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What Zombies Fear #6
The Incarnation
The final book of the What Zombies Fear series!
After heavy losses and major setbacks, the team splits up. Spread across the country, everyone is making a new life and rebuilding.
Kris and Alicia build a life for themselves in Gander Acres. John, Jo and the Australians fortify a town in the familiar climate of the Arizona desert in Yuma. Marshall and Renee take over Legion, and secure Atlanta.
Everyone thinks the war is over. Except Victor and the E’Clei. Victor never forgets the atrocities committed and never loses sight of the zombies goals. His friends think he’s crazy, but he continues to fortify Sharonton.
For years, life is pretty good, John has several more children. Marshall builds LEGION into a thriving community, with the help of Renee and her daughters. Gander Acres thrives, growing into a small town filled with love and relative peace.
Then the zombie hordes launch a coordinated attack against all of the major human settlements across the globe.
Only a stroke of luck saves Victor, as the E’Clei renew their offensive and declare all-out war against the humans. Will Victor and Max be able to save the few remaining humans from this massive offensive?
Kirk Allmond delivers fast paced action, sincere characters and a story that will leave you breathless.
After heavy losses and major setbacks, the team splits up. Spread across the country, everyone is making a new life and rebuilding.
Kris and Alicia build a life for themselves in Gander Acres. John, Jo and the Australians fortify a town in the familiar climate of the Arizona desert in Yuma. Marshall and Renee take over Legion, and secure Atlanta.
Everyone thinks the war is over. Except Victor and the E’Clei. Victor never forgets the atrocities committed and never loses sight of the zombies goals. His friends think he’s crazy, but he continues to fortify Sharonton.
For years, life is pretty good, John has several more children. Marshall builds LEGION into a thriving community, with the help of Renee and her daughters. Gander Acres thrives, growing into a small town filled with love and relative peace.
Then the zombie hordes launch a coordinated attack against all of the major human settlements across the globe.
Only a stroke of luck saves Victor, as the E’Clei renew their offensive and declare all-out war against the humans. Will Victor and Max be able to save the few remaining humans from this massive offensive?
Kirk Allmond delivers fast paced action, sincere characters and a story that will leave you breathless.
255 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 16, 2014
About the author
Kirk Allmond
13 books55 followersKirk Allmond: Author, Zombie Expert, Survivalist, Teacher.
Kirk Allmond takes on all aspects of zombies. This isn’t just a vocation, it’s a passion. In 2006, The Zombie Preparedness Initiative was formed as a global project to prepare the world for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Or, whatever disaster may occur. The Zombie Preparedness Initiative, or ZPI, is unique in that it connects zombie literature, survivalism, and a dash of humor. The site provides a useful service with wit and wisdom.
On the site, there's an article about creating a zombie plan. The article is a thoughtful and thorough discussion of what an ordinary person should learn about being prepared for any emergency or disaster, not just a plan for when the dead walk the earth. Alongside this article are postings about gardening and food preservation, including the all-important topic “How to Make Bacon Post Apocalypse”, weaponry and supplies.
Kirk didn't write all the articles, and gives the majority of the credit to his Advisory Board, a group of writers, survivalists, and zombie enthusiasts who oversee the content of the site. Many ideas are contributed by members of the large community of readers, who also participate in the discussion forums.
Allmond’s novels, the “What Zombies Fear” series are co-authored with Laura Bretz. What Zombies Fear: A Father’s Quest has reached the number one spot on Amazon’s Horror, Paranormal, and Superhero best seller lists.
The series follows Victor Tookes in his quest to keep his son safe. It’s different than most zombie novels in that these zombies are caused by a parasitic alien, which hitchhiked to earth aboard a meteor. These aliens invade the brain of the host, taking control of the body. In the case of a weaker infection, the corpse becomes the traditional Romero style zombie. But in cases of severe infection, the parasites can control more areas of the brain, allowing for zombies that can pass as human. In rare cases of the strongest infection, those zombies are able to access areas of the brain that normal humans did not, giving them heightened abilities.
Their latest novel, Declaration of War was published April, 2013, and reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s Best Seller list in the Horror category.
There are currently five novels published in the series, and a new novel in progress.
