Siege

As the World Dies, Book 3

By: Rhiannon Frater

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Siege is the conclusion to Rhiannon Frater’s As the World Dies trilogy, which should appeal to fans of The Walking Dead. Both The First Days and Fighting to Survive won the Dead Letter Award from Mail Order Zombie. The First Days was named one of the Best Zombie Books of the Decade by the Harrisburg Book Examiner.

The zombie illness has shattered civilization. The survivors, who have found tenuous safety in Texas, defend their fort against the walking dead and living bandits. Katie has made peace with the death of her wife and is pregnant and married to Travis, who has been elected mayor. Jenni; her stepson, Jason; and Juan - Travis’s right-hand man - are a happy family, though Jenni suffers from PTSD. Both women are deadly zombie killers.

In Siege, the people of Ashley Oaks are stunned to discover that the vice president of the United States is alive and commanding the remnants of the US military. And what’s left of the US government has plans for this group of determined survivors.

©2009, 2012 Rhiannon Frater (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"There's a lot of great zombie fiction out there, but Rhiannon Frater sets the gold standard. She's got the goods." (Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead)

"The First Days is one of the few zombie novels fueled by the power of feminine protagonists in an apocalyptic world gone wrong." (Harrisburg Book Examiner, "Best Zombie Books of the Decade")

First book I cried over - Great end to trilogy

I'll admit, the author drove me crazy in book one with her need to describe everyone's attire EVERY single time they're mentioned. She toned it down with this installment and I'm grateful! I won't ruin the end for anyone but I was very sad. It makes sense though. I just wished it was a happier ending - for all the lead characters. I'm all for happy endings. I just "tried" to read Feed and was very disappointed. This is what a zombie book is supposed to be about. Us against them. Trials, triumphs and a journey. I really enjoyed part 2 and part 3 better than the first one though it was good just a little too "harlequinesque" for my taste but hang in there it gets ALOT better. At the end I was so entangled in the characters that I truly was a blubbering idiot, crying when someone didn't live happily ever after. Great book!

Awesome adventure!

I am a huge Walking Dead fan and found myself completely enthralled in this series. Narrator was excellent. I’m sad that it’s over!

great book series

no struggle to get through. gripping great character backgrounds ..found my self routing for people and sometimes the zombies

Excellent Ending to a Great Trilogy!

Another amazing book! So glad I found them! I love that its another long one! I never lost interest and did not want to stop listening! I am looking forward to listening to The Untold Tales next!

FANTASTIC FINISH

Where does Siege rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I was very impressed with this final chapter in Rhiannon Frater's zombie trilogy. She made you love her characters. But not all the good guys made it to the end. I cried like a baby listening to this book. Anytime an author can touch me emotionaly to that depth I am going to recommend their book. One of the best zombie books out there.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jenny was my favorite character. She came full circle in the trilogy. Saying more would give away too much.

Which character – as performed by Cassandra Campbell – was your favorite?

Narite was amazing and Calhoun was a trip. I loved the interaction between him and Narite.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Who will inherit the earth? The living or the dead?

Great zombie tale

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes love a good zombie tale, and this series is the best to date, full of action and believable characters.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Can' t choose most of the main.

Have you listened to any of Cassandra Campbell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Listened to the first two in this series and all been great.

A Really Good Series

I had not listened to this series in several years and now I'm kicking myself for not getting back to it much sooner. It has everything you could want in books about zombies. It's filled with love, heartache, and lots of nasty, smelly, gore filled zombies. I hope you enjoy this Series as much as I did!

it's was good

it was good to listen to, but I didn't like what they did to the female character ghost when she kept on appearing. the undead roam the land and ghosts wouldn't be too hard to believe that they exist, I guess good overall, now to the next book

A Must Listen!

This is the last book in the series and it does not disappoint! This was my first zombie series and now I am hooked. I normally listen to vampire stories but the reviews on this series got me interested and all it took was the first book in this series! I cried and smiled and cried some more! It has action that you can just see in your mind like a movie as it is being read! And that being said this would be one GREAT movie! Do your self a favor and read the full 3 book series, you will not regret it! I'm just sad because it's over but this is one I will listen to over and over!

A good addition to the series, if not the genre

If you've enjoyed this series so far, you won't be disappointed. There's quite a bit more of a supernatural twist here that I personally didn't care for but worked in well for the story. As with the previous books in this series, the story line is solid but the characters are a little flat - with the villains almost comically archetypal. It's a good romp, but doesn't expand the genre much.