The Last Bastion of the Living: A Futuristic Zombie Novel

The story is a very interesting take on the usually zombie genre The narration is absolutely awful

I listened to all three of her books in her series and loved them great story great characters and wonderful narration

Hell no if this is any indication of how she narrates monotone emotionless and no passion my gps sounds more human

yes and no it was really hard to get over how bad the narration was

if you liked Fraters series The First Days/Fighting to survive/ Siege then get the actually book and read it yourself or if we are lucky they will have Cassandra Campbell narrate this

As an obsessed Zombie fiction fan I will read/listen to anything Zombie. Lately they all have the same basic storyline. The dead rise , a group of well armed people try to survive.
This book is different!! I couldn't stop listening.
What an excellent ' engrosing story matched perfectly with the narrator
Well done!!

I like the twist on the typical zombie story, but this would have benefited from more action and less romance. The book was an interesting diversion, but I didn't find myself staying up to listen to the ending like I do especially gripping stories. This is a good choice if you want a volume to which to exercise or multi-task, as this doesn't make you want to stop what you are doing to listen to any passages.

The story is really interesting. I really loved it!!! Completely worth it and I would read another book from this author. My only negitive is the narrator took some getting used to. I think maybe she was forcing the american accent...maybe shes Canadian or Brittish? Oh one other thing...they never say where the city is located. AWESOME mix of future sci-fi and zombie!!!!!!

As a BIG fan of great Zombie stories (see WWZ and Day by Day Armageddon series), I expected quite a bit. To say I was disappointed would be the year's biggest understatement. First the good; this book DOES have an original story. The setting, backstory, and technology are all somewhat new for the zombie genre.

Now for the bad; The vocabulary used in this book is on a 7th grade level. It never reaches "adult level" words, and doesn't even pretend to try. In fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd say this book WAS actually written by someone in middle school. If that IS the case, then BRAVO little one! The dialogue is beyond ridiculous, and boring ALL THE TIME. The description ALWAYS re-states the dialogue; a big NO NO. The book had more of a romance novel feel to it, than an actual zombie novel. Since it claims IN THE TITLE to be a "zombie novel", I do feel incredibly misled. Had it said in the title, "A Romance novel, somewhat similar to Twilight, yet much less entertaining", then I would only have myself to blame for spending a credit on this.

This book is clearly meant for little girls. Maybe pre-teen girls. There's WAY TOO MUCH sappy romantic banter throughout, which has virtually no payoff. There is no possible way that ANYONE; the publisher, the author, audible, would consider this to be an adult zombie book, or a zombie book intended for a male audience. Just no way. The best way I can describe this book is "A soap opera PRETENDING to be a zombie story".

Narrator is good. As other reviewers point out, she does mispronounce a few words.

I think this is one book that can be read rather than listened to -- the narrator is not my favorite. I prefer narrators that add some flavor to the reading.

That said, the book is worth the listen (or the read ... if you're that worried, I suggest getting the e-book instead).

I'm trying to avoid spoilers here, but there is a pretty reasonable reason for why the narrator uses less warmth and emotion in the reading ... the main character is a weary soldier, after all. The city everyone inhabits is repeatedly descried as drab and dreary, so it is quite possible the main character is simply weary.

There is one other reason for the less emotional voice, but I don't want to spoil anything ...

I enjoy sci-fi books and I've been on a heck of a zombie book tear of late, so this was a great 'peanut butter & chocolate' combo.

More warmth and a less clinical delivery would have helped ... nothing as over-the-top as the narrator for Frater's other zombie books, but a bit more would have been good.

Seriously, don't let the narration comments put you off--there is a very good zombie story you'd be missing otherwise!

A great re-imagining of the zombie story, set in a technologically advanced future. Very good, but a few loose ends. It would make a great film.

However the narration is unbelievably bad. It sounds like a female Stephen Hawkins, that is mechanical and strange with odd pausing, stress and pronunciation. I almost gave up. I dont think I have heard anything quite so bad. Nevertheless I am glad I stuck with the story. Hopefully there will be a sequel (read by a different person, please god!)

On the whole, a fairly good zombie book, though I could have done without the mushy stuff, and the one bedroom scene. More time should have been spent on the "mission" and less on romance. In spite of this, I would recommend this book to my fellow zombie fanz.

I did get use to the narrator after awhile, but it was really hard to get into because of the voice. It was read way to fast and not a pleasant voice. The story was okay. Some of the concepts were a little hard to believe. Some parts were a little frustrating. For example, if you are running out of bullets then why not use a blade instead? Or if there is the technology to create a cure for the new version of the cure then why isn't there a cure for the original?

how to you really survive after the out break? How is your life going to be? This will give you an idea if how things may be in 200 years