Kirk Allmond takes on all aspects of zombies. This isn’t just a vocation, it’s a passion. In 2006, The Zombie Preparedness Initiative was formed as a global project to prepare the world for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Or, whatever disaster may occur. The Zombie Preparedness Initiative, or ZPI, is unique in that it connects zombie literature, survivalism, and a dash of humor. The site provides a useful service with wit and wisdom.
On the site, there's an article about creating a zombie plan. The article is a thoughtful and thorough discussion of what an ordinary person should learn about being prepared for any emergency or disaster, not just a plan for when the dead walk the earth. Alongside this article are postings about gardening and food preservation, including the all-important topic “How to Make Bacon Post Apocalypse”, weaponry and supplies.
Kirk didn't write all the articles, and gives the majority of the credit to his Advisory Board, a group of writers, survivalists, and zombie enthusiasts who oversee the content of the site. Many ideas are contributed by members of the large community of readers, who also participate in the discussion forums.
Allmond’s novels, the “What Zombies Fear” series are co-authored with Laura Bretz. What Zombies Fear: A Father’s Quest has reached the number one spot on Amazon’s Horror, Paranormal, and Superhero best seller lists.
The series follows Victor Tookes in his quest to keep his son safe. It’s different than most zombie novels in that these zombies are caused by a parasitic alien, which hitchhiked to earth aboard a meteor. These aliens invade the brain of the host, taking control of the body. In the case of a weaker infection, the corpse becomes the traditional Romero style zombie. But in cases of severe infection, the parasites can control more areas of the brain, allowing for zombies that can pass as human. In rare cases of the strongest infection, those zombies are able to access areas of the brain that normal humans did not, giving them heightened abilities.
Their latest novel, Declaration of War was published April, 2013, and reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s Best Seller list in the Horror category.
There are currently five novels published in the series, and a new novel in progress.
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July 12, 2022
The Incarnation wrapped up the series nicely. It was the ending I expected... a happy ending but with some heavy losses along to way.
I'm really happy Tookes was able to do what he set out to do in the very beginning of this series.
A zombie apocalypse with a syfy/superhero twist... if I had read about the twist in the description of the first book I'm not sure I would've giving this series a go because it sounds weird but I'm so glad I did cause the zombie/superhero combo is amazing! Loved all the superpowers the author came up with!
I'm really happy Tookes was able to do what he set out to do in the very beginning of this series.
A zombie apocalypse with a syfy/superhero twist... if I had read about the twist in the description of the first book I'm not sure I would've giving this series a go because it sounds weird but I'm so glad I did cause the zombie/superhero combo is amazing! Loved all the superpowers the author came up with!
January 18, 2016
The explosive climax to the What Zombies Fear series is the end of an age. In a very real way, these books had an impact on the whole of the literary zombie genre. Nowhere near that of World War Z, of course, but something that inspired quite a few other authors to take up the pen. What Zombies Fear contributed, at least in some small way, to creating a market for people who wanted to see the undead get slaughtered in text.
The premise is a rebuttal to the majority of zombie fiction which revels hopelessness. Most zombie fiction is a disaster story, while this is an action series. Our heroes are capable of slaying vast numbers of the undead and do so with great abandon, exacting a small amount of revenge for the amount of times mankind has been slaughtered by them in fiction. Victor Tookes, the titular individual which zombies fear, has developed superpowers due to his immunity to the zombie bite. With these powers, he's fought the zombies of Earth for over a decade.
Unfortunately, they've regrouped and are now assaulting not only his community of survivors but every single other community his followers protect. The group is divided and weak, many having lost loved ones. Can Victor rally them to take the fight against Bookbinder, the mysterious new "queen" of the E'clei?
Of course he can.
Despite the previous volume being the darkest in the series, Incarnation is a largely positive story about humanity vs. the dead. Everyone rallies back behind Victor and while there is a good deal of hurt feelings, the sense of heroism behind each of the characters shine through. Due to the fact Max is now an adult, he is able to lend his godlike zombie-destroying powers to aid the fight as well.
