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Arisen #8
Empire of the Dead
Hope Never Dies.
The ARISEN series returns - putting Alpha team, MARSOC, and One Troop Royal Marines face-to-face with their most lethal adversaries ever - in the most blistering and heart-stopping chapter yet of the epic saga.
ALPHA TEAM BATTLES ITS GREATEST NEMESIS
With Juice in heavy contact on the do-or-die shore mission, Ali in a blistering sniper duel over the south Atlantic, and Homer all alone and massively outnumbered deep beneath the keel of the JFK, the Alpha operators are in the fight of their lives - against tactically outstanding, pain-invulnerable, and utterly merciless Spetsnaz commandos - and with no guarantees about who will be left standing at the end...
THE JFK CLINGS TO SURVIVAL
Perilously low on ammo, fuel, planes, pilots, and options, and seemingly outmaneuvered at every turn, the beleaguered John F. Kennedy engages in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with the gigantic and weapons-bristling Russian battlecruiser - with not just their lives on the line, but the lives of everyone on the planet...
ONE TROOP FIGHTS FURIOUSLY TO HOLD THE CENTER
As London comes under unrelenting siege, Jameson and the Royal Marines face down a lightning-fast and terrifyingly uncontrolled outbreak in CentCom's Strategic Command Center - the beating heart of humanity's last defenses against the dead - and with no one but them standing in the way of total collapse and utter devastation...
The ARISEN series returns - putting Alpha team, MARSOC, and One Troop Royal Marines face-to-face with their most lethal adversaries ever - in the most blistering and heart-stopping chapter yet of the epic saga.
ALPHA TEAM BATTLES ITS GREATEST NEMESIS
With Juice in heavy contact on the do-or-die shore mission, Ali in a blistering sniper duel over the south Atlantic, and Homer all alone and massively outnumbered deep beneath the keel of the JFK, the Alpha operators are in the fight of their lives - against tactically outstanding, pain-invulnerable, and utterly merciless Spetsnaz commandos - and with no guarantees about who will be left standing at the end...
THE JFK CLINGS TO SURVIVAL
Perilously low on ammo, fuel, planes, pilots, and options, and seemingly outmaneuvered at every turn, the beleaguered John F. Kennedy engages in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with the gigantic and weapons-bristling Russian battlecruiser - with not just their lives on the line, but the lives of everyone on the planet...
ONE TROOP FIGHTS FURIOUSLY TO HOLD THE CENTER
As London comes under unrelenting siege, Jameson and the Royal Marines face down a lightning-fast and terrifyingly uncontrolled outbreak in CentCom's Strategic Command Center - the beating heart of humanity's last defenses against the dead - and with no one but them standing in the way of total collapse and utter devastation...
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First published December 10, 2014
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Glynn James
92 books477 followersGLYNN JAMES is an author of science fiction, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy, horror, and dystopian fiction. His love of science fiction began when he was eight years old after discovering HP Lovecraft and Richard Matheson, and then later on Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, James Herbert, Clive Barker, and Stephen King.
In addition to being author of the “ALTERLIGHT” supernatural mystery thriller series, he is author of the dark sci-fi series "DIARY OF THE DISPLACED", the post-apocalyptic "THROWN AWAY" series, and co-author of the "ARISEN" series and the “DUSTFALL” series.
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In addition to being author of the “ALTERLIGHT” supernatural mystery thriller series, he is author of the dark sci-fi series "DIARY OF THE DISPLACED", the post-apocalyptic "THROWN AWAY" series, and co-author of the "ARISEN" series and the “DUSTFALL” series.
More info on his writing and projects can be found at -
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April 6, 2017
The JFK faces a crisis as the Russians prepare to attack again and Drake is in no fit condition to be in charge. Jameson and his team rush into CentCom to try to take control of the situation while Rebecca's group try to get there safely. Juice is trapped onshore while his teammates battle Spetsnaz in the air and under water, and a bioterrorist is working on a way to redeem himself by destroying the zombies.
Juice resorts to a desperate solution to try and gain partial victory over the Spetsnaz forces, and get the warehouse secured as the zombie horde closes in. His team are retreating back to the dock to return to the JFK and it seems that help will not be coming for him. Homer is proven right when he finds mines on the hull of the JFK and is suddenly involved in a deadly underwater knife fight with enemies testing all of his skills. Ali's helo races to get to the downed pilot but comes under fire from a sniper in the Russian helo. She is furious to be coming out second best and her panicking crew are not allowing her to kill the sniper, allowing the Russians to grab the pilot.
