Ravenous

A Zombie Apocalypse LitRPG Necrotic Apocalypse, Book 1

By: David Petrie

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's Summary

An unstoppable curse. A dead man displaced from his time. How do you survive the zombie apocalypse when you started it?

Digby Graves, a deceased medieval peasant with delusions of grandeur, is trying to figure out how the hell he ended up in Seattle 800 years after his death. Also, why does he have necrotic magic coursing through his zombified body? Added to that is the fact that he made a terrible first impression the moment he woke up by lunging at the first person that came into biting range. 

Now, the curse he's unleashed is loose in the world. Digby has a target on his back and only fragmented memories of his death. He needs to survive long enough to put the pieces back together, learn what it means to lead the horde, and master his power over the dead. Digby might even find a few accomplices along the way, if he can hold off on eating them.

The end of the world is gonna get weird.

©2021 David Petrie (P)2021 Mountaindale Press

Finally, a Zombie Apocalypse written by an Author who graduated high school.

Granted this is as much GameLit as it is a Zombie book. However, in spite of having tried to listen to many of the Zombie books on Audible, only a handful could be said to be written by actual authors.

99% of what’s available on Audible in this genre is unedited, abysmally conceived, and poorly executed garbage, with plots so thin you could use them to jimmy a door lock.

So what a surprise it was when I found this book to be engaging, well written, and funny. Whether you’re a GameLit fan, or an apocalypse junky, or just a sci-if/fantasy enthusiast you won’t be disappointed.

Resident Evil, Zombies, LITRPG all into one glorious package

First off let’s start with how this book literally kept me to the point were I refused to stop listening to it.

Our MC storms a castle, becomes a Mage, dies, becomes living dead, is woken by some scientists 800 years later, accidentally starts a zombie apocalypse, and now has to run by some zealots who want a new world order. Like can a guy catch a break. Their are twists and turns and a snarky system giving him updates.

Excellent flow to the book and character development. The flashbacks are nice to fill in the backstory and flush out the characters. As usual Travis did an amazing job with Narration. Definitely worth the credit and can’t wait for the next book in the series.

annoying support character

The story is great except for the one support character that spends most of their time justifying their cooperate overlords and villianizing the MC. It's just distracting and annoying how much effort the author puts into justifying her and making the MC break himself to accommodate her. The author has no issues dismissing or killing other possible and better(literally EVERY other person he runs into/helps is more helpful and understanding). The parts without her in it are just so smooth and easy to follow, it's just a drag every time she comes in with her self-righteous, annoying, and needy self. OMG, Becky is annoying. I am not done yet, and maybe the character will make a 180 in the last 1/4 of the book, but I've had to stop the book and take a break from it a few times. Always because of this pointlessly annoying character's asinine negativity. Through the story, you can see how forced her presence is and it makes me dismissive of getting the next book.

Ravenous

I don't know if I started the LitRPG genre is essentially funny and well written or if I started with brilliance.

An Apocalypse to Die For

Laugh out loud fun, intense action, genuine scares - this end of the world has it all. Bring your darker sense of humor.
I'd love to see someone animate the scene from chapter 39, music included!!

litrpg/Zombie

this is a great book. the story and the mc is well written. I enjoyed this book and can't wait until book 2.

A terrific book for the spooky minded

Ravenous caught my eye while looking at books. having an extra credit I decided to try. within the first few minutes I was heavily invested in this story and the characters in it. Digby Graves (haha) is a well fleshed out (sorry) character finding himself in a world that has moved on without him. I grew into if not liking or sympathizing then respecting his morals and how he takes everything from betrayal, power, and other things that happen to him.

Yes just Yes!

This is everything you love in a LitRPG without any of the whiny annoying MC, or Gary sue, or harem crap that you never want but seems to be in 3/4th of all the books in this Genre. This is straight up a good book that you can read and enjoy no matter if you like the genre or not, but if you like the genre then this is the next best series you are going to read and you will pre-order the next book.

A really enjoyable zombie apocalypse LITRPG

I have only seen a few authors attempt a zombie apocalypse LITRPG story and of those all but the rare few involve a human gamer against zombies.