It's no walk in the park for the heroes, though. Despite Max's many advantages, the zombies have been preparing for the counterstrike for ages. Lives will have to be sacrificed to stop the E'clei and some of them will be familiar faces. All of the heroes are ready and willing to give their lives to stop the zombie menace once and for all. People often pooh-pah good versus evil stories but some of the most enduring are those which have said premise. This is not an exception and I'm not afraid to say the ending had me a little misty eyed.
The battles are straight out of a comic book only done in a wonderful literary style. Even better, the drama is heartfelt. When people die, each character is strongly affected and can't help but be devastated when the loss is someone closest to them. A few of them become suicidal but in a war where every life matters, the heroes have to close ranks in order to try and help.
Is it a perfect ending? I'm not going to say so. I felt the break-up of the group to go their separate ways when millions of zombies were still at large felt contrived. Likewise, I was hoping we'd get to see more than the main group take up the sword to do battle with the E'clei. It would have been nice to see him leading a whole army of empowered mortals against the zombie hordes. Such is not to be, though.
The ending also verges a little to the melodramatic side but, at least, spends time giving events their appropriate dramatic weight. It was always about protecting Max for Victor and his life along with the lives of his fellows was never important beyond that.
It's the end of a series and the authors have saved the best for last.
10/10
The premise is a rebuttal to the majority of zombie fiction which revels hopelessness. Most zombie fiction is a disaster story, while this is an action series. Our heroes are capable of slaying vast numbers of the undead and do so with great abandon, exacting a small amount of revenge for the amount of times mankind has been slaughtered by them in fiction. Victor Tookes, the titular individual which zombies fear, has developed superpowers due to his immunity to the zombie bite. With these powers, he's fought the zombies of Earth for over a decade.
Unfortunately, they've regrouped and are now assaulting not only his community of survivors but every single other community his followers protect. The group is divided and weak, many having lost loved ones. Can Victor rally them to take the fight against Bookbinder, the mysterious new "queen" of the E'clei?
Of course he can.
Despite the previous volume being the darkest in the series, Incarnation is a largely positive story about humanity vs. the dead. Everyone rallies back behind Victor and while there is a good deal of hurt feelings, the sense of heroism behind each of the characters shine through. Due to the fact Max is now an adult, he is able to lend his godlike zombie-destroying powers to aid the fight as well.
It's no walk in the park for the heroes, though. Despite Max's many advantages, the zombies have been preparing for the counterstrike for ages. Lives will have to be sacrificed to stop the E'clei and some of them will be familiar faces. All of the heroes are ready and willing to give their lives to stop the zombie menace once and for all. People often pooh-pah good versus evil stories but some of the most enduring are those which have said premise. This is not an exception and I'm not afraid to say the ending had me a little misty eyed.
The battles are straight out of a comic book only done in a wonderful literary style. Even better, the drama is heartfelt. When people die, each character is strongly affected and can't help but be devastated when the loss is someone closest to them. A few of them become suicidal but in a war where every life matters, the heroes have to close ranks in order to try and help.
Is it a perfect ending? I'm not going to say so. I felt the break-up of the group to go their separate ways when millions of zombies were still at large felt contrived. Likewise, I was hoping we'd get to see more than the main group take up the sword to do battle with the E'clei. It would have been nice to see him leading a whole army of empowered mortals against the zombie hordes. Such is not to be, though.
The ending also verges a little to the melodramatic side but, at least, spends time giving events their appropriate dramatic weight. It was always about protecting Max for Victor and his life along with the lives of his fellows was never important beyond that.
It's the end of a series and the authors have saved the best for last.
10/10
December 23, 2014
Well done! A very good ending .. and beginning.
This story will not disappoint. I highly recommend that you finish the story as you will be following Vicror's most amazing finale. You will have fun reading and equally a hard time putting down the book. I don't want to say much since I don't want any spoilers. Looking forward to the future adventures.
This story will not disappoint. I highly recommend that you finish the story as you will be following Vicror's most amazing finale. You will have fun reading and equally a hard time putting down the book. I don't want to say much since I don't want any spoilers. Looking forward to the future adventures.
April 27, 2015
Had me from beginning to End!!
November 12, 2015
Great Series! I read the whole series one book after another. It is a zombie series but with a slightly different take, and I definitely liked it!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
February 25, 2015
i can not believe the ending. is there going to be more?
January 23, 2016
Well, that's over.
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