On the JFK Abrams and Campbell become increasingly frustrated by Drake's decision making as he tries to hide the fact that he is now seeing dead people around him. As his sanity wavers, he is refusing to listen to anyone as they try to take control from him, and his decisions are putting everyone at risk.
Jameson's group hear the outbreak sirens and rush into CentCom to try and take control but find the place in chaos with Mayes the last man standing, but not for long. It is now going to be up to Jameson to try and get CentCom back on it's feet, control the outbreaks in the south and get help sent to them all. (no pressure then) The Para defence lines around London are starting to crumble, Eli is hunting for Grews and Charlotte takes to the air over CentCom to ensure no zombie escapes the building. Rebecca's group find trouble on the London streets as they are pursued by armed men while Alan arrives at CentCom.
Up in the Chinese mountains in an isolated retreat, the bioterrorist Aliyev who designed the original virus has made a new virus which will kill all the existing zombies but releasing it would kill all the survivors as well. Hearing on his radio that his old colleague Simon may have a cure, he decides he must get to London to help, if he can find a way to stop survivors dying from his new virus.
The action moves along as usual with Jameson's entry into CentCom to try to stop the new outbreak and the Paras outside the city fight a desperate battle to stay alive and hold back the zombie hordes as they move towards London. Homer's underwater adventures were like something out of a James Bond film and added a whole new element to the book, while Ali battles an enemy sniper in the air. It was all pretty exciting. For me, Homer really steps up in this book and shows what he is made of and I liked that. The same can be said for poor Juice who is alone and far from rescue. Ali is having to face coming up second best for once and I liked seeing her character deal with that.
It was interesting to get a new character in Aliyev, who sold the original virus to the Al Shabaab terrorist group, which then somehow mutated into a zombie virus. He is a character you think you should hate but I found myself liking him from the start as he perfects a way to kill all the zombies. He now needs to find a way to stop his cure from killing the survivors as well, to redeem himself somewhat. I think his adventures could be interesting as the series progresses.
Overall, I loved this book again and can't get enough of this series.
Juice resorts to a desperate solution to try and gain partial victory over the Spetsnaz forces, and get the warehouse secured as the zombie horde closes in. His team are retreating back to the dock to return to the JFK and it seems that help will not be coming for him. Homer is proven right when he finds mines on the hull of the JFK and is suddenly involved in a deadly underwater knife fight with enemies testing all of his skills. Ali's helo races to get to the downed pilot but comes under fire from a sniper in the Russian helo. She is furious to be coming out second best and her panicking crew are not allowing her to kill the sniper, allowing the Russians to grab the pilot.
On the JFK Abrams and Campbell become increasingly frustrated by Drake's decision making as he tries to hide the fact that he is now seeing dead people around him. As his sanity wavers, he is refusing to listen to anyone as they try to take control from him, and his decisions are putting everyone at risk.
Jameson's group hear the outbreak sirens and rush into CentCom to try and take control but find the place in chaos with Mayes the last man standing, but not for long. It is now going to be up to Jameson to try and get CentCom back on it's feet, control the outbreaks in the south and get help sent to them all. (no pressure then) The Para defence lines around London are starting to crumble, Eli is hunting for Grews and Charlotte takes to the air over CentCom to ensure no zombie escapes the building. Rebecca's group find trouble on the London streets as they are pursued by armed men while Alan arrives at CentCom.
Up in the Chinese mountains in an isolated retreat, the bioterrorist Aliyev who designed the original virus has made a new virus which will kill all the existing zombies but releasing it would kill all the survivors as well. Hearing on his radio that his old colleague Simon may have a cure, he decides he must get to London to help, if he can find a way to stop survivors dying from his new virus.
The action moves along as usual with Jameson's entry into CentCom to try to stop the new outbreak and the Paras outside the city fight a desperate battle to stay alive and hold back the zombie hordes as they move towards London. Homer's underwater adventures were like something out of a James Bond film and added a whole new element to the book, while Ali battles an enemy sniper in the air. It was all pretty exciting. For me, Homer really steps up in this book and shows what he is made of and I liked that. The same can be said for poor Juice who is alone and far from rescue. Ali is having to face coming up second best for once and I liked seeing her character deal with that.
