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Hive
Nearly two hundred years after the planet was ravaged by millions of undead Zees, the human race is still struggling to rebuild. The Zees may be long gone, but so too are centuries of scientific advancement.
A group calling themselves The Keepers of Knowledge have set out to retrieve and protect what little technology survived the fall. When four of their Prospectors go missing, the Keepers turn to a no-nonsense mercenary named Azina and her eclectic crew of hardened veterans to find them.
The search leads the group to a crumbling underground city. But what looks like just another ruin from a bygone era isn’t nearly as deserted as it appears. Soon, a simple rescue mission becomes a slippery descent into hell as Azina and her men unwittingly awaken a savage, bloodthirsty world. Who will stand and fight, and who will be lucky enough to stay dead?
HIVE is a 20,000-word (80 page) action-packed zombie novel unlike anything you've read before.
A group calling themselves The Keepers of Knowledge have set out to retrieve and protect what little technology survived the fall. When four of their Prospectors go missing, the Keepers turn to a no-nonsense mercenary named Azina and her eclectic crew of hardened veterans to find them.
The search leads the group to a crumbling underground city. But what looks like just another ruin from a bygone era isn’t nearly as deserted as it appears. Soon, a simple rescue mission becomes a slippery descent into hell as Azina and her men unwittingly awaken a savage, bloodthirsty world. Who will stand and fight, and who will be lucky enough to stay dead?
HIVE is a 20,000-word (80 page) action-packed zombie novel unlike anything you've read before.
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First published January 19, 2012
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April 5, 2012
There's a fallacy floating around out there that a good enough book will appeal to everyone. Frankly, I don't buy that. I write stories that I want to read. Hive is one of those stories. It has bloodthirsty zombies, lots of action and a cast of interesting and thoroughly flawed characters.
But I took a real chance with this one. I wanted to slide the reader right into the front seat, so I wrote it in first person, present tense. This was something new I'd never done before, and I also realized that while many may love the experience, it might not appeal to everyone. Personally, I think this is my best work to date. I hope you'll agree.
Griffin Hayes
But I took a real chance with this one. I wanted to slide the reader right into the front seat, so I wrote it in first person, present tense. This was something new I'd never done before, and I also realized that while many may love the experience, it might not appeal to everyone. Personally, I think this is my best work to date. I hope you'll agree.
Griffin Hayes
August 20, 2012
They are soulless killers, zombies or Zee for short in this story.
They were called "The Volgoroth"
It all began nearly two centuries ago the decline the human race began to regress. The powers that be then felt the need to start pumping a psychotropic substance into the water.
Cells. Genetics. Evolution.
The population reached a point of no return all hell broke loose they were divide across the land, some of the players and pushers were called Traders, Keepers and Prospectors. A group of mercenaries are hired on a mission by Keepers and are about to relive the bloody horrors they thought was left behind and vanquished.
A zombie tale presented in a visceral fashion, the author goes straight to the action of the story and it all unfolds in your minds imagery quite well like a good movie flick. This was short I only wished he went on a bit longer before he stopped the story, I just hope he delivers with an equally good continuation to this zombie story.
This story and The Hungry by Harry Shannon brings zombies in a clear cut style of storytelling in just the right balance of plot, characters, dialogue, description, thrill and horror.
also @ http://more2read.com/review/hive-no-mans-land-series-1-by-griffin-hayes/
They were called "The Volgoroth"
It all began nearly two centuries ago the decline the human race began to regress. The powers that be then felt the need to start pumping a psychotropic substance into the water.
Cells. Genetics. Evolution.
The population reached a point of no return all hell broke loose they were divide across the land, some of the players and pushers were called Traders, Keepers and Prospectors. A group of mercenaries are hired on a mission by Keepers and are about to relive the bloody horrors they thought was left behind and vanquished.
A zombie tale presented in a visceral fashion, the author goes straight to the action of the story and it all unfolds in your minds imagery quite well like a good movie flick. This was short I only wished he went on a bit longer before he stopped the story, I just hope he delivers with an equally good continuation to this zombie story.
This story and The Hungry by Harry Shannon brings zombies in a clear cut style of storytelling in just the right balance of plot, characters, dialogue, description, thrill and horror.
"It's hard to say what drives men in desperate times, and harder still to judge the decisions they make. In his day, the world outside was swarming with the worst kind of loud thirsty monsters. Those must have been bleak times indeed, and thinking about it now, I'm still not entirely sure how humanity managed to pull through."
"Broken glass crunches under my feet as I clear the doorway. I'm not sure what Cartier used to sell, but it must have been worth a ton for pennies to run off on his own."
also @ http://more2read.com/review/hive-no-mans-land-series-1-by-griffin-hayes/
February 20, 2012
I’m pretty sure that I’ve said this before, probably on one of my opinionated articles on a Harry Shannon book, but the zombie subgenre is getting old. It surprises me how it just keeps on ticking without even a sign of it slowing down. The subgenre, in itself, is like a slumbering, moaning creature that should be dead but keeps on coming. A zombie of which you cannot shoot in the head, no matter how hard you try, and put an end to the whole thing.
But saying such things makes me a hypocrite. I still read about zombies, even though I’m tired of them. But every once in a while, an author has an interesting idea, or something new they can offer to an over-bloated genre, and I think that Hive, by Griffin Hayes, is quite possibly that. I say possibly, because Hive is just the very beginning of a new series, and the story itself, an action packed romp through a long abandoned mall, packs some serious heat.
Taking place two-hundred years after the initial zombie apocalypse, Azina and her team are sent into said mall after a group of Prospectors have gone missing. Somehow, and I’m not sure why, the story reminded me of Aliens, and I couldn’t help but think of the character, Bron, played by Ron Perlman. Which brings me to Griffin’s strength, of which seems to have even improved since the first book I’ve read by him, Malice. His strength is in his characters. They all have their own personalities and never stray from what is at their inner core. They feel like real people. And they are fun to follow.
The only thing that bothered me about Hive was the first-person, present-tense narrative. Although it worked for the most part, there were times where it felt like the story should have been told in the past-tense. It seemed as though it might have been written the first time around in the past-tense and then was switched to the present-tense for whatever reason.
But seriously, all nitpicks aside, if you’re looking for a fun time with the ancient undead, I implore you to give Hive a try. It’s cheap, it’s short, and most implortantly, it’s terribly fun. I’m excited to see where this series is going and what Griffin will do with these characters he’s created. Come along for the ride. It’s bound to be interesting.
