Adrian's Undead Diary Omnibus: Volume 1

By: Chris Philbrook

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Collected here are the first four books of the eight books, best-selling epic Adrian's Undead Diary.

The world crashed to pieces on June 23rd and Adrian Ring wasn't anywhere near ready for it. He had no guns, no food, no friends around, a cat that wanted to slip out the back of the condo and a girlfriend trapped in the heart of the city. This is the story of how he survived.

Book One: Dark Recollections: Beheading a zombie isn't easy in a world where you're more afraid of the living than the dead. Adrian Ring's simple life is thrown into chaos when the world is ripped apart by a plague of undead and legions of desperate survivors. Retreating to Auburn Lake Prep Academy, Adrian attempts to rescue friends and family on the way while dancing around his impending insanity over who and what he left behind, and evading maniac survivors. He saves his cat Otis, but shoots his mom. Pretty , all things considered. Of course, his sanity takes a hit as a result.

Real, flawed, and raw, Dark Recollections is Adrian's own story of how he survived after "That Day". Told through his eyes as he talks to his laptop, affectionately named "Mr. Journal", and through short stories that entwine with his tales that bring forth dark visions of a world being eaten alive by an unimaginable evil.

AUD is an eight part epic about a solitary, guilt stricken man that didn't think he deserved to live, but realizes very soon that he survived, and suffered for a reason.

This collection contains Dark Recollections, Alone No More, Midnight, and The Failed Coward, four full-length novels following the end of the world as witnessed by Adrian Ring.

©2015 Chris Philbrook (P)2020 Chris Philbrook

Definitely entertaining

I worked at a wilderness residential treatment center for near a decade, this is a very similar scenario that I had spent much time thinking about and was included in lock-down drills (sans zombies, but it was a topic of conversation).
There are minor detail discrepancies that may be more prevalent to some people more than others, but this is still a greatly entertaining series.
-Can confirm, banana boxes are the sh*t. At the facility, we received them weekly from the food bank and I subsequently moved 85% of my belongings with them when I finally purchased a home. You can stand on an empty one or transport a banana box full of raw materials, if you so desire. Sounds odd, but they’re the best boxes ever constructed.

Dear Mr Journal

I found a really good Zombie book. The book had everything from surviving, thugs, survivors, lost live, cool cat, battles, new love, new friends, bites and bleeding and obviously Adrian is a great main character & lots of Zombie encounters..... military guy too.
Oh l, and some funny one liners too.

Anyways, whoever finds this diary and reads this the book is worth the credit or cash.

The narrator was great too!! Perfect in every way for sure!!

PS. I knew you were going to say "Hope". ;)

Scary & lol

If you like end of the world, sci-fy, heartbreak, enduring human spirit, and sarcastic totally funny main character this is for you. I love it, the narrator is perfect and the writter is one of the funniest. I would love to plant a kiss on that guy, I laughed my ass of. My kind of humor!!!

Good sarcasm and humor, definitely enjoyable

I have enjoyed the series and the main character. I like the way there is self doubt sometimes and questioning of the situation that the characters find themselves in. Some really great plot development through the books.

There is always that aspect of male writers describing the appearance of women in a lot of detail, and nothing wrong with that, but I would appreciate the same detail of the male characters as well :) If there is such a high number of attractive women, then surely the men should be just as attractive.

I have seen a lot of recommendations to pick up this series, and I have enjoyed it, but it doesn't quite make it to the favorites list. Not quite sure why yet, maybe I have not been able to really "bond" to the characters as with other series, maybe because Adrian keeps himself at a distance as well. But I will be following through with the other books in the series.

The narration is top notch.

Picked up in the middle

Dragged a bit for first and forth volumes. A lot of repetition but some good moments. Ended abruptly. Not sure if I will get the next chapter.