It was interesting to get a new character in Aliyev, who sold the original virus to the Al Shabaab terrorist group, which then somehow mutated into a zombie virus. He is a character you think you should hate but I found myself liking him from the start as he perfects a way to kill all the zombies. He now needs to find a way to stop his cure from killing the survivors as well, to redeem himself somewhat. I think his adventures could be interesting as the series progresses.
Overall, I loved this book again and can't get enough of this series.
April 2, 2017
Picking up where the last book left off, it had me chewing my nails. Now the Russians are in it, and you'd think that in this time of the dead against the living that the living would work with each other, but apparently not. With the dead on one side and the Russians on the other, and something wrong with the ship's captain, it looks like it's all going to end - but these men and women never give up! Get ready for another nail-biting ride as the military continue to fight on for the good of mankind!
March 24, 2019
I'm finally caught up with this series. And a little bummed because now I have to wait for more. This book had some parts that made me lose all hope at first, but ended with a couple of the most satisfying moments in the whole series. And gives you a great deal of respect for the men and women of the military and the amazing tools they have at their disposal. Cannot wait for book 9. Actually, book 10 since the prelude, Genesis, is the first one I read.
December 29, 2021
Only 4 stars because of the London bits...
July 8, 2017
This series...long as bleep. I did however appreciate the story behind the Genesis of the outbreak...or at least the Genesis of the virus itself. In this book...anything that can go wrong will...I cannot believe that for all the military experience in the different aspects of the book would succumb to such normal/human tendencies. I mean...really...really people...the bumbling of these people...better you give me a citizen view because I’m sure survival would mean you do whatever is necessary to save your own ass...because the ‘higher ups’ clearly can’t do what is necessary for the entire race.
You cannot tell me that the mission objective is to get the scientist to the lab to create the vaccine. This book did not touch on that...or at least it was so long and digressed I got lost. You send out 5 important players to mission objective to retrieve a non-mission task. Resulting in the death of 4 of those players, destruction of 1 of the last remaining aircrafts (which may be needed for mission objective) PLUS could not even complete the non-essential mission which was to retrieve the pilot whose plane had been shot out of the sky...waste of resources...4 lives and property lost for 1...well 0....because they never save the pilot.
It is madness that a man come back from the outside and not be subjected to quarantine because why...he refused...?? what madness is this! There is a reason for quarantine...and any doctor that allows one man to slip past that is not worth their salt. Subsequently...the man turned and run amok in central command, wipe out more than half of the people in CentCom necessary for monitoring and directing the remnants of the British front, destroy important screens etc responsible for monitoring the front leaving them blind etc...right...
NEXT...while I am not a military person...I clearly do not understand fighting for and next to your brothers...but how can retrieval of a dead comrade be more important than mission objective? You fail to ensure that you secure the supplies you initially went out to retrieve and instead break ranks to retrieve the body of a fallen brother and get yourself blown up as well...really...? Now that’s helpful. You take the dead body back to receive a ‘burial’ on the ship or whatever while the rest of the crew on board the ship die or whatever because they were unable to retrieve the stores...Really...?
Failure...
You cannot tell me that the mission objective is to get the scientist to the lab to create the vaccine. This book did not touch on that...or at least it was so long and digressed I got lost. You send out 5 important players to mission objective to retrieve a non-mission task. Resulting in the death of 4 of those players, destruction of 1 of the last remaining aircrafts (which may be needed for mission objective) PLUS could not even complete the non-essential mission which was to retrieve the pilot whose plane had been shot out of the sky...waste of resources...4 lives and property lost for 1...well 0....because they never save the pilot.
It is madness that a man come back from the outside and not be subjected to quarantine because why...he refused...?? what madness is this! There is a reason for quarantine...and any doctor that allows one man to slip past that is not worth their salt. Subsequently...the man turned and run amok in central command, wipe out more than half of the people in CentCom necessary for monitoring and directing the remnants of the British front, destroy important screens etc responsible for monitoring the front leaving them blind etc...right...
