Cattle

The Fearlanders

De: Joseph Duncan

Narrado por: Ian M. Walker

The Dead Have Awakened

It is 10 years after the global apocalypse. The Phage, the zombie virus that brought the world to its knees, has mutated, restoring the minds of its undead victims: their personalities, their memories... even their dreams. The living dead are no longer the mindless monsters that drove mankind to the brink of extinction.

But they still possess their insatiable hunger for human flesh.

Kept Like Animals

Brent Scarborough is a veteran survivor. He has been dodging the undead for nearly a decade. When he learns there is a city controlled and populated by living human beings, a place they call Home, he and his companion, Harold Killian, head immediately for this refuge of the living.

But they are captured on the last leg of their journey. Harold is killed, and Brent is imprisoned in a terrible zombie gulag, a nightmarish facility where the living are kept like animals and forced to breed for their hungry zombie masters.

Refusing to be defeated, Brent forges alliances with his desperate fellow inmates. His only goal is escape, but bearing down on the facility is a herd of mindless chompers, zombies who have not yet reawakened, and it is the largest and most destructive herd the living and dead have ever seen!

Set 10 years after the events in the popular zombie novel Mort, Cattle is a no-holds-barred action horror novel that is as original as it is fearless. Author Joseph Duncan (who formerly wrote under the pen name Rod Redux) has pulled out all the stops in his latest post-apocalyptic novel.

©2014 Joseph Duncan (P)2015 Joseph Duncan

worst narrator ever.

I read the book months back, & like to get audio books for when I have a migraine & can't read. This narrator was British but tried to preform American accents, which made most of the characters sound like they're from the south. This guy even pronounces things odd, like "ar-kansas" for the state "Arkansas ", lol. But what pissed me off was the fact that a couple of the characters, max & amy, were completely unable to understand. Also when he preformed any of the zombies, if I hadn't already read the book, I wouldn't be able to put together any of the things they said either. I'm writing this during chapter 26 & not sure if I can be patient enough to listen to the rest. I'm pissed I wasted a credit on this. I'd recommend you read the book & save your $/credit!!

Good book, not so great narration.

I loved this story. It is dirty, ugly, and quite interesting. The narrator's zombie voices are difficult to understand a lot. His narration was good but the voices were not.

FRESH MEAT

HE MIGHT NOT BE THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE SILVERWARE DRAWER
Holly Cow, this is really good!!! This is the best book I have listened to all year. I have repeatedly said that Cell by King is my favorite Zombie book and I have read a ton, but now that has changed. This catches your attention right from the start and you might be a little worried that is going to become the same old same old and then the story takes an about face and becomes like no other Zombie book you have read. Such a unique take on the genre. The story continues to build, get better and get better as it goes along.

YOU APOLOGIZE A LOT
Warning, do not attempt to eat a meal, while listening. There are some gut wrenching gross moments in this book. It is not full of them, but the ones presented do the trick. Off hand I am thinking of a certain amputation scene. There are also others. They are included in order to further the story, they are not gore for gore sake. I'M SORRY

OF COURSE I CAN, I'M FROM TENNESSEE
Now for another very strange part of the listening experience. The narrator is extremely different. At first you may think he sounds a little YA or amateurist. Keep listening, I promise he will grow on you. The naïve voice he gives to the main character actually plays into the horror. The narrators' voice, often sounds like he has cotton in his mouth. I was convinced that he and the writer were from Australia or some British Colony. I figured he was talking weird to sound American Southern. It is like a cross between The Swedish Chef on Sesame Street and Forrest Gump. Instead of Arkcansaw, it is R-Kansas. His friends or not his buddies, but his chums. Rear lawn instead of Backyard. A Gain instead of again. I looked the author up and he is from Southern Illinois. Anyways, it works, it works very well.

This is a horror, and done well. My first Joseph Duncan, but not my last.

Interesting but....

I liked this story. It has an interesting twist on the zombie genre, however, the narration leaves a bit to be desired. Narrator has a British accent but attempting American voices, most of which come out sounding a bit southern without much difference between each character, except for a couple which I really, really struggled to understand at all. That would be my only observation, but not enough of a concern to keep me from enjoying this listen. I would recommend it.

Uhhhh. What do you say?

What does one day about a book like this? It was a terrible story! Not terribly written, in fact the writing as well as the narration were both superb. The story, however, is awful. It made me feel ill a few times but for some reason I couldn't quit listening. Morbid curiosity I guess.

The ending was satisfying or it would have gotten one star. It's a fascinating take on the zombie genre and made me consider many, many moral dilemmas.

I would say that you need to hear this book at your own risk.