Undead Journey

Contamination Z, Book 2

By: Starr Arnold

Narrated by: Stephanie Triplett

Alan Tanner wasn't prepared for this new world. Men that completely lost their moral compas, the possibility of smart zombies, a real-life mad scientist, and the realization that the one organization who could be the hope for humanity were the ones who created the zombies....on purpose.

Now, a member of their group wants to leave their safe haven, forcing our circle of survivors to make some hard choices.

Alan knew they had been lucky in this new world full of horrors...but luck always runs out.

Undead Journey is the second book in the Contamination Z series.

©2023 Starr Arnold (P)2025 Starr Arnold

New ideas for a tired trope

I’ve gotta preface this by saying I’ve always been a fan of a zombie story. Return of the living dead was my first rated R movie the first time I’d ever seen.b00bs. It was life-changing. But over the years we’ve been inundated with zombie lore and so we rarely see anything new. Fast zombies, smart zombies, werezombies, I think I’ve seen it all until this book. I don’t wanna give it away, but as a scientist, I can say I love the idea of incomplete penetrance. Now, I know that sounds a bit risqué, but look it up. It’s really not.. And that’s all I’m gonna say about the science behind this authors undead creations. I also really like that the characters weren’t complete morons, but at the same time there was no OP heroes or deuce ex machina . In short, it’s smart and well written.
The narrator was excellent with her country twang. I mean, we are in Texas and so it fits. It sounds very natural. Because there’s nothing I hate worse than someone trying to fake a country accent. I’d like to hear pride and prejudice in that accent. Her voice work especially for the male characters seem more polished than the first book, and it was good to start with. And if you’ve read this far and care at all, our names are coincidence.

quick fun read!

fun to revisit these characters! highly entertaining quick read! excited for book 3 to release on audio