NEXT...while I am not a military person...I clearly do not understand fighting for and next to your brothers...but how can retrieval of a dead comrade be more important than mission objective? You fail to ensure that you secure the supplies you initially went out to retrieve and instead break ranks to retrieve the body of a fallen brother and get yourself blown up as well...really...? Now that’s helpful. You take the dead body back to receive a ‘burial’ on the ship or whatever while the rest of the crew on board the ship die or whatever because they were unable to retrieve the stores...Really...?
Failure...
February 4, 2015
Good next chapter
I've read all eight Arisen books, and enjoyed each one. If anything the writing's better (practice,practice), and the characters more fleshed out (pun intended). Fuchs and James manage to juggle several scenarios wonderfully, so you can follow the runner's dash thru London, the fight for the supplies in South Africa, and the zombie invasion of the last stronghold, England. Oh, there's the outbreak in CentCom, the mad Kazakh who started it all.....really you need to read all of them. I can read one in two days, good writing and determination on my part. Great series,but now I gotta wait for number 9.......
I've read all eight Arisen books, and enjoyed each one. If anything the writing's better (practice,practice), and the characters more fleshed out (pun intended). Fuchs and James manage to juggle several scenarios wonderfully, so you can follow the runner's dash thru London, the fight for the supplies in South Africa, and the zombie invasion of the last stronghold, England. Oh, there's the outbreak in CentCom, the mad Kazakh who started it all.....really you need to read all of them. I can read one in two days, good writing and determination on my part. Great series,but now I gotta wait for number 9.......
February 11, 2015
Another good read in this thrilling zombie/military series. But.....I have to say this was probably my least favorite of the nine books in this series (counting the prequel). Kind of hard to pin it down, maybe the underwater scenes took too long to develop or the warehouse scenes.
To me it seemed the carrier was just where it was at the beginning of the book, or even where it was at the end of the last book. This detour from their primary mission took way too long. I am in no danger of not continuing on, but Book 8 to me did not really advance the story any more from Book 7. They combined to make one LONG story.
To me it seemed the carrier was just where it was at the beginning of the book, or even where it was at the end of the last book. This detour from their primary mission took way too long. I am in no danger of not continuing on, but Book 8 to me did not really advance the story any more from Book 7. They combined to make one LONG story.
February 4, 2015
Definitely one of the best of the whole series!
I really love everything of Arisen: the whole story, the characters and their development... and the insane non-stop action. The Arisen series is probably the best one that I have read in the last years.... and every new book is always better and better. I highly recommended this series to all military action junkies and zombie fans.
Looking forward to the next installment!
I really love everything of Arisen: the whole story, the characters and their development... and the insane non-stop action. The Arisen series is probably the best one that I have read in the last years.... and every new book is always better and better. I highly recommended this series to all military action junkies and zombie fans.
Looking forward to the next installment!
January 19, 2015
A roller coaster ride of a story!!! I've read all the books in the series and they are all nonstop action!! Highly recommend it! Looking forward to the next installment!
March 6, 2019
The date for starting and finishing are both the same, and both correct. I can't put these books down. I was carrying my kindle around while I took care of my animals, then I sat down to pet the cats with one hand and hold the kindle with the other. Meals were a no-go today. Now I have book 9 because I buy the second I finish the previous one. I wonder if I was so utterly disappointed in D.J. Molles series finale because I was switching back and forth for a while. It really didn't take long for Arisen to pull ahead and head off over the horizon. There is no comparison between the two series. I couldn't have cared any less who was alive and who wasn't at the end of Molle's series while I'm holding my breath thinking "no no no" when a character who barely had ten pages the entire series dies in Arisen. I think the ability to endear characters to the reader is a skill authors either have or they don't. These two co-authors have it. I abandoned my own attempts at writing because I could tell from re-reading my own work that I don't have it.
If that piece isn't there, what points is there to writing or reading the story. Arisen is by far the best series in this genre and one of the best series I've read in any genre. It would be easy to push the heroics of ALPHA, and the marines, and sailors ,and soldiers in Britain, and the tunnel survivors, and Maidstone, and Dr. Park and everyone else into unrealistic nonsense. I never feel that way though. I feel like these are some of the best people the world had to offer and they are fighting with everything they have to save what is left. Homer's actions to protect his children are very believable. The line "the safest place to be is wherever Homer's children are" stuck with me. Now I can't wait to start the next book but I have to actually get something today first.