But saying such things makes me a hypocrite. I still read about zombies, even though I’m tired of them. But every once in a while, an author has an interesting idea, or something new they can offer to an over-bloated genre, and I think that Hive, by Griffin Hayes, is quite possibly that. I say possibly, because Hive is just the very beginning of a new series, and the story itself, an action packed romp through a long abandoned mall, packs some serious heat.
Taking place two-hundred years after the initial zombie apocalypse, Azina and her team are sent into said mall after a group of Prospectors have gone missing. Somehow, and I’m not sure why, the story reminded me of Aliens, and I couldn’t help but think of the character, Bron, played by Ron Perlman. Which brings me to Griffin’s strength, of which seems to have even improved since the first book I’ve read by him, Malice. His strength is in his characters. They all have their own personalities and never stray from what is at their inner core. They feel like real people. And they are fun to follow.
The only thing that bothered me about Hive was the first-person, present-tense narrative. Although it worked for the most part, there were times where it felt like the story should have been told in the past-tense. It seemed as though it might have been written the first time around in the past-tense and then was switched to the present-tense for whatever reason.
But seriously, all nitpicks aside, if you’re looking for a fun time with the ancient undead, I implore you to give Hive a try. It’s cheap, it’s short, and most implortantly, it’s terribly fun. I’m excited to see where this series is going and what Griffin will do with these characters he’s created. Come along for the ride. It’s bound to be interesting.
August 6, 2016
-¿Comienzo del apocalipsis después del apocalipsis?.-
Género. Novela corta.
Lo que nos cuenta. Azina está al mando de un grupo de mercenarios contratados por los Guardianes del Conocimiento de Sotercity para encontrar a un pequeño grupo de Prospectores a cambio de una considerable cantidad de sal. Y es que han pasado ya más de doscientos años desde que la civilización cayó bajo el empuje de unas hordas sedientas de carne humana, y los supervivientes están empezando a crear una nueva sociedad con el apoyo de los Guardianes del Conocimiento, que tratan de que lo poco del saber y tecnología antiguos que han sobrevivido no se pierdan. Pero el último lugar donde se sabe que estuvieron los Prospectores son unas ruinas cuya entrada parece bloqueada, pero no para evitar que nadie entre, sino que parece cerrada para que nada salga. Primer libro de la serie Hive.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
Género. Novela corta.
Lo que nos cuenta. Azina está al mando de un grupo de mercenarios contratados por los Guardianes del Conocimiento de Sotercity para encontrar a un pequeño grupo de Prospectores a cambio de una considerable cantidad de sal. Y es que han pasado ya más de doscientos años desde que la civilización cayó bajo el empuje de unas hordas sedientas de carne humana, y los supervivientes están empezando a crear una nueva sociedad con el apoyo de los Guardianes del Conocimiento, que tratan de que lo poco del saber y tecnología antiguos que han sobrevivido no se pierdan. Pero el último lugar donde se sabe que estuvieron los Prospectores son unas ruinas cuya entrada parece bloqueada, pero no para evitar que nadie entre, sino que parece cerrada para que nada salga. Primer libro de la serie Hive.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
May 30, 2012
Outstanding post-apocalyptic novella. Looking forward to reading the second in the series when it becomes available.
September 11, 2012
'Hive' is a post apocalyptic zombie novella set a couple of hundred years post the extension level event which almost wiped out mankind - well the mankind we know it as today. A small band of survivors led by the ultra kick-a$$ Azina is sent on a mission into the outer cities to bring back a lost group of people called The Keepers of Knowledge, a new world brand of scholars/historians. Azina's band of mercenaries naturally stumbles across a hive of zee's (zombies) during their search and soon the horror kicks in.
This is a full throttle survival horror which borrows many good bits from other zombie romps while adding its own outbreak theory and zombie particulars (of note, the telepathic like ability and lengthy lifespan of the Zee). Author Griffin Hayes is a master of suspense with each zombie/mercenary encounter delivered in hold-your-breath fashion and edge-of-your-seat tension accompanied by blood thirsty action and cringe inducing gore brawls. Good stuff indeed.
'Hive' reads much like a taste of whats to come with the zee's themselves coming across as deeper than the typical rancid meat bags of other zombie tales. A mysterious figure will appear which will have you begging for more. Easily consumed in one read, I cant help but think the ending (cliffhanger that it is) is served only to wet the readers appetite (which it certainly did) while also leaving a taste of the unfinished in my mouth. That said, the story is highly entertaining and a very quick read. Zombie fans will eat this up in a single helping. 4 stars.
This is a full throttle survival horror which borrows many good bits from other zombie romps while adding its own outbreak theory and zombie particulars (of note, the telepathic like ability and lengthy lifespan of the Zee). Author Griffin Hayes is a master of suspense with each zombie/mercenary encounter delivered in hold-your-breath fashion and edge-of-your-seat tension accompanied by blood thirsty action and cringe inducing gore brawls. Good stuff indeed.
'Hive' reads much like a taste of whats to come with the zee's themselves coming across as deeper than the typical rancid meat bags of other zombie tales. A mysterious figure will appear which will have you begging for more. Easily consumed in one read, I cant help but think the ending (cliffhanger that it is) is served only to wet the readers appetite (which it certainly did) while also leaving a taste of the unfinished in my mouth. That said, the story is highly entertaining and a very quick read. Zombie fans will eat this up in a single helping. 4 stars.
August 2, 2020
L’ho trovato davvero difficile da leggere e seguire, a tratti lento o prevedibile ma nel complesso ho apprezzato molto la storia, il worldbuilding e il contesto.
Purtroppo temo che la barriera linguistica abbia compromesso a volte non solo la mia comprensione del testo ma anche la mia pazienza di seguirlo.
È di difficile comprensione, un livello un po’ troppo al di là delle mie capacità.
Purtroppo temo che la barriera linguistica abbia compromesso a volte non solo la mia comprensione del testo ma anche la mia pazienza di seguirlo.
È di difficile comprensione, un livello un po’ troppo al di là delle mie capacità.
October 6, 2012
Okay, so here’s the thing. I bloody love zombies. Another thing – I seem to bloody love the writing of Griffin Hayes. Unfortunately, while there are many zombie books and films out there (both good and bad), I seem to have nearly exhausted the records of Hayes’ delightfully twisted and intriguing imagination, which distresses me, more than a little.
