Mail Horror Bride

One Nation Under Zombies, Book 1

De: Raymond Lee

Narrado por: Mark Westfield

From Russia, with love....

How do you destroy your enemy? Go for the heart then take over the brain.

The Z1219 virus, created by Russia's most skilled scientists, is the deadliest biological weapon in history. Harbored in the human bloodstream, it remains undetected until detonated. Once it's detonated, the host becomes a walking corpse with only one goal: eat everyone.

And now it is in America, packaged in the mail-order brides the Russians shipped over to destroy us all.

With the disease now running rampant and no cure yet discovered, it is every uninfected person for himself.

Homes are destroyed and the families inside them torn apart. Relationships can help or hurt, as those left uninfected discover they are not entirely untouched by the disease.

Follow a group of strangers as they struggle to do anything necessary to survive without losing their humanity in the process. Some will win this challenge. Most will lose.

It's a new world, and the zombies aren't the only monsters. They're just the easiest to recognize in a country gone horribly wrong.

©2014 Spirit Blizzard Press (P)2015 Spirit Blizzard Press

Mail Horror Bride

Book 2 needs to come out, like yesterday! Overall, one of the better zombies books out there. I can't wait to see where the author takes us in the next book. It took a bit to get used to the narrator's style. Once I did, I thought he performed well. I received this audiobook for free thru Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.

Putin sent us zombies

If you are looking for a zombie book that isn’t the typical gory filled, prepper based, one man style go no further. I rarely dabble in zombie stories because they are the same story regurgitated by different authors with slightly different plots. What grabbed me for starters was the book cover, second was the premise, what hooked me on this story were the characters. The characters really make up this story and it is their development that this is about. While their story is about survival in a zombie invested world it almost seemed that the zombies are ancillary. I won’t say that this is a super unique zombie world but it is a different story in that it is very character driven and you could really substitute the zombies for lots of other creatures.
With the whole idea of the zombies originating from mail order brides, off the bat you get some crazy characters. There are few characters who are clearly insane, and the author really did a great job delving into their psyche and caused me extreme reactions to them. Even the sane characters thoughts on the other characters make for an interesting story about how everyone handles their specific situation within their group of survivors in a world, possibly just the US, full of zombies. It is clear that the author is heavily influenced by TWD as he references the show quite a bit and I would say the story being more about the characters versus the end game is clearly influenced by the show.
This is the first chapter in the series and there seems to be something going on in the overall series with a few of the characters. There are multiple story lines that converge and I’m excited to see where this goes and will definitely be in this series for the long haul. I hope this continues to focus on the characters and we get to see how they will continue to develop as their world crumbles.
I have to say that I am glad that there isn’t a lot of misinformed gun discussion in this. So many times I read zombie books by someone who has never touched a real gun and then tries to tell me about the guns each person is using in detail and gets every aspect wrong. Sticking to blades is a safe bet.
I liked the narrator. Again, since I felt this was more about the characters I didn’t mind that there wasn’t the usual excitement you expect to hear in narrator’s voices in zombie stories. I liked his portrayal of all the characters, his voices were excellent, and really hope he continues in the next chapter.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

❤️

I was a worried this would be kinda corny, boy was I wrong. Loved it. Well written. Well developed and relatable characters. This hooked me from the get go. Unique take on the ZA genre. Excellent narration. Definitely looking forward to book 2.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.

Russia’s Zombies

I did enjoy listening to this book. It had unique way for the spread of virus and good character development and great narration. Hope 2nd book comes to audible quickly. Recommend to anyone who likes zombie books. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Thank you!

New Way To Introduce The Zombie Outbreak

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for an honest review.

We all know the cliché reasons for the zombie outbreak: a virus escaped a government lab, a virus mutated, some wealthy people want to create a New World Order, or even an alien plague from a meteor. In this case, the Russian government has implanted the virus in mail order brides being sent to hapless, lonely American men. The catch is that there is a trigger element that will spontaneously cause these women, and anyone they have had sex with (and those men too, like an STD), when the Russians decide the time is right. It is like the coordinated attack on the Knights Templar on Friday the 13th in 1307, when they were attacked simultaneously around Europe.

Being a zombie book, one has to accept certain stretches of imagination. The vast number of supposed mail order brides is a bit difficult to conceive of, and even with the number of men spreading the disease like an STD the outbreak seems a bit far-fetched, but take it for what it is and accept that in fiction these things happen. The outbreak happens, and then the virus is spread as usual, through bites.

This story is fun. There are several storylines which have more in common than survivor stories, but there will be no spoilers in this review. Each of the characters is flawed. There is no righteous individual the others can took to as a bastion of morality, regardless of how much some of them believe themselves to be. In that regard, the book has an element or realism. However, things go a bit too far regarding certain characters' flaws, skewing away from realistic people in some cases. In all, this story is definitely entertaining, at times distinctly engaging, though there will be moments that may cause raised eyebrows, if not rolling eyes.

The ending leaves the option for a sequel. In the likely event there is one, I am likely to pick it up. It is definitely worth continuing to listen.

Mark Westfield has a pleasant voice. He is easy to listen to, and though he uses subtle voice changes rather than distinct character voices, it was always easy to determine who was speaking. There are times though that his performance lacks urgency or passion. That is not to say his reading was robotic, just that during times of stress the dialogue remained similar in intensity to moments of casual conversation. The anger or fear of the words was not always matched by the delivery. That is the main criticism, which can hopefully be improved upon in his future work. Westfield can definitely be a solid narrator.