• The Thin Dead Line

  • By: Shane Gries
  • Narrated by: Talon Beeson
  • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (77 ratings)

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The Thin Dead Line

By: Shane Gries
Narrated by: Talon Beeson
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Publisher's summary

On a hot July day on the plains of Kansas, a US Army mechanized infantry company from the First Infantry Division gets a very vague warning order, and the young troopers saddle up on their steel beasts to go try to control "civil unrest".

Police in a small town start firing on people in self defense, people who seem to have gone violently insane. A prisoner at Fort Leavenworth out on work detail sees a strange murder, and is forced to make a run for it. As the situation starts to descend into chaos, confused orders are given, old sins are forgiven in exchange for needed help, and the Bradleys and Abrams soldiers fight a desperate battle using every weapon on hand. Chaos reigns in the heartland of America, spreading ever outward.

The apocalypse written as only a veteran infantryman can, The Thin Dead Line is set as a companion series to the best-selling Irregular Scout Team One by J.F. Holmes.

©2022 Cannon Publishing (P)2023 Cannon Publishing

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Great story

A very good zombie listen from the military side. On my way to Book 2. Hopefully they will be more to this series. Narrator did a jam up job.

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Excellent

Really loved this book. The author is adept at developing characters. In only a few sentences he can create a truly believable character that you can really like, or really dislike. The main character Mark, aka Matthews, is one of my all time favorite literary characters. He appears in the very first of the book and I fell in love with him immediately.

This book is heavy on military terms and activities. I believe that military personnel or veterans would be the most likely to love it, but I am a 75 year old non military woman and I loved it - so go figure.

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I love a good zombie story

This is a great zombie story. The action takes off in Chapter 1 and the story continues at full throttle until the last page.
The banter between the soldiers is absolutely realistic as are the situations they find themselves in.
The narration is excellent and added to the tale.
I recommend this book

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Absolutely Perfect

This book was perfect,
Its one of the best I've read in a long time

I wish there was a 2nd book

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Excellent read

Can’t wait for the next in the series. Army lingo. Like someone else said, don’t get attach to characters.

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great story just not long enough

as a veteran I love a good story about the zombie apocalypse and the military as a person that's lived in Kansas City I enjoy the background cuz I've been to all those locations. author is pretty talented continue to work on your craft

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Slow start but excellent book!

This is an underrated zombie series. It's very well written, the outbreak is believable, and the situations seem plausible. It's written from soldiers' perspectives by a soldier, so military jargon is heavy but authenticate. I would absolutely recommend this series and can't wait for the 3rd book!

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a good listen

hoping for more. i got jaded with a lot of the zombie books flioding audible and this one is. a cut above in my opinion

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Book was great

It’s a amazing book and amazing reader as well enjoy it specially the overall story to the point I didn’t want to sleep so I can finish the book

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In my opinion the location

Glad to see a zombie themed book from my home region makes it interesting given I know most the locations they discussed in the books makes it like your actually there with them in the book!

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