This story is delightfully unique; not only is it set after the fact of the zombie apocalypse, unlike most which deal with the onset or outbreak, it is written in the first person, in present tense. I think that it is futuristic is one of its main appeals for me. The idea that the consequences of a zombie apocalypse are not just survivable, but that they would impact for generations to come is a sinister one that is relatively untouched (to put this in film terms, yes, we see the infected dying off at the end of 28 Days Later. Yes, we see the infected make their resurgence into society in 28 Weeks Later. Nowhere, however, do we see the impact 28 Decades Later. Point made?). Not only that, but it is written by a man, from a woman’s perspective. Altogether, this is a brave and risky move by Hayes that has essentially paid off.
Due to the first person nature of the narrative, it’s written in quite colloquial language, but that is not to say that it is written more simplistically than any of Hayes’ other novels, just differently. Once again, his fluid writing style is shown off in it’s fullest glory of effortless grace, as the words seemingly skip across the pages, guiding the reader in their merry dance. The tale woven is a compelling one, and the painful cliffhanger of an ending has left me on tenterhooks, and unable to give in to the compulsion of reading the sequel, to find out what happens to the characters in their plight for survival.
I simultaneously rejoice for and curse the day I discovered Griffin Hayes' prowess as a horror writer - other authors just don't seem to be cutting it for me in the tension and horror stakes anymore. I'd recommend his works to anyone who doesn't mind ruining themselves for the genre in general in the future!!
This story is delightfully unique; not only is it set after the fact of the zombie apocalypse, unlike most which deal with the onset or outbreak, it is written in the first person, in present tense. I think that it is futuristic is one of its main appeals for me. The idea that the consequences of a zombie apocalypse are not just survivable, but that they would impact for generations to come is a sinister one that is relatively untouched (to put this in film terms, yes, we see the infected dying off at the end of 28 Days Later. Yes, we see the infected make their resurgence into society in 28 Weeks Later. Nowhere, however, do we see the impact 28 Decades Later. Point made?). Not only that, but it is written by a man, from a woman’s perspective. Altogether, this is a brave and risky move by Hayes that has essentially paid off.
Due to the first person nature of the narrative, it’s written in quite colloquial language, but that is not to say that it is written more simplistically than any of Hayes’ other novels, just differently. Once again, his fluid writing style is shown off in it’s fullest glory of effortless grace, as the words seemingly skip across the pages, guiding the reader in their merry dance. The tale woven is a compelling one, and the painful cliffhanger of an ending has left me on tenterhooks, and unable to give in to the compulsion of reading the sequel, to find out what happens to the characters in their plight for survival.
I simultaneously rejoice for and curse the day I discovered Griffin Hayes' prowess as a horror writer - other authors just don't seem to be cutting it for me in the tension and horror stakes anymore. I'd recommend his works to anyone who doesn't mind ruining themselves for the genre in general in the future!!
September 13, 2012
It’s a new post apocalyptic world out there. Chemicals dumped into the water to calm us had an opposite and monsterous effect, basically turning people into Zees (zombies). The time frame for this book is a couple hundred years after the apocalypse, and Azina is a mercenary on a rescue mission to find some missing Prospectors.
In this beginning of this book it took me a few moments to catch my bearings and grasp the terminology. Mercs, Prospectors, Keepers, The Order… it is a lot to take in, but when you get the classifications down it all makes perfect sense. This is my second book by Griffin Hayes, and I am now positive he is fantastic in the horror genre. This story was so different from Bird of Prey, but both were fantastic. In Hive its all about the zombies, and of course I love that.
“Entrails and clumps of flesh ooze from the walls like some macabre painting.”
Griffin Hayes does gross and disgusting fabulously! Sometimes I just want to read a horror story, and Hive delivers. Azina is a wonderful character, I just really enjoyed reading everything from her point of view. Her? Oh yeah, her. I am not sure why, but I am just fascinated when a male author writes a female lead character and doesn’t muck it up. Is that sexist of me? Possibly. But I don’t care, I still dig it. And in this book Azina is tough and strong, and she rocks. You gotta love a girl whose weapons of choice are a repeater rifle and a Katana!
This book was very smartly written. There is a twist to these zombies that most zombie stories don’t have, which lends itself to the title, Hive. Another thing that I thought was pretty interesting was the references to the past, which to us is current time. The views that the future civilization has of the past civilization (our current time) is not entirely favorable. It’s an interesting commentary on our current times when the very thing that tore us apart is the additive of chemicals to our water supply. Mr. Hayes very intelligently points out how we have no problem adding things like fluoride to our water supply, so what is next? What else will we be ok with, under the guise of it being better for us? One character points out how in the past we had “computing machines that do the thinking, mechanical doors that opened and closed, and all the food they (we) could eat” and that we must have weighed 850 lbs. I really thought it was quite interesting to sort of have a magic mirror to gaze into and picture how our descendants may possibly view us. Cause you see, Hive isn’t all blood and guts, and shock value. There’s quite a message in there. Well, at least, that’s how I view it.
In a story that’s roughly eighty pages long you don’t normally expect to get a lot of story. But this author definitely gives enough detail and history to not make it feel like we are reading a scene from a larger story. Do you know what I mean? Sometimes novella length stories take on the feeling that we are only getting a glimpse. Now, I’ve just looked on Goodreads and I do see that there is a Hive 2. While I am about to go buy that for myself, I could easily see how just this story could have stood alone. I think this was a great story. There are more than enough twists and a lot of action to keep you very interested. The end was terrific, but now I am even more excited to see that it’s not actually over. Halloween is coming up, so if you are in the mood for something quick and in the spirit of scariness, I think you should check this out. Especially if you are a zombie fan. Like I said, there is a whole different aspect to these zombies that I’ve not seen yet. It’s a good read, and I’m a definite fan.
And one more thing, before I close this review out. Take a moment and look at this cover. Then go to Griffin's site or on Goodreads and check out the rest of his covers. They are artistic, terrifying, and beautiful all at the same time. In all honesty, I feel this is an author who is developing a great body of work, and it would be wise of you as the reader to give him a read and see what you think.
