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The Dead Don't Bleed #1
The Outbreak
“When there's no more room in hell, the dead shall walk the earth."It started as an isolated outbreak of a mysterious illness in the wake of a minor natural disaster in central New Jersey. The first reports of illness occurred within hours of exposure, the first deaths followed a short time later but it wasn’t until the second day that the first of the dead started to rise.By the end of the weekend the illness had burnt its way across the globe as containment efforts failed.Garrett Newton was just about to start a new chapter in his life after a combat injury ended his military career. Instead of starting his first day of work at a new job, he found himself on the run from a zombie apocalypse ripped from the scripts of the most terrifying horror movies.Garrett leads a band of survivors to fight their way free of population centers in the futile hope that help will eventually find them.
346 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2013
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About the author
S. Ganley
8 books2 followersScott Ganley is a former Military Policeman with the United States Army. He has seen duty in countries all over the world including Central America, The Middle East, Korea, and Europe. He served in Operation Desert Storm along with his drop-dead gorgeous wife of 31 years, Amanda. Together they have two beautiful adult daughters. Scott also has two grown twin daughters who live in Germany and a rapidly expanding troop of young grandsons.
An avid reader of most adventure and action books his favorite authors include Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Michael Connelly, Lee Childs, and others. He enjoys reading zombie and apocalyptic themes and has amassed an impressive Kindle Library with such books in recent years.
Scott has a Master's Degree in Public Administration and currently works for two separate departments of a University in Western Kentucky in Information Technology. Originally from Northern Virginia, he has lived with his family in Kentucky for the last 30 years following the end of his tour of military duty at Fort Campbell, KY where he now works in the tech field for a Kentucky college.
His current writing projects include three apocalyptic zombie series:
The Infected Series: Part 1 (The Infected), Part 2 (The Infected: Gerald's War) and Part 3 (The Infected: Rise of the Zombies).
The Dead Don't Bleed series: Part 1 (The Outbreak) and Part 2 (The Aftermath).
Zombie Nation (The beginning)
Earth 2.0 Series: Part 1 (The Arrival) and Part 2 (Worlds Collide)
Beyond the Wall: A Zombie Saga
Scott can be contacted via email at: sganley@yahoo.com
Comments, suggestions and questions are always welcome.
An avid reader of most adventure and action books his favorite authors include Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Michael Connelly, Lee Childs, and others. He enjoys reading zombie and apocalyptic themes and has amassed an impressive Kindle Library with such books in recent years.
Scott has a Master's Degree in Public Administration and currently works for two separate departments of a University in Western Kentucky in Information Technology. Originally from Northern Virginia, he has lived with his family in Kentucky for the last 30 years following the end of his tour of military duty at Fort Campbell, KY where he now works in the tech field for a Kentucky college.
His current writing projects include three apocalyptic zombie series:
The Infected Series: Part 1 (The Infected), Part 2 (The Infected: Gerald's War) and Part 3 (The Infected: Rise of the Zombies).
The Dead Don't Bleed series: Part 1 (The Outbreak) and Part 2 (The Aftermath).
Zombie Nation (The beginning)
Earth 2.0 Series: Part 1 (The Arrival) and Part 2 (Worlds Collide)
Beyond the Wall: A Zombie Saga
Scott can be contacted via email at: sganley@yahoo.com
Comments, suggestions and questions are always welcome.
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December 31, 2022
awesome read
Anyone that likes a zombie book or adventure will most assuredly love this read. It does seem a little more on the realistic side as if this could actually happen. I mean if it was going to happen I could see it happen this way. A unknown bug gets free from a location (not man made) and raises total havoc. And told from the different point of view of some of the front line participants. Just loved it all .. cant wait till the next book.
Anyone that likes a zombie book or adventure will most assuredly love this read. It does seem a little more on the realistic side as if this could actually happen. I mean if it was going to happen I could see it happen this way. A unknown bug gets free from a location (not man made) and raises total havoc. And told from the different point of view of some of the front line participants. Just loved it all .. cant wait till the next book.
June 3, 2019
Story not bad; proofing/structure is really bad
This is actually a fairly interesting story but it gets bogged down - in overuse of minutiae, which had me skimming through to more interesting sections. This is made worse by paragraphs that can go on literally for a page. Without breaking up content it just runs on and on. But, the real issues are the lack of proofreading and subsequent typos, grammatical and spelling errors, which are on every single page (most pages several of them). It’s a shame the author put so much work into this but didn’t take the time or make the investment to have someone proof and correct it. While I’m going to read the second installment I hope I can get through it.
This is actually a fairly interesting story but it gets bogged down - in overuse of minutiae, which had me skimming through to more interesting sections. This is made worse by paragraphs that can go on literally for a page. Without breaking up content it just runs on and on. But, the real issues are the lack of proofreading and subsequent typos, grammatical and spelling errors, which are on every single page (most pages several of them). It’s a shame the author put so much work into this but didn’t take the time or make the investment to have someone proof and correct it. While I’m going to read the second installment I hope I can get through it.
February 6, 2023
Great read
This is an interesting take on a zombie apocalypse. I really like the main characters personality and how the story develops. I like that this story starts from the beginning of how the zombie apocalypse started and takes you through the steps that the government and local authorities go through during a time of crisis instead of just starting out with zombies.
This is an interesting take on a zombie apocalypse. I really like the main characters personality and how the story develops. I like that this story starts from the beginning of how the zombie apocalypse started and takes you through the steps that the government and local authorities go through during a time of crisis instead of just starting out with zombies.
March 16, 2025
DNF at 9/11 hours
High levels of casual racism!
Every time a minority is described, it’s horrible.
Such weird decisions in a story that was really good otherwise. Like how jarring!
High levels of casual racism!
Every time a minority is described, it’s horrible.
Such weird decisions in a story that was really good otherwise. Like how jarring!
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