Survivors

The Morningstar Strain, Book 3

By: Z. A. Recht, Thom Brannan

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 12 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Survivors is the all-new soul-shattering climax to the postapocalyptic trilogy, featuring a deadly virus, military action, global devastation - and zombies.

A lot can change in three months: Wars can be decided, nations can be forged...or entire species can be brought to the brink of annihilation. The Morningstar Virus, an incredibly virulent disease, has swept the face of the planet, infecting billions. The infected hosts rampage, attacking anything that remains uninfected. Even death can’t stop the virus - its victims become frightening and deadly cannibals. Scattered across the world, embattled groups have persevered. For some, surviving is the pinnacle of achievement. Others hoard goods and weapons. And still others leverage power over the remnants of humanity in the form of a mysterious cure for Morningstar. For the survivors, the peril remains, and the search for a cure goes on....

©2012 Z.A. Recht (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

so many holes in logic in this last story.

the writer didn't do much research into what he was writing about. like having the car rusty out in several months

Loved it

What did you like best about this story?

Loved all 3 books, didn't want the story to end. Great characters

Any additional comments?

I think this is a must read

Absolutely wonderful series

Love this series. A wonderful set of books. Great performance and narration, had buy each book the one after the other because I had to know how it ended. I hope did the author and narrator collaborate in the future. recommended highly

Riveting series

mind blowing excitement. I was sad to see it end. completely enjoyed it.. wish there was more. but it ended well.

I just love this Series!!

I listened to the first two books not to long ago. And when the final 3rd book came out on audio, I listened to the first two books again and then capped it off with Survivors. I just loved the entire series. This 3rd book was another listen strait thru kind of book. I thought he was off on Brewster's voice. And I didn't like the Very Very end. But it did have an ending I was ok with. But its a great zombie Series. One of the best.

Meh...at least it's done

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

It's worth it to finish out the series if you've read the first two. This series wasn't the best of the military-esque zombie survival genre to begin with (WWZ is probably the pinnacle, and Day-by-Day Armageddon was considerably more compelling until it went off the rails)...but it was enjoyable enough. Part of me really thinks that the original author would have had some decent twists that would of upset the predictability carried out in this story line. But, it is what it is. You live with characters through two books, you want to find out what happens to them.

Have you listened to any of Oliver Wyman???s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Slightly sub-par...but not bad.

Awesome series

This was a really enjoyable series overall. The third installment picked up right where 2 left off and delivered a great end. I would recommend this series to anyone who likes zombie stories.

not my cup of tea

What did you like best about Survivors? What did you like least?

If you like zombie books it may have been good but i just did not like it.

Has Survivors turned you off from other books in this genre?

yes

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

less stoner military guys

Different Author, Different Story

Any additional comments?

A lot of people are complaining and its pretty easy to figure out why. The problem is that they picked up this book expecting it to be the same as the last two. And that's where the problem lies. See... Recht passed away prior to finishing the book (or writing any of it, depending on what you read). Not only that, but apparently it was sudden and unexpected as he was only 26. I doubt he left many, if any, notes on finishing the series.

So this is Thom Brannan's interpretation of how the series would end. I do not completely agree with this vision of how it ended, and I think had Recht wrote it, it would be quite different. That said, the story, as it is, is not a bad one. The book was pretty good. I liked it. I see a lot of different complaints, and I understand them, but see the reason why it was done differently.

If you liked the first two, don't let all the bad reviews kill it for you. But read it as Brannan's interpretation of how the series would end, and not as Recht's ending. Because if you are expecting it to continue on exactly as it has been, you might end up disappointed.

nice

loved it.
no stone was left un turned hated that a certain charecter died. follow up please.