In this beginning of this book it took me a few moments to catch my bearings and grasp the terminology. Mercs, Prospectors, Keepers, The Order… it is a lot to take in, but when you get the classifications down it all makes perfect sense. This is my second book by Griffin Hayes, and I am now positive he is fantastic in the horror genre. This story was so different from Bird of Prey, but both were fantastic. In Hive its all about the zombies, and of course I love that.
“Entrails and clumps of flesh ooze from the walls like some macabre painting.”
Griffin Hayes does gross and disgusting fabulously! Sometimes I just want to read a horror story, and Hive delivers. Azina is a wonderful character, I just really enjoyed reading everything from her point of view. Her? Oh yeah, her. I am not sure why, but I am just fascinated when a male author writes a female lead character and doesn’t muck it up. Is that sexist of me? Possibly. But I don’t care, I still dig it. And in this book Azina is tough and strong, and she rocks. You gotta love a girl whose weapons of choice are a repeater rifle and a Katana!
This book was very smartly written. There is a twist to these zombies that most zombie stories don’t have, which lends itself to the title, Hive. Another thing that I thought was pretty interesting was the references to the past, which to us is current time. The views that the future civilization has of the past civilization (our current time) is not entirely favorable. It’s an interesting commentary on our current times when the very thing that tore us apart is the additive of chemicals to our water supply. Mr. Hayes very intelligently points out how we have no problem adding things like fluoride to our water supply, so what is next? What else will we be ok with, under the guise of it being better for us? One character points out how in the past we had “computing machines that do the thinking, mechanical doors that opened and closed, and all the food they (we) could eat” and that we must have weighed 850 lbs. I really thought it was quite interesting to sort of have a magic mirror to gaze into and picture how our descendants may possibly view us. Cause you see, Hive isn’t all blood and guts, and shock value. There’s quite a message in there. Well, at least, that’s how I view it.
In a story that’s roughly eighty pages long you don’t normally expect to get a lot of story. But this author definitely gives enough detail and history to not make it feel like we are reading a scene from a larger story. Do you know what I mean? Sometimes novella length stories take on the feeling that we are only getting a glimpse. Now, I’ve just looked on Goodreads and I do see that there is a Hive 2. While I am about to go buy that for myself, I could easily see how just this story could have stood alone. I think this was a great story. There are more than enough twists and a lot of action to keep you very interested. The end was terrific, but now I am even more excited to see that it’s not actually over. Halloween is coming up, so if you are in the mood for something quick and in the spirit of scariness, I think you should check this out. Especially if you are a zombie fan. Like I said, there is a whole different aspect to these zombies that I’ve not seen yet. It’s a good read, and I’m a definite fan.
And one more thing, before I close this review out. Take a moment and look at this cover. Then go to Griffin's site or on Goodreads and check out the rest of his covers. They are artistic, terrifying, and beautiful all at the same time. In all honesty, I feel this is an author who is developing a great body of work, and it would be wise of you as the reader to give him a read and see what you think.
August 30, 2012
I love zombie fiction. When I heard about Hive, I really wanted to read it, and wasn't disappointed. Hive is set far into the future, which is far more appealing to me than zombie fic that takes place during the initial outbreak. I think it's more fun to imagine the lasting effects of the zombie apocalypse rather than read yet another version of how they come to be. (Not that there's anything wrong with that. I read those, too. I just love the world-building in apocalyptic tales.)
I don't tend to read novellas, but am glad I read Hive. For .99 it's a steal. A fair amount of the free or bargain priced books I've gotten for my kindle are painful to get through. Hive is nothing like those slushy books--it's actually pretty fantastic. The cover is just perfect, too. Creepy and graphic, and indicative of what's inside.
The story moved along at a good pace, with the action scenes clear in my mind, (which is so important for something action-heavy like this). The voice was great, very engaging. I pictured the MC almost like Frankie from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow... fierce, badass, and likeable despite (because of) her hardness.
I thought the characters were realistic and well rounded. Even with the low word count, some of the characters were more real than those in beefier books. For example, I was really drawn to the character Sneak.
That's the problem with novellas--I wanted more! (But that's just me being selfish, and not a fault of the author's .) I could easily have read this at 80-100k words and not been bored. The world Hayes built was really rich, and I loved all the hierarchy and structure, because that's what people do. It made sense. Luckily for us, this is the first in the series, because it seems a lot of the questions Hive left me with will be answered later on. Good! Because in the short time we had, I really grew to love these characters.
Which brings me to my only real critique. The ending felt pretty rushed to me. Of course, the ending was jam-packed with action, I mean... hello, zombies... and of course action moves quickly, but maybe not quite that quickly. As a reader I wanted a little bit bigger payoff at the end. But like I said, I don't tend to read novellas, so expecting a novel ending for a novella is perhaps a bit unfair. Still, I think everyone would've reacted a little differently than they did. A little introspection would go a long way here, other than just 'the world's not ready for this.' And maybe that's why it feels rushed--because the MC doesn't really think about things at the end. I think a few lines of introspection would give more of the emotional payout a reader is looking for.
And that's me nit-picking, because I wanted more, because the story was so good. Hayes created some really original zombie mythology here. The whole concept of the hive itself--being able to sense the others, their communication--it was so unique, but it made so much sense. It doesn't violate my sense of zombie cannon, but instead, I feel like it's the missing piece of zombie lore that we're gifted with.
Hive was good, I really, really, really wanted more. Post-apocalyptic zombie tale with original mythology, strong characters, engaging voice, clear action scenes, and the promise of more? Why aren't you reading it yet?
I don't tend to read novellas, but am glad I read Hive. For .99 it's a steal. A fair amount of the free or bargain priced books I've gotten for my kindle are painful to get through. Hive is nothing like those slushy books--it's actually pretty fantastic. The cover is just perfect, too. Creepy and graphic, and indicative of what's inside.
The story moved along at a good pace, with the action scenes clear in my mind, (which is so important for something action-heavy like this). The voice was great, very engaging. I pictured the MC almost like Frankie from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow... fierce, badass, and likeable despite (because of) her hardness.
I thought the characters were realistic and well rounded. Even with the low word count, some of the characters were more real than those in beefier books. For example, I was really drawn to the character Sneak.
That's the problem with novellas--I wanted more! (But that's just me being selfish, and not a fault of the author's .) I could easily have read this at 80-100k words and not been bored. The world Hayes built was really rich, and I loved all the hierarchy and structure, because that's what people do. It made sense. Luckily for us, this is the first in the series, because it seems a lot of the questions Hive left me with will be answered later on. Good! Because in the short time we had, I really grew to love these characters.
