First Days

Colony Z #3

by Luke Shephard

Volume 3 of the Colony Z series!

Before they became the Albion Tribe, they were just normal people. Sons and daughters, Moms and Dads, families young and old. Living their lives, blissfully unaware of the shocking events that would soon shake them all. But now the threat is here...

Follow each of them as they struggle to adapt to this new world, and all of the dangers that lurk around every corner...

When the Undead have taken over America, one group of survivors find safety by escaping to a remote, unsettled island.

Will they survive long enough to discover it?

This is their story of their beginning. This is their journey.

Also available:
Colony Z: The Island (Vol. 1)
Colony Z: The Albion Tribe (Vol. 2)

Genres: Zombies, Post Apocalyptic, Horror

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 18, 2013

About the author

Luke Shephard was born and raised in Oregon, where he can still be found dreaming up stories or getting lost in local parks and reservoirs. In addition to writing, the author has also spent time as a teacher in such places as Spain, Germany, and South Korea.

He now lives with his wife, a son, and a Great Dane that loves peanut butter.

Reviews

[Paul J. Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

First story good, last two were copied from first and second book. Just fluff.

The book is fluffed out with the same last two stories.

The first story was original and it was good.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book needs editing. Simple read through should get the errors but it very much needs it. Sentences are not complete, slntax is off, just makes it difficult to read.
That said, the story is a good one. I am reading the third and I think last one, The Beginning and the End. So for me to be continuing to read it is good enough to get through the errors in writing.

I keep thinking I am going to find out why Owen is such a hard person but it seems in this book which tells his earlier years, he is was always hard and a bit insensitive, although he does love hannah and tries to consider her int he midst of bossing her around. It tells how smart Hannah is which is why he loved her but she does nothing to prove this. She follows Owen around like a puppy. I realize she has kids later on and feels she has no choice and she really doesn't have a choice but to stay with Owen but he loves and needs her too and she could be more outpoken. I really don't like this type of woman or the type of man Owen is.

However they have kids, the others they meet and form a community with have kids, they find teenagers, there is a new generation coming up and they are very different. I would love to hear more about them than what was given in the first book but we hear about Owen and Hannah, which is important because they are the key to how this infection was unleashed.

Like I said it is a good story, so keep reading.

[Netanella · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars, because this was slightly better than the last one, to which I gave only 2 stars. In this 3rd part of "Colony Z", we are taken back to the first days of the outbreak, referred to by Owen and Hannah as Zero Hour. The book relates the daily lives of the main characters who appear in the first two books - who they were and what they were doing when they first encountered the zoms. We get a young abused and kidnapped Aaron, the loving couple Phillip and Willa, and Robert and Carlos and Nathan. Owen and Hanah, teenagers here, are travelling to find a safe haven, encounter each new member of their group, and start the beginnings of their tribe. Lots of names, lots of action, but ultimately, I've been a little soured by Owen. One more book to go - moving on.

[Stacey Kivisto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I've read all the books except the last and they are terrific! Great books for a long car ride. Hopefully you will feel the same give it a try!:)

[Jahir Hernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good book telling the backstory of the colony. Can't wait to read the next one.