If that piece isn't there, what points is there to writing or reading the story. Arisen is by far the best series in this genre and one of the best series I've read in any genre. It would be easy to push the heroics of ALPHA, and the marines, and sailors ,and soldiers in Britain, and the tunnel survivors, and Maidstone, and Dr. Park and everyone else into unrealistic nonsense. I never feel that way though. I feel like these are some of the best people the world had to offer and they are fighting with everything they have to save what is left. Homer's actions to protect his children are very believable. The line "the safest place to be is wherever Homer's children are" stuck with me. Now I can't wait to start the next book but I have to actually get something today first.
May 16, 2018
Dead is not Dead in Arisen book 6 & 7
Dead, but still reading. That is what I feel like after crushing both of these books. To say I'm still entertained is an understatement. The work of these two collaborating authors runs the risk of giving a reader a heart attack, or at least make you out of breath. Action is the main underlying theme here as we travel through a world of zombies.
I rate this work at 3/5 stars.
Why you may ask, because even though it is entertaining and fast pasted, there are a lot of issues research could have fixed. Probably because they fashioned the information from The Walking Dead or something, but let me go over a few things for you. This will assist you if your desire is to write something similar.
Gas goes bad! Yes, that's right, gas goes bad. It takes about 6-12 months, but unless it is stabilized constantly, petroleum will break down and cease to be useful in a combustion engine.
-You must be strong as hell to fire a shotgun single handed.
-People do stupid things
-Underwater is hard, especially when fighting
Besides the above, consider the saying, "He laughed out loud." Really? I would not have thought he laughed out loud unless you wrote it. "He sighed out load." Again, thanks for telling me it was not in his head. Really? Podium Publishing let those slip by. I think they need a better editor before publishing.
Don't let those little tidbits stop you from reading the series. The whole world building and action packed sequences will hold your attention.
Dead, but still reading. That is what I feel like after crushing both of these books. To say I'm still entertained is an understatement. The work of these two collaborating authors runs the risk of giving a reader a heart attack, or at least make you out of breath. Action is the main underlying theme here as we travel through a world of zombies.
I rate this work at 3/5 stars.
Why you may ask, because even though it is entertaining and fast pasted, there are a lot of issues research could have fixed. Probably because they fashioned the information from The Walking Dead or something, but let me go over a few things for you. This will assist you if your desire is to write something similar.
Gas goes bad! Yes, that's right, gas goes bad. It takes about 6-12 months, but unless it is stabilized constantly, petroleum will break down and cease to be useful in a combustion engine.
-You must be strong as hell to fire a shotgun single handed.
-People do stupid things
-Underwater is hard, especially when fighting
Besides the above, consider the saying, "He laughed out loud." Really? I would not have thought he laughed out loud unless you wrote it. "He sighed out load." Again, thanks for telling me it was not in his head. Really? Podium Publishing let those slip by. I think they need a better editor before publishing.
Don't let those little tidbits stop you from reading the series. The whole world building and action packed sequences will hold your attention.
July 6, 2024
Similar to the last novel, this one picks up with the same Russian operators as the antagonists which I found to be really silly and gimmicky. The scenes in these last two books reminded me of a mix between the original resident evils and the call of duty franchise. In other words, these are starting to feel like video game books, rather than the engaging action-packed ZA dystopian drama presented in books five and six. There were really good moments plus the characters continue to be very engaging. This combination saved this installment from being a misfire.
September 4, 2020
I was rooting for everyone all along the way, but I have to say that things got pretty low. I nearly had a meltdown when I thought a couple of our people had died. This story is really emotionally taxing! These are fictional characters that just leap off the page (or out of the iPod) for me. I doubt that real people would be able to survive the things they do, but man it's good fiction.
And of course RC Bray. What more can I say.
And of course RC Bray. What more can I say.
January 2, 2018
Longest drawn out sub plus
Oh my... Still working thru the series and this book was surprising for how long it could make each sub plot take. Almost 400 pages to advance about six sub plots and zero main arc progress.
Gotta get better balance of concluding the subs and resolution to move forward...