Which brings me to my only real critique. The ending felt pretty rushed to me. Of course, the ending was jam-packed with action, I mean... hello, zombies... and of course action moves quickly, but maybe not quite that quickly. As a reader I wanted a little bit bigger payoff at the end. But like I said, I don't tend to read novellas, so expecting a novel ending for a novella is perhaps a bit unfair. Still, I think everyone would've reacted a little differently than they did. A little introspection would go a long way here, other than just 'the world's not ready for this.' And maybe that's why it feels rushed--because the MC doesn't really think about things at the end. I think a few lines of introspection would give more of the emotional payout a reader is looking for.
And that's me nit-picking, because I wanted more, because the story was so good. Hayes created some really original zombie mythology here. The whole concept of the hive itself--being able to sense the others, their communication--it was so unique, but it made so much sense. It doesn't violate my sense of zombie cannon, but instead, I feel like it's the missing piece of zombie lore that we're gifted with.
Hive was good, I really, really, really wanted more. Post-apocalyptic zombie tale with original mythology, strong characters, engaging voice, clear action scenes, and the promise of more? Why aren't you reading it yet?
February 24, 2013
Azina is a mercenary, the no-nonsense female leader of a group of misfits who earn their living as hired guns. A group of ‘prospectors’, searching for the forgotten wealth of a planet struggling to rebuild two centuries after a zombie plague, have gone missing in a sealed bunker. Azina and her team of diverse mercenaries are assigned to find the small group. Once inside the bunker they stumble upon a buried city and things quickly turn chaotic. The city isn’t as deserted as they thought, and what crawls from the darkness is a horror mankind thought it’d never see again.
Hive, by Griffin Hayes, is a short novella which feels shorter than it is because the outstanding prose drags you along at breakneck speed. The characters have their quirks but each one is identifiable and come alive off the page; even Bron, a larger than life man outfitted in steel plates with twin 20mm cannons built into his arms. He’s some dude you definitely want on your side. But the joy of this book’s characters is the lead, Azina: told in first person present tense, the musings of Azina are simply awesome, and immediately pull you into her skin.
“Pennies is fiddling with the cuff of his tunic. His eyes keep dropping to my breasts and I’m a second away from knocking his teeth straight into his nasal cavity.” There, right there, on page one, you know Azina is not to be messed with and you instantly admire her demeanor and bad-ass attitude.
The world Hayes creates inside the crumbling subterranean city is just as life-like as the characters thrust into this horrific situation. It’s Earth, a shopping mall with stores such as Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Chanel—only it’s two hundred years after the zombie apocalypse and the place is a collapsing hell-hole filled with the nightmares of past horrors. And these horrors lend a new, refreshing take on the genre, which only serve to increase their danger and heighten the tension of Azina and her gang, trapped in the depths with them.
Perhaps you think I’m gushing with too much praise, but like dark blood gushing from the cleaved skull of an undead Zee, this praise is worth being spilled.
Hive, by Griffin Hayes, is a short novella which feels shorter than it is because the outstanding prose drags you along at breakneck speed. The characters have their quirks but each one is identifiable and come alive off the page; even Bron, a larger than life man outfitted in steel plates with twin 20mm cannons built into his arms. He’s some dude you definitely want on your side. But the joy of this book’s characters is the lead, Azina: told in first person present tense, the musings of Azina are simply awesome, and immediately pull you into her skin.
“Pennies is fiddling with the cuff of his tunic. His eyes keep dropping to my breasts and I’m a second away from knocking his teeth straight into his nasal cavity.” There, right there, on page one, you know Azina is not to be messed with and you instantly admire her demeanor and bad-ass attitude.
The world Hayes creates inside the crumbling subterranean city is just as life-like as the characters thrust into this horrific situation. It’s Earth, a shopping mall with stores such as Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Chanel—only it’s two hundred years after the zombie apocalypse and the place is a collapsing hell-hole filled with the nightmares of past horrors. And these horrors lend a new, refreshing take on the genre, which only serve to increase their danger and heighten the tension of Azina and her gang, trapped in the depths with them.
Perhaps you think I’m gushing with too much praise, but like dark blood gushing from the cleaved skull of an undead Zee, this praise is worth being spilled.
June 7, 2014
Now here was an interesting concept...setting a book 200 years AFTER the zombie apocalypse.
This story is told in first person present, yet that suits this tale very well. It is told from the vantage point of the female leader of a team of mercenaries, who have been hired to rescue a group of 'prospectors' who have vanished while exploring a sealed bunker from the past. Penetrating into the bunker, they discover that the horrors of the past are still alive in deep places. Interestingly enough, the run and gun action that ensues reminds me more of the colonial marines in Aliens than a zombie novel, yet it works very well. The futuristic character, Bron, only enhances that feeling.
Once the zombies show up and the chase begins, the action remains pretty much relentless. The characters flee through an underground city, guns blazing, with a horde of the bad guys on their tail. Complicating matters further, some of their members have been infected by the 'zombifying' pathogen. Things remain tight and tense right up until the cliffhanger ending.
While this is a novella of about eighty pages, it will pack in enough plot and action for a larger work without feeling like it's been crow-barred in. Highly recommended for those who like gun blazing chases through dark places.
This story is told in first person present, yet that suits this tale very well. It is told from the vantage point of the female leader of a team of mercenaries, who have been hired to rescue a group of 'prospectors' who have vanished while exploring a sealed bunker from the past. Penetrating into the bunker, they discover that the horrors of the past are still alive in deep places. Interestingly enough, the run and gun action that ensues reminds me more of the colonial marines in Aliens than a zombie novel, yet it works very well. The futuristic character, Bron, only enhances that feeling.
Once the zombies show up and the chase begins, the action remains pretty much relentless. The characters flee through an underground city, guns blazing, with a horde of the bad guys on their tail. Complicating matters further, some of their members have been infected by the 'zombifying' pathogen. Things remain tight and tense right up until the cliffhanger ending.
While this is a novella of about eighty pages, it will pack in enough plot and action for a larger work without feeling like it's been crow-barred in. Highly recommended for those who like gun blazing chases through dark places.
August 8, 2012
To start off, I've read a lot of zombie fiction. I am a reviewer for Buy zombie dot c om and I have been sent a whack-load of zombies novels to review over the years. I have read a lot of the bad and a lot of the good parts of zombie literature and all I have to say is that not only does Hive stand in the good part of zombie-lit, but it stands-out with its unique spin on the genre.
