Zombie Road II

Bloodbath on the Blacktop

By: David A. Simpson

Narrated by: Eric A. Shelman

Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Book two in a thrilling new series.

The people that tried to kill the world almost succeeded. They were fiendishly clever but they didn't take into account the vets, the truckers, and the two-fisted fighters who didn't know how to give up.

Gunny and his band of survivors continue their journey along the Zombie Road, saving as many as they can along the way. They power through the undead hordes with their modified semi-trucks to beat the ticking clock of nuclear meltdowns.

Lacy fights her way out of the high-rise office building and the kids who had managed to escape the high school and make it home face a new enemy. Boredom.

New evil raises its ugly head and new heroes are born as they all battle to make it to a place of safety.

Get ready for a bloodbath on the blacktop.

©2017 David A. Simpson (P)2017 David A.Simpson

What more can a zombie addict want

I was very pleased to see this title considering I only just stumbled across Zombie Road earlier this month which I loved.

I am even more pleased to say that this one is even better than the first. The action picks up in every way. The storyline continues to develop depth and the characters continue to become more likeable. I get the feeling that these characters are based on real life friends of the author and the affection the author has for the characters is endearing. 

Eric A Shelman continues to impress as the narrator. I also noticed an increasing use sound effects. For example, the use of echoes. This helps the listener get into the story. In the past I have not been a fan of this sort of thing and have been vocal against the use of such things, probably because it has been overdone in the past. Not in this case, it was not a distraction and it just felt natural. Eric A Shelman really did have a difficult task in this one, the sheer number of different characters would be quite a challenge for any narrator. The length of this one nearly 11 hours so even when I increase the speed to 1.25x speed which is what I normally do, the dollar per hour ratio is not over affected.

The story goes up a notch in the use of not just trucks but trains! Seriously what more can a zombie addict want!

This fast Fatman is sitting on his motorcycle with the biggest grin and two fat thumbs held high in the air with a HUGE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY! This fatman's advice is buy buy buy!

EXCELLENT ADVENTURES IN ZOMBIE LAND!

What a unique twist on normal Zombie fare. Love the convoy and welcoming of strangers along the way to their journey. Of course, there seems to always be a price to pay when people unknown join a group of survivors... wouldn’t be as exciting if it were otherwise.

Onto book three. . .

Right-Wing Babble

The characters are interesting with a ring of authenticity as to the choices they made while faced with the end of the world. I’m a military retiree and the military veteran angle is what compelled me to continue reading in spite of the many red flags of book one. I disliked the Muslim bashing and the right wing talking points this book was littered with. Book one of this series mentioned the Muslim plot to take over the world but I decided to give the story line the benefit of the doubt. Wrong answer! This book took the Muslim bashing to an unacceptable level. I’ll never purchase nor read another one of this author’s work. The right wing faux patriotic babble was so bad in this book that I’m surprised the author didn’t depict one of the characters as an ardent Trump supporter/ zombie slayer.

MAGA zombie book.

It’s not the worst zombie/post apocalypse book I’ve Listened to. And I am very used to a more right leaning pro-gun political lecturing of most of the books in the genre. But this series seams to be more interested in mocking the left and justifying a overly racist plot, than actually telling a story about fighting zombies. And there’s not a lot of subtleties in this book. In the first couple chapters I saw almost everything that was being laying out in the series. I wish these books had a better educator, because the repeating of political believes and descriptions of the transformations of some of the characters are almost Word for Word Petes from the first part of the book to the later on in the park. Don’t spend 10 minutes telling me what a piece of shit a Hollywood producer is because he owns a fast car never held a gun, and then justify your main character being given cocaines so that he could fight better... and then take the character out to fight bikers who spend their day drunk and high. But all of that gets swept under the rug because this book has a very big ax to grind against non-Christian religions and opponents of right wing politics. Again it’s not a BAD zombie book, but more then a few time I had turned it off because I just didn’t want to listen to such a narrow self-righteous view of the world.

Gunney for President!

Great story and great characters! I am not what you'd call a typical zombie fan. I'm a grandmother! But I sure love this series! When you get right down to brass tacks I only want to read about people I care about. The writing makes me care about these people and their journey. Nicely done Mr. Simpson. I am about to get on with my journey with ZR3! My only thing is I would have loved to get some more insight on the "involvement" of Madame President in ZR2. I will say the sparse info has made me madly curious to get to the next book.

If you like a book of bleeding heart....zombies!

Another book chocked full of gory ways to stab, cut, and maul zombies for people who are tired of just shooting them. It IS called Zombie Road. And this one has trains. So, get ready for some harder impact flying zombie gore and body parts. Of course, there's still lots of laughs and jabs between Stabby and band of merry men.

It's a great book with lots of action. A very enjoyable story that is well thought out and put together. But there's also lots to think about in this series if you have the ears to hear it.

Eric A Shelman brings it to life, making each character more real, their emotion tangible. He tells masterfully as only he can.

Thank you David, for writing about our military, and whatever ghosts they bring back. Special Thanks to all of our military!

Excellent!

I am totally engaged in this story. I am anxiously waiting for the next audiobook.

It was a great book.

Didn't think I'd like it, but I did. It kept me interested the whole time.

Wow

Wow, the author is totally racist and insane. Don’t read unless you hate all Muslims.

Action packed and extraordinarily awesome

And extraordinarily awesome zombie apocalypse story. Outstanding cast of characters very well written and a page turner from beginning to end. I read the book and I listen to the audiobook. Both are outstanding. Listening to an audiobook the narrator gives a voice to all of the different characters in a book. The author is extensively knowledgeable on everything he writes. It makes it a believable tell even though it is an imagined story. The narrator does an outstanding job as well and brings the story to life. If you like zombie apocalypse books this series is a definite must read and must listen to. Check them all out

can't wait for the next book<br />

You know you've been listening to a good book when your truly gutted it has finished. I can't wait for the next book in this series

Awesome!

Love it!!
Binge-listened to book 1 and 2 in under a week, absolutely awesome work, can’t wait to sink my teeth into the rest of the series!

Bang on

Really enjoying this new series of books I recently came across. Good storylines and great characters

Even better

I cannot listen fast enough to this series. I am absolutely loving it so far. In this instalment, we hear more about the exploits of Gunny, Lacy and their son Jessie. The most “on the edge of my seat” moments, involve Jessie and his friends. There is a twist discovered about who knew beforehand about the virus....I’m sure this will be expended on.

I love the character development and how for the most part they are “ordinary” people. I’m currently listening to book 3 and I will be downloading books 4, 5 & 6.

Very good

Excellent story. Looking forward to book three. Brilliant narrator and easy to follow . Highly recommend.

brilliant book

I loved this second instalment of zombie road. the characters are only getting better and I'm really looking forward to number 3

Great Story

My only criticism is zero effort by the narrator to give the female characters different voices, i.e. not deep male voices! Other than that really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone.