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The Resistance Is Dead #1
The Outbreak
First published in 2016, this is the story of a global pandemic that has infected roughly a third of the world in a short time. Americans, stuck in lockdown, are uncertain about the future.
President Adam Chambers is midway through his first term and tries to leverage his popularity with the people to inspire cooperation between the governed and their government.
Meanwhile, a group of friends who have fantasized survivalism scenarios for years are about to be in for the ride of their life.
When the mysterious new virus starts to kill the infected, and the dead come back with a hunger for brains and human flesh, the line begins to blur between reality and fantasy.
Review for "The Outbreak" (April 2017 Kindle Occult Horror #1 Best Seller):
"A concise and metaphorically apt exploration of the contemporary American psyche. This book is the literary equivalent of Con Air if it were directed by David Lynch, with a screenplay by Mike Judge."
President Adam Chambers is midway through his first term and tries to leverage his popularity with the people to inspire cooperation between the governed and their government.
Meanwhile, a group of friends who have fantasized survivalism scenarios for years are about to be in for the ride of their life.
When the mysterious new virus starts to kill the infected, and the dead come back with a hunger for brains and human flesh, the line begins to blur between reality and fantasy.
Review for "The Outbreak" (April 2017 Kindle Occult Horror #1 Best Seller):
"A concise and metaphorically apt exploration of the contemporary American psyche. This book is the literary equivalent of Con Air if it were directed by David Lynch, with a screenplay by Mike Judge."
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Published March 23, 2024
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September 16, 2017
Zombies are typically pretty intriguing and there are many iterations of zombies and how they came to be. In Kevin Mosseles's The Resistance is Dead the rise of zombies in America is just getting started.
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The beginning of a zombie outbreak is in its first stage. Disguising itself as a flu-like illness, the virus runs its course, leaving the victims feeling like new just before they die...and then rise again with a hunger for humans. As this situation unfolds across the country, a group of friends well-versed in zombie video games, movies, and books prepare themselves to take on the hordes while President Adam Chambers tries to learn more about what's happening and keep his family, and the American people, as safe as possible.
As an origin story to the start of a zombie apocalypse, this narrative offers a variety of character perspectives on how it arises and could be dealt with, most humorously from that of the video game players, which I found to be the most relatable. The type of third person narration was roving in nature, shifting from character to character by paragraph, which, while offering a whole picture of the situation, was occasionally disorienting. I also found it a little strange to have zombies referred to as "zeds," which is a British English thing that hasn't really jumped the pond to the United States where the story was set.
Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
The beginning of a zombie outbreak is in its first stage. Disguising itself as a flu-like illness, the virus runs its course, leaving the victims feeling like new just before they die...and then rise again with a hunger for humans. As this situation unfolds across the country, a group of friends well-versed in zombie video games, movies, and books prepare themselves to take on the hordes while President Adam Chambers tries to learn more about what's happening and keep his family, and the American people, as safe as possible.
As an origin story to the start of a zombie apocalypse, this narrative offers a variety of character perspectives on how it arises and could be dealt with, most humorously from that of the video game players, which I found to be the most relatable. The type of third person narration was roving in nature, shifting from character to character by paragraph, which, while offering a whole picture of the situation, was occasionally disorienting. I also found it a little strange to have zombies referred to as "zeds," which is a British English thing that hasn't really jumped the pond to the United States where the story was set.
Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
April 23, 2017
Act I
This is a nice light read. I like that the president is involved in this novel. The best is yet to come.
This is a nice light read. I like that the president is involved in this novel. The best is yet to come.
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