Hive is well-written. The author has a nice fluid style of writing that keeps the story moving at a break-neck pace. His style of writing also helps his orchestrate excellent fighting scenes and plot related conflicts.
The characters are well-drawn and as a reader I can picture them clear as a bell in my head.
The plot is very different from everything else out there and I couldn't help but feel that I was reading something truly original in the genre. I have a great feeling about this series and I am hungry for more. I have a feeling the author has big plans for the rest of the series and I am anxious to see what he has in store for the readers.
Very highly recommended.
Hive is well-written. The author has a nice fluid style of writing that keeps the story moving at a break-neck pace. His style of writing also helps his orchestrate excellent fighting scenes and plot related conflicts.
The characters are well-drawn and as a reader I can picture them clear as a bell in my head.
The plot is very different from everything else out there and I couldn't help but feel that I was reading something truly original in the genre. I have a great feeling about this series and I am hungry for more. I have a feeling the author has big plans for the rest of the series and I am anxious to see what he has in store for the readers.
Very highly recommended.
February 15, 2012
Think of this: zombies who communicate like insects. Oh yeah, you read that right!! :P This book surprised me with how well-done it was. I was looking forward to reading it because it looked interesting, but one can never tell and it wouldn't be the first zombie book to crash and burn in utter failure. Not so here. We have a crew of mercenaries attempting to rescue some lost people in a complex that has been shut off for 200 years. Well the people who got lost disturbed the "hive," which is just a humongous pack of zombies (affectionately nicknamed Zees). So then it's just kick-butt action fighting off the zombies and trying to escape. Lots of twists and turns, a short read that only takes a few hours...and there just better be a part 2 of this soon!! (There's also a 3 chapter preview of the author's full length novel Dark Passage, which seems interesting.)
Content Rating: R-LV ... (L) language is minimal. (V) Gore, blood, beheading of zombies, it's all here.
Content Rating: R-LV ... (L) language is minimal. (V) Gore, blood, beheading of zombies, it's all here.
September 30, 2013
Clearly this novella is right up my alley. Action and zombies, and a tough female lead. The first novella is free and it has got me hooked enough that I plan on buying the 3-novella complete collection:
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Dark tunnels, limited sized squad of "good guys" and millions of bad guys. I liked the writing, it flowed smoothly and was easy to read. The plot was very well put together as well. I did not see any editorial type errors that jumped out at me. Overall very well written thriller. Kind of like the 2nd Alien movie: "Aliens", but with zombies instead of Aliens.
.Dark tunnels, limited sized squad of "good guys" and millions of bad guys. I liked the writing, it flowed smoothly and was easy to read. The plot was very well put together as well. I did not see any editorial type errors that jumped out at me. Overall very well written thriller. Kind of like the 2nd Alien movie: "Aliens", but with zombies instead of Aliens.
October 1, 2013
This is the first episode of the series, however it opens in the middle of a scene. Without a proper intro to the characters or setting it is a confusing beginning. I found myself rereading paragraphs trying to separate the back story from the current situation of the characters.
Somewhere around 65% the back story begins to drop off leaving the main plot to unfold by itself.
So do I recommend this book? Yes
Despite the confusing beginning this was an intriguing zombie read.
Somewhere around 65% the back story begins to drop off leaving the main plot to unfold by itself.
So do I recommend this book? Yes
Despite the confusing beginning this was an intriguing zombie read.
February 14, 2012
Hive is a refreshingly novel take on a clichéd sub-genre. Griffin Hayes incorporates a mysterious subterranean setting whose origins leave the reader guessing almost as much as the plot itself. Add to that a ragtag group of colorful mercenaries, insect-like zombies and outstanding prose, and you get a story that’s engaging from start to finish.
July 8, 2018
This was actually part one of a three part series you can no longer get separately so the review is unfinished, as there are two more parts I haven't read yet. One of my famous Zombie novels. Reads like a video game. Plenty of action, and proves again that it's not really a Zombie story until the survivors go to the mall....Reminds me a little of H G Wells time machine. Not bad hope to finish the other two parts soon.
October 11, 2019
Love it.
Is a really good read. I couldn't stop reading till I was done with the book. Highly recommend this book.
Is a really good read. I couldn't stop reading till I was done with the book. Highly recommend this book.
January 26, 2021
It was just ok. Good thing it was a quick read or I my not have finished it. It had a few unique things but not enough to make me wanting more.
July 26, 2022
Not sure what I expected when I started this but I’m afraid I found the storyline a bit too obvious. It certainly doesn’t encourage me to look at 2 & 3.
January 25, 2012
Before I say anything else, I want to say thank-you again to Griffin Hayes for my copy of Hive.
Hive is set in a post-apocalyptic world where its remaining survivors struggle to rise above the ruins left by the water-born disease that turn millions into the undead. Two-hundred years later and Sotercity is the place that man-kind now calls home.
There's something for everyone. You got yourself a big brain? Join the Keepers of Knowledge. What's that you say? You're a greedy bastard? Become a Trader like Pennies. You got a fetish for squeezing into tiny holes looking for artefacts? I understand the Keepers are always looking for new Prospectors. Oh I get it. You like to work with your hands. Grunt work for little or no pay. Got it, not a problem, Public Works goes through Grinders like some people go through dirty tunics. But no, you want it all, don't you? Then find yourself a trusty weapon - they're lying around al over the place - and start freelancing as a hired gun.
This story follows Azina, leader of a group of freelancing Mercenaries, hired by the Keepers for a search and rescue of four Prospectors. It was meant to be a cake-walk - especially with her team behind her. Bron, the muscle with robotic implants; Ret, Azina's second in command and field medic; Jinx, the temperamental explosives expert; and Sneak, Azina's mute tunnel rat and lookout. But even before the mission got started, spanners got thrown in the works with the tag-alongs of Oleg, a Keeper; Pennies, a Trader; and Glave, a Grinder husband of one of the missing Prospectors. All this piles on Alzina's shoulders and only gets heaver the longer the search goes on and the danger grows higher.
Diversity of the personalities amongst the characters was something that I really enjoyed. It is really nice the way that the personalities within the group meshed well together, how one person's weakness is supported by another's strength. It gave a nice dynamic to the story and helped to make me feel a connection with characters.
