Life Among the Dead 2: A Castle Made Of Sand

By: Daniel Cotton

Narrated by: Scott Parkinson

Welcome back. You are about to be taken back to the first day of the outbreak. There are over a million people in the city of Waterloo, Dan Williamson is just one of them.

Meet Dustin Barnes, not the typical protagonist, he’s a post-apocalyptic cockroach, the sort of guy that will do anything in order to survive, and he’s on a collision course heading north to New Castle.

Those who have survived, the sinners and saints alike, knew the dead had an appetite before, now they are starving. With the scarcity of the delicacy they crave, human flesh, they are becoming maddened by the hunger, they are growing faster and more desperate in their attempts to feed.

In a world where the dead refuse to stay buried, expect to see a few familiar faces. Enjoy.

©2014 Daniel Cotton (P)2013 Audible Inc.

A good one

Love how the author goes back to the beginning to tell the story of the others who were in the first book 1 beautifully how he did it . loved it and made the other characters stand out.....Love it

Great 2nd part in the series.

I enjoyed the 2nd book, I just didn't like the Dustin character. Great book though.

Great Zombie tale!

This was book 2 of a zombie tale I had already enjoyed part one of. Let me say that it was a wonderful addition! Great characters, some from book one that I was already fond of as well as some new ones. Narration was spot on with same narrator from book 1 making transition into book 2 seamless. Well paced story, humor & a lot on interesting turns. A fun adventure! REALLY enjoyed these two books. Well worth the credit or the price. I'll be revisiting both books again & keeping an eye out for more by this author.

Just not a great story.

The first one was fantastic! I'm not sure what happened but just not impressed with the story this time.

Frustrating read

Rather than go back to Dan and Newcastle, most of the book is about other characters, only closer to the end do we thankfully revisit the old gang. Think I would have gladly skipped to the last couple hours of this book.

The one character, Dustin, who gets the most time is the one you hate. This poor excuse for a human being is responsible for horrible things, although the character is well written, its barely bearable to listen to what he is going to be responsible for next. Why do I want to read so much about a character I hate? I don't. Horribly annoying story.

Many times I thought I'd give a 1 or a 2 for this story, but the end some what redeemed the story and is just barely worth reading the entire book for. I hope the next installment isn't like this. I hope for fewer meandering short stories which don't add to the main gang and their storyline.