The Apocalypse: The Undead World Novel 1 (Volume 1)

De: Peter Meredith

Narrado por: Basil Sands

Greed, terrorism, and simple bad luck conspire to bring mankind to its knees as a viral infection spreads out of control, reducing those infected to undead horrors that feed upon the rest. It's a time of misery and death for most, however there are some who are lucky, some who are fast, and some who are just too damned tough to go down without a fight. This is their story.

©2013 Peter Meredith (P)2014 Peter Meredith

Decent story at heart, cluttered by author issues

I had a really hard time coming up with a complete and coherent review to this one. The core story is a decent example of the Zombie genre, more reminiscent of "The Walking Dead" and "28 Days" than some of the more mystical approaches. Nice usage of contemporary political and terrorist elements in the creation of an apocalypse scenario.

But, the story is bogged down by the author's personal issues. The actual narrative is laden with latent sexual frustration, assumptions of gender issues, and a racial sub-plot which could be an effective side-story, if not for the author's decision to include both a forward and afterward note. These notes are so angry and defensive, it colors the entire production, and one has to wade through the chips on the author's shoulders to reach the story. Rather than simply standing by what he's written, or even taking some input for future stories, the author lashes out at readers (listeners) before they've even started the tale.

Basil Sands provides a solid, if somewhat un-nuanced narration of this one. I found him excellently matched to the backstory and general narrative, but stilted and awkward as a love scene narrator. To be fair, I didn't find the love scenes particularly well written, and thought they should have been alluded to, and then skipped past.

I think if the story had a good thorough editing to clean up some of the baggage, it would score a solid 3.5 - 4 stars, as it stands the clutter left me feeling like I heard the entire thing from a literary arm's distance.

Awesome

Amazing, gripping story. Never have I wanted to see an antagonist die so badly. Kudos Peter. I am looking forward to the next book.

Looking forward to rest of the series.

I was surprised that a large number of people thought this story was racist or sexist. I didn't feel like the author had an agenda of any kind. The author is former military, but I didn't think this was biased towards or against the armed services.

Overall I thought this was a very good "one man's version of the apocalypse".

The best!!!

I've read/listened to this series 4 times since January. this author is an amazing story teller. the details of each character and the lack of PC makes this first book great!

Made me mad at times!!

What did you love best about The Apocalypse: The Undead World Novel 1 (Volume 1)?

I really loved the performance he did great in all the voices. I found myself mad at times which is a good thing? I got caught up in the story so when certain events happened I wanted to jump in and strangle some people. I think that's a good thing as it got me emotionally attached. I loved the ending how things tied together as perspective.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Neil, his transformation from a weak almost non-extant person to somebody with edge and pride was great.

Which character – as performed by Basil Sands – was your favorite?

Cassandra, I can here the sassy in the voice!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yeah, it gave me mixed emotions and I wanted more.

Any additional comments?

If your in to zombie post apocalypse than you'll love this. That being said only if you can accept that in a zombie apocalypse people are to look out for them selves and it's not always a happy ending.