One of my favourite part of this novel was the use of the classic lines, like
I'm afraid you'll just have to roll with the punches.
and
The place is quiet. Too quiet.
Some people think that lines like this are too cliché, but they're classic for a reason. If they weren't good lines, they wouldn't be used as much as they are.
What I found really refreshing, is the new take on the whole zombie theme. I thought that I is really cool how the Zee's have these white eyes that glow and that they are all interconnected with one another and can sense their own and what others see and that they are all governed by The Hive Leader. But even with all these new spins on the theme, Hayes still kept the same basics with it starting with a disease go wrong and it spreading through being bitten and their saliva.
The only thing that I can nit-pick about is that it was too short! I got to the last page and I'm like, "Nooo! I need more!" xD So, all in all, a excellent book and one that I highly recommend!
Please feel free to visit my blog here, to see any of my other reviews.
Hive is set in a post-apocalyptic world where its remaining survivors struggle to rise above the ruins left by the water-born disease that turn millions into the undead. Two-hundred years later and Sotercity is the place that man-kind now calls home.
There's something for everyone. You got yourself a big brain? Join the Keepers of Knowledge. What's that you say? You're a greedy bastard? Become a Trader like Pennies. You got a fetish for squeezing into tiny holes looking for artefacts? I understand the Keepers are always looking for new Prospectors. Oh I get it. You like to work with your hands. Grunt work for little or no pay. Got it, not a problem, Public Works goes through Grinders like some people go through dirty tunics. But no, you want it all, don't you? Then find yourself a trusty weapon - they're lying around al over the place - and start freelancing as a hired gun.
This story follows Azina, leader of a group of freelancing Mercenaries, hired by the Keepers for a search and rescue of four Prospectors. It was meant to be a cake-walk - especially with her team behind her. Bron, the muscle with robotic implants; Ret, Azina's second in command and field medic; Jinx, the temperamental explosives expert; and Sneak, Azina's mute tunnel rat and lookout. But even before the mission got started, spanners got thrown in the works with the tag-alongs of Oleg, a Keeper; Pennies, a Trader; and Glave, a Grinder husband of one of the missing Prospectors. All this piles on Alzina's shoulders and only gets heaver the longer the search goes on and the danger grows higher.
Diversity of the personalities amongst the characters was something that I really enjoyed. It is really nice the way that the personalities within the group meshed well together, how one person's weakness is supported by another's strength. It gave a nice dynamic to the story and helped to make me feel a connection with characters.
One of my favourite part of this novel was the use of the classic lines, like
I'm afraid you'll just have to roll with the punches.
and
The place is quiet. Too quiet.
Some people think that lines like this are too cliché, but they're classic for a reason. If they weren't good lines, they wouldn't be used as much as they are.
What I found really refreshing, is the new take on the whole zombie theme. I thought that I is really cool how the Zee's have these white eyes that glow and that they are all interconnected with one another and can sense their own and what others see and that they are all governed by The Hive Leader. But even with all these new spins on the theme, Hayes still kept the same basics with it starting with a disease go wrong and it spreading through being bitten and their saliva.
The only thing that I can nit-pick about is that it was too short! I got to the last page and I'm like, "Nooo! I need more!" xD So, all in all, a excellent book and one that I highly recommend!
Please feel free to visit my blog here, to see any of my other reviews.
August 25, 2017
A mercenary team are sent into an underground complex to find four missing workers who were on a salvage mission. As Azina's team go further in they discover a mall and living quarters where rich people hid from the zombie apocalypse. But the zombies found a way in and there are thousands waiting in the dark...
This reminded me a bit of the Resident Evil film in places and it was a decent zombie read. As much as I love zombies, the books are pretty hit and miss these days and this is on the better side of the equation. These are proper scary ass zombies that move at speed to come and get you and they are pretty keen to get the fresh meat. These zombies also have the added genetic advantage of powers to track their dinner which makes them pretty darn hard to escape from.
The group of mercs and civilian guides aren't the nicest bunch in the world but as they are being used pretty much as zombie fodder, the lack of decent character traits doesn't matter that much and doesn't really detract from the story. Usually I'd object to obnoxious characters but it's different if some are going to get ripped apart and eaten! There is a nice mixture of zombie attacks and building tension as they try to find a way out, which the author does nicely. There are a couple of nice twists in the story which blows open what you think the mission is and I like a bit of betrayal! I'm not going to spoil the book by telling you about it but the story did evolve in different ways as it progressed.
Overall there was the tension, the gore, the zombies, the victims, the evil bosses, the run for your life...everything you expect in a nice zombie tale. Recommended for zombie fans. 3.5 out of 5.
This reminded me a bit of the Resident Evil film in places and it was a decent zombie read. As much as I love zombies, the books are pretty hit and miss these days and this is on the better side of the equation. These are proper scary ass zombies that move at speed to come and get you and they are pretty keen to get the fresh meat. These zombies also have the added genetic advantage of powers to track their dinner which makes them pretty darn hard to escape from.
The group of mercs and civilian guides aren't the nicest bunch in the world but as they are being used pretty much as zombie fodder, the lack of decent character traits doesn't matter that much and doesn't really detract from the story. Usually I'd object to obnoxious characters but it's different if some are going to get ripped apart and eaten! There is a nice mixture of zombie attacks and building tension as they try to find a way out, which the author does nicely. There are a couple of nice twists in the story which blows open what you think the mission is and I like a bit of betrayal! I'm not going to spoil the book by telling you about it but the story did evolve in different ways as it progressed.
Overall there was the tension, the gore, the zombies, the victims, the evil bosses, the run for your life...everything you expect in a nice zombie tale. Recommended for zombie fans. 3.5 out of 5.
February 5, 2014
Two centuries after the collapse of civilisation due to a zombie outbreak (contaminated water does the trick this time), it is believed that the "Zees" have long gone and the world can move on. A group of people known as the Keepers of Knowledge send out a search party to find and recover as much information that they can - unfortunately, they disappear so a group head by mercenary Azina heads into the long-lost city to find them...but it isn't as deserted as they first though...
I really did enjoy this novella. Enough blood and guts to keep the zombie fan in me happy but also the history and cause of the outbreak worked for me as well. Apart from the final few pages, this would have been a 5-star book but the story got a little confused towards the end (although I have noticed there are more stories in this series so that may go some way to explaining it.)
