Ex-Heroes

By: Peter Clines

Narrated by: Jay Snyder, Khristine Hvam

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes. Vigilantes. Crusaders for justice, using their superhuman abilites to make Los Angeles a better place. Then the plague of living death spread around the globe. Despite the best efforts of the superheroes, the police, and the military, the hungry corpses rose up and overwhelmed the country. The population was decimated, heroes fell, and the city of angels was left a desolate zombie wasteland like so many others.

Now, a year later, the Mighty Dragon and his companions must overcome their differences and recover from their own scars to protect the thousands of survivors sheltered in their film studio-turned-fortress, the Mount. The heroes lead teams out to scavenge supplies, keep the peace within the walls of their home, and try to be the symbols the survivors so desperately need. For while the ex-humans walk the streets night and day, they are not the only threat left in the world, and the people of the Mount are not the only survivors left in Los Angeles. Across the city, another group has grown and gained power. And they are not heroes.

©2010 Peter Clines (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

An interesting and unique take on zompoc

I read thru this book in one day. It's the best new idea, to me, in the zompoc genre. Peter Kline doesn't mind taking out the good guys if necessary, but the good guys give lots of butt kicking too. And patient zero....wow!

Great genres make for great stories blended together

Supers or Powers zombies or villains apocalypse Hollywood twist turns and more to the story then you can imagine. An adventure in stance fantastic times and universe shattering events come along and join the journey you will never be the same again .

I'm enjoying the series

The multiple voice actors doing the scenes is really enjoyable and the cast of characters are likable. It's a super hero adventure at the end of the world and it mixes those genres nicely

got good a little too late...

honestly this book started off slow and didnt pick up until the end. it was great in terms of backstory and character build but in general it seemed to just mash togather and would have translated alot better in graphic novels not a book.. good but a stretch to read

What is it with the Zombie thing?

Would you consider the audio edition of Ex-Heroes to be better than the print version?

unknown

What did you like best about this story?

Heroes arising from the ranks of ordinary men/women. The accurate portrayal of some coping and some panicking is true to form. (accurate. In a mass casualty event - psychological injury will out number physical injury by greater than 10: 1)

Which scene was your favorite?

Descriptions of Stealth's physique

Any additional comments?

Interesting twist on the mutant/zombie theme. Author did well. What is it with the Zombie thing? Why are authors. movies makers so into this theme. Why is our gov't spending serious money drilling on Zombie problems where they suppress/terminate large numbers of unarmed defenseless citizens...Oh wait............. :-(

Hooked on Peter Cline

Just bought the next two books in this series- fun listen, keeps me entertained and I don't loose interest.

Cool idea and plot. Mediocre writing.

I listened all the way through and like the idea, setting and plot. The characters were a bit too cartoonish and the writing mediocre. will not listen to any of the sequels.

Ok at best

Post-apocalyptic Earth, where zombies are the reason why. A small group of normal people & a fiew super heroes fight to stay alive.

The story is ok but, everything is over described & most of it is BLA BLA stuff that isn't real interesting: they go here, fing this, do that, ect. The action is light & sporatic.

Performance is ok

So good... so good...

If you could sum up Ex-Heroes in three words, what would they be?

Totally. Friggen. Awesome.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Ex-Heroes?

How you discover the zombie apocalypse comes about.

Any additional comments?

Such a great book. Fantastic story, love the going back and forth between the past and the present. Narrators are great. Adds lots of weight to the story telling.

I can't even

was a little slow but then , holy Jesus, everything blew my mind. it was like a punch to the brain where your mind would be like "THAT PLOT TWIST!!! UGHRHRHR!!!" and your mind would melt inside your brain.