Planet of the Dead

De: Thomas S. Flowers

Narrado por: Rick Gregory

From the author of Feast and Reinheit comes a new chapter in horror....

Planet of the Dead.

News reports speak of mass panic and violence spreading across the globe. Negligent leaders hide behind misinformation. But in an age of paranoia and suspicion, who can say what is true anymore? Struggling to survive against a sweeping epidemic that has engulfed the planet, survivors will have to make hard choices in a world that no longer makes sense.

Live. Die. Or become one of the undead.

©2017 Thomas S. Flowers (P)2018 Thomas S. Flowers

The Zompocalypse has returned to gnaw on you again

Ok, let me get this out here and now. YES, this is a zombie apocalypse book. I know there are now like a thousand of them out there. That doesn't mean that there can't be more. This one justifiably adds to the genre, and one thing that I really love is that is doesn't hold back on the gore. I am a splatterhound, and so this was right up my alley. Lots and lots of gruesome deaths, and a lot of stupid people do stupid things and get killed (just like real life). The blood falls like rain and the bodies drop like sandbags. I really did not want to stop listening.

I think a good reason for that, aside from excellent writing, was the amazing work done by Rick Gregory. The man can tell a story. He played this like he was in the middle of the zombie horde. The fact that he makes each character distinct and unique is impressive enough, but the way he controls the story is just off the charts impressive. He is without a doubt, one of my favorite narrators. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.


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Zombie Stories

This is a audio book of several different characters' individual and intersecting stories during the first days of a zombie apocalypse. I enjoyed most of the characters and their stories. I did not like the last character's story at all. I can see how this audio book could be the start to a decent series. The narrator did a very good job with the male and female characters and their emotions. I received this for free for an honest review.

Zombie plague strikes again!

Your classic tale of zombie plague destroying the world. A few survivors struggle to eek out a living in the ruins of society. A small band makes an office building their home with the hope to build a safe haven for the remains of humanity in it. They slowly add to their numbers yet face a growing concern not just in the number of zombies but also in the quality of zombies. It appears a super strain is emerging. Also the cure may be in their midst. Enjoy! I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Fun zombie book. Fast and entertaining.

Story: This book was more like short stories, going back and forth. It worked here as they intermingled and was some suprise twists here and there. Well worth the time.

Writing: The writing was above average. Structures were fine and was never confused on what thebother wanted to say. I also enjoyed the structure of putting the characters in different chapters which can be found in Game of Thrones.

Narrator: The production was fine. I found the women to have a bitchy tone to them and not sure that was what was to be protrayed.


I received this book for free in exchange for an voluntary unbiased review.

I reccomend this book. Its fun, fast and brutal at times.

The Beginning of a Dead Planet

This seemed more to me like a collection of stories existing in the same timeline versus one story. It jumps around between different characters and their respective story lines and never really comes together. Not sure if the survivors will ever join together. With that said this is a series so don't get involved with this one if you aren't willing to listen to more. There isn't an ending to this story so I early await the next one. I enjoy the author's other novels so I have high hopes for this series.
I am a huge fan of Rick Gregory's gritty voice and happen to enjoy most of the stories he reads. This narration really impressed me. I think he did a really good job with his voice and tone in this story and it is clear that he is maturing as a narrator.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

What an ending

Loved how the story was divided by characters. Great getting to know them and their background. Looking forward to the next in the series.

Zompoc

This is told from the point of view from several different characters. Each has their own short story and some are killed off rather quickly. I enjoyed each story but they all seemed to be lacking a bit. I'm hoping this was just a starting point to a good series. I've enjoyed other books by this author, so I'm definitely hoping for more. Excellent narration by Rick Gregory! He made the book interesting.

A zombie title

A little confused by this book, maybe this is setting the scene for an explosive book 2 I don't know. It seemed as if most of the characters the author introduces are then killed off.
An OK read not terrible but not great.
Will I read book2 if there is one? Maybe not sure yet.
Narration was good and added to the entertainment of the book.
I received a frre copy of this audiobook at my request and voluntarily leave this review.

A very solid Zombie Apocalypse book

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This was an interesting zombie apocalypse book. It took the World War Z approach of telling the individual tales of multiple people all experiencing the same ZA. It is very gory with lots of graphic detail. That doesn't bother me, but if that gets to you, you don't want to listen to this book. Be warned. :) That being said, I rather enjoyed this book and thought it was well narrated. I will definitely look for more if this becomes a series.

A Mayhem-Filled Zombie Story

A zombie story through and through with a lot of other elements that lots of people would enjoy.  You've got mayhem throughout and all of the things that come with mayhem.

Planet of the Dead was one of those stories that I didn't know I was going to enjoy.  Sure, I love zombie books as much as the next guy - but I just didn't know going into it.  Well, I loved it and had a blast flying through this book.

Flowers way of skipping from person to person explaining the story from their viewpoints really made this so easy to read.  Even if you didn't like a person or a point of view - you knew it was going to move on to another person soon after.

Bouncing from person to person can be hard to follow but I thought that Gregory did a great job tying everything together with good narration.  Every one and a while I find him to be a little too... flat in his narration (no ups or downs depending on the pace of the story for example) but nothing that would turn me away from another book narrated by him.  It's hard to add that to the story without over-acting the part.

Overall, an enjoyable zombie book by a great author.  Planet of the Dead - what's not to love?

Also, let's take a second to enjoy the cover art on this.  Well done and thought out - this one definitely had my attention before I knew anything about it. I requested a copy of this book from the narrator which has not affected my review in any way.