I really enjoyed the rag-tag bunch of misfits and mercenaries and the bond that existed between them. You could feel they were a group and not just a bunch of people thrown together for the sake of a story - the author had done some good work making them believable.
This was great fun and look forward to getting into the others...
Paul
ARH
I really did enjoy this novella. Enough blood and guts to keep the zombie fan in me happy but also the history and cause of the outbreak worked for me as well. Apart from the final few pages, this would have been a 5-star book but the story got a little confused towards the end (although I have noticed there are more stories in this series so that may go some way to explaining it.)
I really enjoyed the rag-tag bunch of misfits and mercenaries and the bond that existed between them. You could feel they were a group and not just a bunch of people thrown together for the sake of a story - the author had done some good work making them believable.
This was great fun and look forward to getting into the others...
Paul
ARH
January 27, 2016
My score 3 out of 5 - average/ok (not bad/not good)
Meh, it was ok. Basically something has happened to the population turning them into zombies, (one bite and your turned) and this book is set is sometime after humanity thinks they have got rid of them all.
This crew have been sent on a mission to find some people only to discover something worse.
Like I say it was OK, but for me it's one of those stories I kind of felt like I'd missed something (I.e some things are mentioned but not really explained) to me it felt maybe I've missed the book before but I don't think so.
it was also extremely short. I read it in a day (and I only get time to read on the bus ride to and from work - total about 2 hours). I think this is a series so if the book is so short and there are other books why not put them all into one? Make it bigger.
Not sure how much in price the other books are (I got this one free) but I don't think I'd want to pay a lot for a book if it's so short. Could have been fleshed out more with a bit more detail/info. Could have been better as a big book. Didn't hold enough interest for me to want to read more
Meh, it was ok. Basically something has happened to the population turning them into zombies, (one bite and your turned) and this book is set is sometime after humanity thinks they have got rid of them all.
This crew have been sent on a mission to find some people only to discover something worse.
Like I say it was OK, but for me it's one of those stories I kind of felt like I'd missed something (I.e some things are mentioned but not really explained) to me it felt maybe I've missed the book before but I don't think so.
it was also extremely short. I read it in a day (and I only get time to read on the bus ride to and from work - total about 2 hours). I think this is a series so if the book is so short and there are other books why not put them all into one? Make it bigger.
Not sure how much in price the other books are (I got this one free) but I don't think I'd want to pay a lot for a book if it's so short. Could have been fleshed out more with a bit more detail/info. Could have been better as a big book. Didn't hold enough interest for me to want to read more
April 12, 2014
Considering that this is a novella, I don't think that it was long enough for me to tell if I'm really going to like the overall story line. I read this in about an hour or so. It's about 80 pages long as a free eBook on Nook or Kindle, so the other stories in the series probably cost a few bucks.
This is a mix of post-apocalyptic and zombie fiction. As in, it's set about two hundred years after the zombie apocalypse that almost wiped out humanity. The main characters are a group of mercenary/bounty hunter types hired to go on a rescue mission to a old abandoned city to rescue people who went missing. The problem is that when they get there, the city isn't quite as abandoned as everyone was led to believe.
This is a mix of post-apocalyptic and zombie fiction. As in, it's set about two hundred years after the zombie apocalypse that almost wiped out humanity. The main characters are a group of mercenary/bounty hunter types hired to go on a rescue mission to a old abandoned city to rescue people who went missing. The problem is that when they get there, the city isn't quite as abandoned as everyone was led to believe.
September 12, 2015
(Combined review of all 3 books, as I feel it was written as one book but split into three parts)
I enjoyed this series! It has a slightly different view on the story, as the zombie invasion has already happened many years in the past. But of course it turns out that they zombies aren't gone for good, they were just buried in the hope no one would ever find them.
The story has some interesting characters in it, and I liked that the zombies worked as a hive (hence the name of the books I suppose ;), with a queen to lead them. This made the zombies more difficult to run away from as they were able to send signals between each other and one zombie on the chase would quickly turn into a horde.
I think these books are well worth a read if you enjoy zombies! :)
I enjoyed this series! It has a slightly different view on the story, as the zombie invasion has already happened many years in the past. But of course it turns out that they zombies aren't gone for good, they were just buried in the hope no one would ever find them.
The story has some interesting characters in it, and I liked that the zombies worked as a hive (hence the name of the books I suppose ;), with a queen to lead them. This made the zombies more difficult to run away from as they were able to send signals between each other and one zombie on the chase would quickly turn into a horde.
I think these books are well worth a read if you enjoy zombies! :)
September 11, 2012
Two hundred years after the planet was ravaged by millions of 'zees', humanity is struggling to rebuild. The Keepers of Knowledge seek out old world technology and when some of their prospectors go missing, they hire Azina and her band of mercenaries to search for them.
A point comes where one can only stomach the same basic ideas of zombie literature before they get tired and look for something different. "Hive" a novella by Griffin Hayes is a fresh take on an over saturated genre. From the method of infection to their behaviors, these creatures are not those you are used to reading about.
The pacing,characters, and plot are all handled well and make for a great read.
A point comes where one can only stomach the same basic ideas of zombie literature before they get tired and look for something different. "Hive" a novella by Griffin Hayes is a fresh take on an over saturated genre. From the method of infection to their behaviors, these creatures are not those you are used to reading about.
The pacing,characters, and plot are all handled well and make for a great read.
April 18, 2013
OMG!! WOW!! This book was OUTSTANDING!! The only bad thing was that it ended. It had zombies, blood, gore and lots more. It had me at the edge of my seat biting my nails with action and suspense!!This story was original in its genre, its not the typical zombie tale. The author came up with a wonderful original tale, zombie with a twist. I cannot wait to get the next book. You won't be able to help yourself fall in love and feel bad for Azina, one of the main characters. I won't spoil it for you, your just going to have to go and read it for yourself!! ENJOY!! I did!!
July 12, 2013
This novella was so much better than I thought it would be. I’ve read quite a lot of zombie books the past year and with the exceptions of “Hollowland” by Amanda Hocking and “Solstice” by Donna Burgess, they’re all rather the same. “Hive” doesn’t add anything new to the zombie genre, but it’s well-written, a little different, terrifying, and in the span of eighty pages, I became quite attached to some of the characters. It’s definitely a worthwhile read and horror fans will love it. I’m looking forward to reading more of this author’s works.
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