Dead Calm

The Dead Series #2

by Jon Schafer

Months after the dead rise up to challenge the living for control of the earth, Steve Wendell and the survivors who fled with him by sailboat from Clearwater, Florida find themselves becalmed in the Gulf of Mexico.
As their chances for survival dwindle, they come across a cruise ship drifting in the current. Seeing that the living dead only occupy parts of the ship, they decide to go aboard. Searching through an eerie, deserted opulence, they find a brother and sister in hiding.
But not just from the dead.
A religious charlatan has taken control of the ship and is promising his followers that the rapture is coming soon…If only they believe in him. He’s using his faithful in a quest for power, but after Steve and his people arrive, he wants something else.

Genres: Zombies, Horror, Fiction

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 10, 2013

About the author

Jon Schafer (Born February 21st, 1965) is an artist, a writer, and used to design amusement parks, casinos, and family entertainment centers as well as running his own architectural design firm.
So that means in this economy, he work as a telemarketer.
He loves to write and has traveled around the world, so he uses a lot of his life's experience in the background of his books.
He served in the Marine Corps, and although he would never do it again in a million years, cherishes every minute and memory of that time.
His first book, Dead Air, is number one of a four book Zombie apocalypse series, with Dead Calm coming out soon. His second book, Immigrant Song, takes a hard look at illegal immigration but with a twist.
He is a Master Diver and Dive Master through PADI, so to be near some of the best diving in the world he currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.
When you buy one of his books, please rate it. He relies on his customers to tell him how they liked his work and doesn't have family and friends flesh out his reviews.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finished my first read of the year on Kindle - book 2 of 'The Dead' series, this was a really good sequel to 'Dead Air' but unfortunately was plagued again by printing errors which were quite distracting (as well as the previous problems with using the word 'puss' when it means 'pus', it then proceeds to call one the characters repeatedly 'Tick-Took' instead of 'Tick-Tock' - could do with a good editing!!).

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm enjoying this series, the dynamics of the main group are enough to get you hooked and the introduction of separate groups elsewhere suck the reader in by not quite answering any of the questions that are raised by their presence in the chapters. I am now away to start number 3, maybe there will be answers but have a sneaky suspicion that there will only be many more questions.

[margaret · Rating 1 out of 5]

Is this a rough draft combined with the final edit?

There have been a few books I have purchased like this before. It never fails to turn me from an author who puts some mess like this out for purchase. I apologize if this mess is a downloading error, but it is very frustrating . I will not have any faith in buying any more of this series:(

[Gloria Picchione Snodgrass · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just loved reading this and cannot wait for the next one!!!