, that one warm sunny Saturday in July—later to be labeled Z-Day by some anonymous person probably long dead—began like all the others before, and none since.
With his daughter, Raven and wife, Brook, away visiting her parents in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cade hopes his immediate future holds nothing but an easy chair, Mariners on the tube, and paring down a honey-do list a mile long.
But those hopes were quickly dashed and his life forever changed when news broke of a clash in downtown Portland between soldiers from the Oregon National Guard and hundreds of anarchist protesters suddenly turned violent and, by one anchor’s account, blood-thirsty and cannibalistic.
As the first waves of injured bystanders, Guardsmen, and rioters arrived at hospitals in and around Portland, it became apparent that a deadly new disease had been unleashed on the population.
Whether the virus was naturally occurring or an escaped lab experiment Cade hadn’t a clue, and he wasn’t especially concerned until he learned of its unprecedented virulence, unusual method of transference, and the fact that, according to the talking heads on the news, it brought the newly dead back to life, semi-mindless, and with an insatiable desire to feed on the flesh of the living.
Armed with this new information and now seeing the bigger cities such as Washington D.C., New York, and Los Angeles rocked by the rapidly spreading scourge, Cade ignores the volley of contradictory edicts drawn up by the White House and set into motion by FEMA and DHS, dusts off his tools of war, and loads his truck with supplies.
Unable to get ahold of Brook and Raven and unwilling to leave them at the mercy of some distant politician’s inability to hold the nation together, he begins an impossible 3,000 mile journey across a reeling United States with presumably millions of infected in his path and only one acceptable outcome: find Brook and Raven alive—or die trying.
Edited by Monique Happy
Monique Happy Editorial Services
Customer Reviews
I give it a solid B
I give it a solid B. I liked it well enough to read the next book in the series. I almost didn’t read it based on some reviews complaining about too much politics. That’s hogwash IMO. There may be 10 total sentences dedicated to political opinion. It’s not a big deal. The story is pretty typical, but I’m an apocalypse junkie, so it kept my attention. I like the military references. It’s light entertainment and I enjoyed it.
Nonsense!
As a fan of the zombie genre I was optimistic about this book after reading all of the positive reviews. Sadly this book is little more than a thinly veiled political diatribe pushing anti Obama conspiracy theories. If you are a birther or think Obama is a secret muslim conspiring against america, then this book is for you! I made it about half way through the book before deleting it from my library. I would recommend saving your money and looking elsewhere.
Good read, but why be so politically cynical
thought this book was great, but every time I got really into it, the authors politics came creeping in, generally having nothing to do with the actual story line. it's like some agenda is trying to be met.
I mean really, blaming all the ills of society prior to the outbreak on corrupted democrats, and the not so veiled accusations that Obama is an incompetent Muslim has no bearing on the story line.
political discourse in a story like this is to some degree important, as politicians often consider political ramifications before making a decision. However, having been in the military myself, and knowing more than a little about what happens during military actions, presidents and congressmen always look to their military leaders, and 9 times out of 10 will do exactly as instructed. World War Z is a good example of this, or even Tom Clancy's Sum of all fears.
I do like that the author does not get so attached to some of the characters that he is afraid to kill them off, and that a woman is now president, and at this point is appears to be thought of by the author as competent. I am going to read the next book, if only to see what underhanded comments the author will offer up about democratic presidents.