They Feed: Bloodborne

by Steve French

It came without warning, a deadly airborne virus has been unleashed upon the world, and the victims are dropping like flies. What’s worse, the infected are not staying dead, but returning to life with one desire. They rise from the dead to feast upon the flesh of the living! They drink your blood! They eat your skin! They Feed!

Kayla Gray was on her way to pick up her kids from school when the zombie outbreak began. When she arrived, the school was on lockdown, and she learned her kids had been transported to an military facility in Denver, Colorado. Teaming up with a group of other disgruntled parents, Kayla travels to Denver, from Colorado Springs, to find her children while trying to survive the wake of the outbreak.

The dead shall rise, the living shall fall…

Genres: Zombies

345 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2013

About the author

Steve French is a published author who lives, works, and plays as a full-time, work from home, writer in the beautiful state of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He resides with his dear best-friend, two dogs, and a cat. He is the Author of several online articles, non-fiction titles and fiction titles. They Feed (a zombie apocalypse series), Sinister Presence (a supernatural thriller), and co-author of the Official Suspects & Sleuths Murder Mystery Design Guide; with his foster-sister, Brianna Carlisle.

Reviews

[Dennis Villelmi · Rating 4 out of 5]

For those of us fully engrossed in the zombie apocalypse genre, a good zombie novel is as essential as pasta is to Italians. One such book which I have the pleasure of reading is this one: "They Feed: Bloodborne," by Steve French. French has a way of storytelling that is so descriptive and tall on the visceral that the writers of THE WALKING DEAD would do well to hire this man. And while "They Feed" share similarities to the many of the familiar story lines of cherished films and books, French nevertheless has the ability to turn it up a notch and throw another ingredient into the stew pot. The story itself is set in Colorado, where the reader is quickly introduced to-and even feels inducted into-a group of hapless survivors of an outbreak that has people turning into flesh-hungry crazies. The characters clearly come to life right off the page in such as way that we may, at some time or another, have actually met these individuals. Whether it's Kayla, a mother in search of her children in this morass of the undead; Nina, a newly christened pizza delivery girl with aspects of toughness and tenderness that compliment each other effectively; Rhinestone, a rough, gruff, colorful SOB who has witnessed the return of the dead in all its gore, yet maintains his humor; or Stan, ex-soldier carrying emotional baggage but still keeps his wits about him for the good of the group, any one of these characters could be with us, or could be us.
The book is stocked generously with blood & gore, but also with psychological insight. One thing I can say, is that as I was reading it, I felt I wasn't only reading a novel, I was also reading a survival manual for future reference should such an outbreak actually happen. As fans are still waiting for the return of TWD, and during those week-long intervals after the next season has begun, one can satiate their appetite for zombie stories with Steve French's "They Feed."