Day By Day Armageddon

By: J. L. Bourne

Narrated by: Jay Snyder

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Start intercept: Sporadic reports indicate chaos and violence spreading through U.S. cities. An unknown evil is sweeping the planet. The dead are rising to claim the Earth as the new dominant species in the food chain. Intercept complete.

In your hands is the handwritten journal depicting one man's struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them. Enter, if you will, into the world of the undead.

©2009 J.L. Bourne (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"There is zombie fiction and then there is crawl-out-of-the-grave-and-drag-you-to-hell zombie fiction. Day by Day Armageddon is hands down the best zombie book I have ever read. Dawn of the Dead meets 28 Days Later doesn't even come close to describing how fantastic this thriller is. It is so real, so terrifying, and so well written that I slept with not one, but two loaded Glocks under my pillow for weeks afterwards. J. L. Bourne is the new king of hardcore zombie action!" (Brad Thor, New York Times #1 best-selling author)

awesome

I own and have read the books, but the audio hit different. It was performed well and naturally the story is great. I love being able to listen to it while driving. It's like a well described movie playing in your head.

Very entertaining

This selection from the zombie genre is highly entertaining. The story is well thought out and the characters are realistic. The journal entry format is fun and engaging of the imagination.
If you like zombie stories that aren’t cheesy then this is a great selection .
I gave it a five star rating all around because the production had me riveted and constantly eager to hear each developing scenario .
The author does an amazing job making you feel like you are right there silently safely witnessing it all
Unfold . Enjoy !

A bit dated now

I was disappointed in the cliché action and storyline of this novel. What was new was for me the stupidity of bombing American cities to try & snuff out the undead. The story doesn’t get anymore interesting after the bombing. I stopped listening with over 3 hours to go.

A new twist to a great tale.

JL Bourne presents us with a realistic zombie tale (if there can be such thing as a realistic zombie tale) told from a unique perspective; excerpts from a survivors diary. This is such a fresh twist to the standard narrative coupled with a excellent edge-of-your-seat zombie story.

If you like zombies then you will love this book

I really enjoyed this novel. I LOVE books and movies about the end of the world so if you DON'T then I am not the person to ask... Zombies are one of my favorite ways to end it. The story moves along at a good pace. It is easy reading...just the right amount of details. Not going to go down in history as a classic but....can't wait to read book 2.

One of the few actually good zombie novels.

I have tried quite a few zombie novels and most of them are awful. I don't need alot of plot, but some story is necessary. The characters were very likeable and I didn't cheer for their demise to just see them go away. Most of the other novels have people doing extremely stupid things that would never make any sense, just to make a plot where otherwise there would be none. I would love to see this as a series of books, I loved the way it was done as a journal (which I had serious doubts about being fun to listen to). Others have complained about the abrupt ending, I liked the ending; lives it open for other books. Honestly, it is a journal and I was expecting an ending where he says he plans on going out to explore something and then the journal entries just stop. Its not like he can report his own death.

Exciting Lesson of Survival

STORY (zombie/apocalypse) - This was my first venture into this genre, and I did so with reservations. I don't like a lot of fighting and gratuitous gore, and I only occasionally enjoy books about supernaturals. This book had its share of violence, but the main concentration was the survival of a handful of humans in zombie-infested south Texas after the government nuked major cities in an attempt to reduce the zombie population.

The story is told in a diary-type format, so the narrator is reading dates, times and events in the past tense. It's suspenseful and maybe a little depressing, but I really enjoyed how the survivors found each other and banded together to fight against incredible odds. They were clever, resourceful and managed to find food and shelter while simultaneously looking for other survivors and fighting to stay alive. I play to listen to the second book in this series, but if the focus changes from interesting survival mode to a gore-fest, I will stop ASAP.

PERFORMANCE - The narrator had an easy job (basically reading from a diary), but he did it well.

OVERALL - This book is interesting, action-packed and should be enjoyable for most listeners. Violence and foul language may be offensive to some.

Zombie Awesomeness!!!

Any additional comments?

I discovered this book with Audible's Shock-tober promotion. I was looking for a good zombie book to help with my excitement of AMC's The Walking Dead Season 3 premire. WOW! If you are a fan of The Walking Dead, then you will love this book! It's a day to day account of what its like to live in a world where the dead are trying to eat you.

This book is a page turner and a nail biter. The narrator is excellent and did a fabulous job. I highly recommend! (Scared the hell out of me!)

Brilliant, Best credit I have spent yet!

Best credit I have spent yet! Good story, charactors yuo care about, can't wait for the next one (i listened to the first and second novel back to back).

Thoroughly enjoyable.

Where does Day By Day Armageddon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is one that I will listen to again in the near future. Really enjoyed it.

Any additional comments?

I haven't listened to any Zombie stories before, but this one caused me to laugh out loud on several occasions. The writing is wonderful, and the humor is unmissable.If you enjoy a good story with difficult situations that need to be solved, the occasional creative use of tactics, and a great survival story, than this is a good story and worth listening to.