Most that try the zombie gamer route end up writing themselves in a corner since even a semi intelligent zombie could easily overwhelm a settlement. By gathering guns and explosives from overrun army bases and armored vehicles. So the issue is how does your gamer zombie not wipe put his enamies without making them constantly make bad decisions?

Well this author decided not to worry about that. They decided that the humans are not the enemy of the gamer zombie. In fact he has a soft spot for those he considers innocent of those that had been beat down by society. His enemy is a group with similar advantages that he has but with a much stronger military might that he has to constantly fly work to try and overwhelm.

That said his goal so far isn’t to overwhelm anyone. He wants to find a way to escape his pursuers and maybe become human again. All he wants is a bit of normalcy in his life, or should I say Unlife? That said what’s normal even mean for an 800 year old former peasant zombie Mage who spent 8 centuries in ice in the middle of a bustling city?

good premis horrible chars

the premis of the book is good, who dosnet like a good zombie apocalypse? the side chars needs to die, No not undead but die they are horrible, the Main char is ok at best, we have the typical "i dont Play by the rules - woman", "the angsty teen boy", "the i struggle with moral dillema, but i need to do good dude". this Could had been great, but instead it falls flat, i will not be conteniueing the series. the narrator does a good job with this dumpster fire of generic chars.

Brilliant - Very different from what I was expecting

A really nice and interesting take on a zombie LitRPG - the story is interesting, very different from what you expect and it flows nicely. I love the main character, which with his unique background adds substantially to this books depth, well worth a listen.

can't wait for more

loved the characters and the flow. Good narration. was impressed how the story made you feel for the main character even as the morality came into question. can't wait to continue the story.

suprisingly good

I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I wasn't to sure it would be my kind of book going through the first chapters but along the way it really drew me in. Both the writing and the narration are in point, well done!

Fun

A well written bit of lite fun . If you don't like litrpg it won't ruin a entertaining story . And if you love litrpg there's move than enough of it here for you . But it's part of the story , not the story it's self . Just a fun book that keeps you entertained . Will be getting the next one . The narrator was excellent

great narrator and story

I loved every character they where distinctive and recognisable the story was well thought out

Exciting and hillarious. GameLiy at its best

I love this series. It’s GameLit but the mechanics are logical and don’t intrude and on the most important thing, a good story.

Digby is a great character, totally flawed but still relatable.

I’ll stop there as I don’t want to give spoilers, but short version. Buy it, read it (or in this case, listen to it).

Creative premise, good writing and solid story

I have little to mope about in regards to this book!

Solid on writing, story, characters, no tropes or uber-power fantasy.

The main character is bit of a 'puckish rogue' anti-hero, maybe a little bit arrogant, but always in a fun way, never annoying.

Its not the next Asimov or anything, but damned if its not a solid entertaining story.

excellent

it was an excellent book throughout can't wait to read the next one always hitting mess with zombie books but this one was a very good one

Fun Zombie Romp

This book is exactly like the cover suggests it's going to be - it's a fun zombie romp, leaning more into adventure than horror.

Basic summary: a dude from the middle ages gets turned into a zombie and wakes up in slightly-future America (tech is a bit more advanced, but only by maybe 30 years or so). He unintentionally starts a zombie outbreak when he bites someone, and then story goes on from there. There are lots of powers, not too many stat pages (good for audio) and some really creative uses to the abilities that the MC is given.

There were some issues with the book, to be sure (the MC is a jerk for most of the book, and not in a good way, and the flashbacks are annoying), but the story was just so much fun that these were easy to ignore. I found myself wanting to listen to this story at every opportunity I could, even if I could only put in my headphones for a couple of minutes. This adventure reeled me in... I just wanted more, more more. If you like fun, light-hearted romps with a dash of zombie, this one is for you.

Great series

If you are looking for a book that is a little darker look no farther. David Petrie does a great job bring to unlife Digby Graves. He is a zombie necromancer from the 1200s that is frozen in ice and thawed out in current day Seattle. David does a great job character building setting up a great plot line.