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Whiskey Delta #2
Papa Zulu
The sequel to Whiskey Delta, now available at Amazon.com in paperback and ebook formats.
In the barren deserts of New Mexico, the war against the Whiskey Delta continues. After years of fighting, the "Mage" and his Rattlesnakes manage to get the upper hand on the undead, while back at their base, "Doc" Ross Cooper and his team are getting close to producing a vaccine from the Patient Zero strain. But things quickly change when a new opponent enters the arena. Ever since their encounter with rogue forces in LA, the Mage has worried that there are military forces back east, people who owe allegiance to another master and want the Patient Zero strain for themselves.
In the barren deserts of New Mexico, the war against the Whiskey Delta continues. After years of fighting, the "Mage" and his Rattlesnakes manage to get the upper hand on the undead, while back at their base, "Doc" Ross Cooper and his team are getting close to producing a vaccine from the Patient Zero strain. But things quickly change when a new opponent enters the arena. Ever since their encounter with rogue forces in LA, the Mage has worried that there are military forces back east, people who owe allegiance to another master and want the Patient Zero strain for themselves.
314 pages, ebook
First published February 16, 2014
5 people want to read
About the author
Matthew S. Williams
22 books128 followersI'm a science communicator and journalist who writes for Universe Today and a handful of other publications. I've written thousands of articles on the subjects of astronomy, space exploration, Earth science, and cosmology. I am also a lover of sci-fi and the classics - always have been, always will be!
My first published novel, The Cronian Incident, (Formist Series #1) was released in 2017 and cracked the top #50 Hot New Releases on Amazon. The follow-up The Jovian Manifesto was released in 2018, and the finale in the trilogy - The Frost Line Fracture - was released in December 2020.
When I'm not writing, I'm practicing Taekwon-Do, or just enjoying life in BC with my wife and cat.
Check out my author profile on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-S-Will...
My first published novel, The Cronian Incident, (Formist Series #1) was released in 2017 and cracked the top #50 Hot New Releases on Amazon. The follow-up The Jovian Manifesto was released in 2018, and the finale in the trilogy - The Frost Line Fracture - was released in December 2020.
When I'm not writing, I'm practicing Taekwon-Do, or just enjoying life in BC with my wife and cat.
Check out my author profile on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-S-Will...
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March 23, 2014
**Warning: May contain spoilers**
What can I say about this....except it's an incredible follow up to Whiskey Delta! I almost wish I'd given WD a lower rating, just so I could rate this a higher one LOL. It picks up pretty much where book 1 left off, but it is written in such a way that if you didn't read WD you wouldn't be too lost. It's not so much about the zombies this time, but the aftermath of that and the internal conflicts both within the Army and within each person.
Dr. Ross, (which actually is the doctor in book 1), is again recruited to find a vaccine for the zombie virus that had started to sweep the nation. Even though the first known victim, code name Papa Zulu, has been captured and quarantined, there still needs to be a vaccine to prevent another wave from attacking humanity (which some uber anti hospital hipster probably wouldn't get anyway...). There isn't just a race to find a cure, but a competition of sorts. There's a constant "rooster fight" within the lab's walls and Ross dislikes anyone who questions his authority. Highly intelligent, but highly insecure he doesn't like his pretty assistant because she denies his advances, and is so sure her appearance gets her through life and she wouldn't be taken seriously anywhere else. His researcher is killed upon the base attack and Ross only questions the validity to make sure he doesn't lose credit for creating the vaccine. The doctor is kept under lock and key for several reasons once the lab is raided. Yes, this guy is a dick and I was hoping he hadn't lived from book 1.
Outside the research lab is a different game. As Sgt. Dezba is recovering from a severed hand and PTSD in a facility he learns to work with a mechanical hand while Sgt. Saunders tries to fill in his shoes and deal with a pseudo relationship with the platoon's LT Braun. Both of them deal in their own way which is, ironically, much like each other.
As they're fighting what they think is the enemy, they come to the conclusion that it's their own forces fighting them, all in an effort to dis-way them so they can get to the remains of Papa Zulu first. It's LT. Braun's ass when people die due to a disobeying of orders, even though that disobedience brought the Army's biggest victory in this war. His argument is that he had no way of knowing, given the platoon's situation, that the orders were in fact coming from where/whom they were supposed to, and considering the Mage - the highest up- might be dead. I'm with Braun on this one. I'd rather pay for insubordination than blindly follow what might be a counter attack and set up. Another group of soldiers in history blindly followed orders-they were called Nazis. I'd rather be judge by 12 than carried by 6.
There are a few loose ends where the end of the book is concerned and to quote Braun "this can't be the end...there has to be more..." His relationship with Saunders is brought to attention, there's a traitor (or 2) in their midst, and his platoon might have a new leader.
Please tell me there's another book after this one!
What can I say about this....except it's an incredible follow up to Whiskey Delta! I almost wish I'd given WD a lower rating, just so I could rate this a higher one LOL. It picks up pretty much where book 1 left off, but it is written in such a way that if you didn't read WD you wouldn't be too lost. It's not so much about the zombies this time, but the aftermath of that and the internal conflicts both within the Army and within each person.
Dr. Ross, (which actually is the doctor in book 1), is again recruited to find a vaccine for the zombie virus that had started to sweep the nation. Even though the first known victim, code name Papa Zulu, has been captured and quarantined, there still needs to be a vaccine to prevent another wave from attacking humanity (which some uber anti hospital hipster probably wouldn't get anyway...). There isn't just a race to find a cure, but a competition of sorts. There's a constant "rooster fight" within the lab's walls and Ross dislikes anyone who questions his authority. Highly intelligent, but highly insecure he doesn't like his pretty assistant because she denies his advances, and is so sure her appearance gets her through life and she wouldn't be taken seriously anywhere else. His researcher is killed upon the base attack and Ross only questions the validity to make sure he doesn't lose credit for creating the vaccine. The doctor is kept under lock and key for several reasons once the lab is raided. Yes, this guy is a dick and I was hoping he hadn't lived from book 1.
Outside the research lab is a different game. As Sgt. Dezba is recovering from a severed hand and PTSD in a facility he learns to work with a mechanical hand while Sgt. Saunders tries to fill in his shoes and deal with a pseudo relationship with the platoon's LT Braun. Both of them deal in their own way which is, ironically, much like each other.
As they're fighting what they think is the enemy, they come to the conclusion that it's their own forces fighting them, all in an effort to dis-way them so they can get to the remains of Papa Zulu first. It's LT. Braun's ass when people die due to a disobeying of orders, even though that disobedience brought the Army's biggest victory in this war. His argument is that he had no way of knowing, given the platoon's situation, that the orders were in fact coming from where/whom they were supposed to, and considering the Mage - the highest up- might be dead. I'm with Braun on this one. I'd rather pay for insubordination than blindly follow what might be a counter attack and set up. Another group of soldiers in history blindly followed orders-they were called Nazis. I'd rather be judge by 12 than carried by 6.
There are a few loose ends where the end of the book is concerned and to quote Braun "this can't be the end...there has to be more..." His relationship with Saunders is brought to attention, there's a traitor (or 2) in their midst, and his platoon might have a new leader.
Please tell me there's another book after this one!
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