Autumn: The London Trilogy - The Complete Post-Apocalyptic Epic

by David Moody

THE WORLD IS DEAD Two months ago, billions of people were killed by a deadly germ. Days later, they rose again in massive numbers. Since then, cities worldwide have become corpse-filled, rat-infested, germ-choked hellholes. A group of people are trapped in central London, hopelessly outnumbered by the dead. They hear rumours of a safe haven in the north – a self-sufficient community where people from across the country have gathered to try and rebuild their lives. But the decaying ruins of the capital are vast and sprawling, and they’re going to need an army to get away from this place. There are other people here, waiting in the shadows to be found. Can enough of them band together to make a difference, or has the country – maybe even the entire world – already been lost to the dead? SPECIAL EDITION – contains ALL THREE novels in the series ( DAWN , INFERNO , and EXODUS ) along with SEVEN brand new short stories.
PRAISE FOR DAVID MOODY AND THE AUTUMN

“A head-spinning thrill ride, a cautionary tale about the most salient emotion of the 21st century… HATER will haunt you long after you read the last page…” — GUILLERMO DEL TORO (director of PAN’S LABYRINTH, THE SHAPE OF WATER) on HATER

"David Moody's DAWN breathes new life into my favourite undead series." — CRAIG DILOUIE, author of EPISODE THIRTEEN

“ INFERNO is an absolute blast from beginning to end. 10/10” — GAMES, BRRRAAAINS & A HEAD-BANGING LIFE “As demonstrated throughout his previous novels, readers should crown Moody king of the zombie horror novel” — BOOKLIST

“The best survival horror since Richard Matheson's I AM LEGEND.” — WAYNE SIMMONS, Author of FLU

“If you only read one book this year, read AUTUMN .” — SUSPENSE MAGAZINE

“By the end of the book, you will be waiting impatiently for the next instalment.” — DREAD CENTRAL

1169 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2023

About the author

David Moody first released Hater in 2006, and without an agent, succeeded in selling the film rights for the novel to Mark Johnson (producer, Breaking Bad) and Guillermo Del Toro (director, The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth). Moody's seminal zombie novel Autumn was made into a movie starring Dexter Fletcher and David Carradine. He has an unhealthy fascination with the end of the world and likes to write books about ordinary folks going through absolute hell. With the publication of continuing Hater and Autumn stories, Moody has cemented his reputation as a writer of suspense-laced SF/horror, and "farther out" genre books of all description.

Find out more about his work at www.davidmoody.net and www.infectedbooks.co.uk, and join Moody's mailing list to keep up with new releases.

Reviews

[Sammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn’t exactly expecting a great deal from this, so it was a pleasant surprise to find a book that was actually pretty engaging. Sure, the writing isn’t going to win any awards, but that’s not normally the first concern in a zombie book. What you want is an action-packed story that is hard to put down, and on that score, this book (well, technically 3 books and a handful of short stories!) delivers.

There are a LOT of characters to keep track of here, but I was never once confused about who was who. And there are certainly some interesting characters here. From tough-as-nails grannies to sleezy politicians (even the end of the world can’t save us from those!), and a lot of people from different countries and backgrounds, so they all feel distinct.

I think I enjoyed the first two books – those set in London – the most, but I definitely enjoyed the trilogy as a whole, and some of the bonus short story content was fun too. I think that if you fancy a zombie read, you can do much, much worse! I certainly have…)

The audio narration wasn’t bad either. The Narrator's regional accents weren’t perfect, but they were close enough that you could tell what they were, and they didn’t make my ears bleed. 😆

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book

This book takes such a different angle on the Zombie apocalypse! I loved so many of the characters and loved hating some of them. I hope there is a follow up book or 2! The short stories were so interesting especially the last one 🤔😀

I would definitely recommend reading this series

[Raechel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audio book review.

The story is told from a third person perspective with multiple main characters and little inserts of side character stories. A virus kills of 99%of the earth's population and in London a rag-tag group of survivors from all kinds of backgrounds join forces to survive. The face the walking dead, other groups of survivors and tyrants within their own groups. This I purely a story of survival. There are no love stories and no trying to figure out what happened, why and why they were not affected by it. Strong friendships are formed and there are some lovely characters you will become invested in.

The narration was by one of my favourite narrators, and you don't just get a reading, you get a performance so convincing you sometimes think there's multiple narrators. His accents are fantastic!

A great listen and a bargain for the three books plus bonus extras for one credit!

[Jon Lymon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Before bigging up the writing, I’ve got to mention Aubrey Parsons, narrator of the Audible version of this trilogy. He can’t half do an impressive range of accents, required for this multi-character trip through the capital city after the apocalypse.

Moody certainly knows his streets of London, like a cabbie post The Knowledge knows the streets of London. And having worked in the capital for many years, I could visualise many of the places that featured here, particularly St Katharine’s Dock which is beautiful place to visit near Tower Bridge in real life, but not such an attraction in Autumn.

Now, if you like books where you’re rooting for a hero, there isn’t really one, but several across the three books- Autumn: Dawn, Autumn: Inferno and Autumn: Exodus. And in true Walking Dead style – a series that is referenced here, not all of them make it, so you’ll often find yourself changing allegiances when it comes to favourite characters.

And the baddies, apart from the undead which don’t seem to be quite so bloodthirsty as in other zombie stories I’ve read and written, are human too, with former policitian Dominic, and Eastern European Piotr likely to top your list of hurry up and get your comeuppance characters.

It’s a compelling series which I happily listened to back to back (about 30 hours worth). My only question is, unless I missed something, why is the subject of how these characters survived while 99.9% of the population perished never mentioned or tackled?

[Heather Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just awesome

I'm so glad I came across David Moody
and the London Trilogy.
I was absolutely hooked.So raw.Its something that could happen in an apocalypse that people gathered together and tried to survive.Loved the characters and plot just awesome

[Caroline 'relaxing with my rescue dogs' · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this you really got involved with the characters and it worked. I loved the ending it was just perfect. The addition of the short stories really added to the story, it broke it up a bit, but was linked - apart from the last one which was set in America (which I also loved)

The narration really worked and added to the atmosphere