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Apocalypse Z
A deadly virus is ravaging the world. Zombies roam the streets and mankind is nearing extinction. In an attempt to escape the virus and zombie's grasp, the Jacobs family and a group of young adults must travel 1,300 miles up the West Coast to a cabin located high in the mountains of Washington. Things don’t go as planned and their trip quickly turns into a life or death struggle. Along the way they fight zombies, psychos, freaks, and sometimes amongst themselves.
This book contains: graphic violence, sex, and strong language.
This is the first book in the Apocalypse Z series.
This book contains: graphic violence, sex, and strong language.
This is the first book in the Apocalypse Z series.
227 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 24, 2012
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About the author
G.E. Swanson
4 books20 followersGreg Swanson currently lives in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley where he grew up. He has a wife and two grown children. While serving in the U.S. Army, he has lived in Virginia, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Japan. From a very young age he was fascinated with the paranormal and science fiction, and now writes about it. He loves anything that has zombies and is on a constant hunt for it.
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November 12, 2012
Just imagine waking up one morning and your friends and family are dead or changed into zombies. In Apocalypse Z that's what group of young adults did to get to a zombies free zone in Washington State.
A deadly virus is ravaging the world. Zombies roam the streets and mankind is nearing extinction.
This is a must read after reading this book, I felt unprepared and wanted shopping
March 8, 2013
Don't waste your time, worst zombie book I've read.
September 20, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Mr. Swanson really stepped up on this one and put it out there, a very bold move for a new author and I applaud him for that. This is a story about a group of teens and young adults trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Most of the time, these books have been toned way down and are not that realistic. As a parent of four, I can say this book presents things as they are in the real everyday world (excluding the zombies of course) and there will probably be a few people out there that have trouble handling that. But I will also add that it is done so with tact and does not get trashy like many adult novels.
With that said I will continue. These young adult’s parents have all died and they are left alone. All they have is each other to count on for support and protection from the growing dangers in this apocalyptic word they have been thrown into. On their quest to a safe house owned by two of the brother’s parents, they are forced into situations where they have to fight zombies and some humans that prey on the weak. I found it easy to like the characters and felt a little sad when some fell by the wayside.
This book isn’t only for young adults, I found myself really getting into it. The action is constant and made it hard to put the book down, causing me to return from lunch a little late a couple of times. If you like zombie books, I recommend you read this one.
With that said I will continue. These young adult’s parents have all died and they are left alone. All they have is each other to count on for support and protection from the growing dangers in this apocalyptic word they have been thrown into. On their quest to a safe house owned by two of the brother’s parents, they are forced into situations where they have to fight zombies and some humans that prey on the weak. I found it easy to like the characters and felt a little sad when some fell by the wayside.
This book isn’t only for young adults, I found myself really getting into it. The action is constant and made it hard to put the book down, causing me to return from lunch a little late a couple of times. If you like zombie books, I recommend you read this one.
October 25, 2012
It’s great to see a book where young adults play the heroes and heroines. Usually it is the other way around and the younger people are the ones having to be rescued at some inconvenient point and tend to be portrayed as a hindrance at times throughout the story.
This book breaks that stereotyping cycle. The author has also given them skills, intelligence, courage, and the ability to think and react quick in stressful situations. Some may think that is farfetched, but I don’t. Younger people can posses all those traits. Even as the world crumbles around them, they are forced to fight for survival all the while having to deal with other issues that are normal for people of that age group.
I have to agree with another review, reading fiction is supposed to be fun and getting lost in the story. While it does appear that this was aimed at a younger readership, there is still a lot going on that will keep almost anyone interested. This book has characters that are easy to like and care about. The story moves along smoothly and is packed with a lot of fast-paced action. The dialog is well written and the actions scenes are descriptive.
This book breaks that stereotyping cycle. The author has also given them skills, intelligence, courage, and the ability to think and react quick in stressful situations. Some may think that is farfetched, but I don’t. Younger people can posses all those traits. Even as the world crumbles around them, they are forced to fight for survival all the while having to deal with other issues that are normal for people of that age group.
I have to agree with another review, reading fiction is supposed to be fun and getting lost in the story. While it does appear that this was aimed at a younger readership, there is still a lot going on that will keep almost anyone interested. This book has characters that are easy to like and care about. The story moves along smoothly and is packed with a lot of fast-paced action. The dialog is well written and the actions scenes are descriptive.
November 30, 2013
I would call this a comic book without pictures, and suitable for horny teenagers with short attention spans and no eye for detail.
First thing that got me was a family behaving like a well-trained Special Forces team with no emotions.
There was a lack of detail in describing what seem to be familiar scenes to any zombie apocalypse fan. The speech is extremely clichéd and the charters lacked emotion and any sort of unique personality, apart from mostly being horny.
There also seem to be a lack of continuity checking and I would guess only a quick Google used to check facts, when someone can knock a zombie’s head off, and send it flying with a vacuum cleaner attachment, I doubt even that.
But all in all it wasn’t bad enough to put down, but somehow kept me reading, maybe I’m a horny teenager with a short attention span.
First thing that got me was a family behaving like a well-trained Special Forces team with no emotions.
There was a lack of detail in describing what seem to be familiar scenes to any zombie apocalypse fan. The speech is extremely clichéd and the charters lacked emotion and any sort of unique personality, apart from mostly being horny.
There also seem to be a lack of continuity checking and I would guess only a quick Google used to check facts, when someone can knock a zombie’s head off, and send it flying with a vacuum cleaner attachment, I doubt even that.
But all in all it wasn’t bad enough to put down, but somehow kept me reading, maybe I’m a horny teenager with a short attention span.
January 14, 2013
I think what makes this book so great is that you can read it and picture every detail. The sensory images where what kept me reading. I really like how the characters developed and became fiercer,tougher. I would like to read the next book in this series because I have a lot of questions. Overall,I was impressed by this one because I had only picked it up because the book cover was really cool looking. I added it to my kindle to test it and I read the first few pages. Bam! I was instantly hooked. Kuddos G.E. Swanson!
November 4, 2015
Read this in one sitting. The story is fast paced and keeps your eyes glued to the pages waiting to see what's coming next. I look forward to the next installment. Readers take note, this new author is one to watch.
October 23, 2012
Everything a zombie apocalypse fan could ask for!!! :D
March 7, 2013
Too much love interest... not enough zombie killing.
May 27, 2014
Too short. Wanted more. Great what I did read though
January 18, 2013
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was full of heart pounding action.
April 7, 2013
They lived happily ever after .............with solar power and a few friends ......Awwww...that is sweet.
Yeah, riiight! LOL!
Yeah, riiight! LOL!
May 19, 2013
Fast read. While the story and style makes it better suited for the teenage market, the explicit violence, gore and sexuality makes it not so suitable(IMHO)for the intended market.
November 5, 2013
This was not a bad story. The storyline was not as captivating as I had hoped.
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January 7, 2014Its ok. Not great, just ok
May 3, 2013
Readable.Not a masterpiece
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