Oh my... Still working thru the series and this book was surprising for how long it could make each sub plot take. Almost 400 pages to advance about six sub plots and zero main arc progress.
Gotta get better balance of concluding the subs and resolution to move forward...
January 17, 2021
Great Action Adventure ZA Thriller
Everything a reader could ask for is here: Great characters, quality writing, interesting multi-subplot storyline, attention to details, and plenty of action! While survival is a constant battle, the central effort is to find a vaccine. The science is well researched, and the multiple interrelated story venues help keep the series fresh.
Everything a reader could ask for is here: Great characters, quality writing, interesting multi-subplot storyline, attention to details, and plenty of action! While survival is a constant battle, the central effort is to find a vaccine. The science is well researched, and the multiple interrelated story venues help keep the series fresh.
April 10, 2021
No Time For The Weary
Battles are won when things seems chaotic, and sometimes when things seems dire, that's when you begin to live. Alpha team and the USS Kennedy are battered, but not out. Mankind's hope hangs in the balance without brave men and women battling for hope a little longer.
Battles are won when things seems chaotic, and sometimes when things seems dire, that's when you begin to live. Alpha team and the USS Kennedy are battered, but not out. Mankind's hope hangs in the balance without brave men and women battling for hope a little longer.
May 19, 2021
Another book that did not disappoint
Although there was an incredible amount of adventure, this book has me holding my breath and gasping with relief all along the way! These character show they are human beneath their super human skills.
Although there was an incredible amount of adventure, this book has me holding my breath and gasping with relief all along the way! These character show they are human beneath their super human skills.
January 28, 2025
Just Wow …..
Another epic instalment of the action of the ZA. Watch out for those FN’s they’ll get you every time.
This was book 8 pretty much non stop action bouncing between combat zones to add to the tension…it works too.
Another epic instalment of the action of the ZA. Watch out for those FN’s they’ll get you every time.
This was book 8 pretty much non stop action bouncing between combat zones to add to the tension…it works too.
March 4, 2018
I'm finding the series difficult to read. Some parts are very good and others make me want to put the book down because the story is dragging.
January 7, 2018
Action never stops!
Wow, I'm out of breathe again! Just when you think it is safe to read these books the author surprises you again. Great read!
Wow, I'm out of breathe again! Just when you think it is safe to read these books the author surprises you again. Great read!
October 9, 2018
Fantastic Read!
December 28, 2018
This may have been the best book in the series, paying off big-time for the cliffhangers from the previous book.
October 25, 2019
Bring ‘me on!
Tearing through these-loving them so much. Great action and high stakes drama. Can’t wait to dive into the next one
Tearing through these-loving them so much. Great action and high stakes drama. Can’t wait to dive into the next one
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January 19, 2020Read the novella Genesis in the "Arisen" series. 1 Star and did not enjoy, therefore will not be continuing with the series.
February 3, 2020
Things get further into the doodoo. People get into a corner. I'm hoping something different happens soon.
April 25, 2020
Another great chapter, keep them coming....
November 7, 2021
Love the first half about civilians tried to travel into safety and came across marauders, skipped the second half since the military knife battle is boring as hell.
April 20, 2022
Great action series
I am thoroughly enjoying this series! It has some great characters that you just have to see what happens next with.
I am thoroughly enjoying this series! It has some great characters that you just have to see what happens next with.
August 18, 2022
Fucking exciting books. Each one somehow gets better than the last
January 27, 2021
Empire of the Dead is the eighth book in the Arisen series and is the last of the joint authorship between Fuchs and James. The story continues the story arcs that were begun in Death of Empires. The crew of the John F Kennedy are still battling the Russian battle cruiser and their Spetsnaz commandos for control of the South African naval base and the supplies it contains. Back in London the outbreak at Cent Com headquarters is threatening to get out of hand as the number of the dead increase pressure is on to prevent the complete loss of the base and with it the ability to provide some degree of command and control to forces in southern England locked in combat with an ever-increasing number of dead.
We also spend some more time in the company of the ex-Soviet bio-weapons expert who we learned in Death of Empires was responsible for developing the original virus the sparked the zombie apocalypse. He is now trying to develop a virus that will wipe out the zombies but not have the same effect on the last few survivors.
The series has developed well to this point in the story with a reader getting to know the key personnel of the story and living the horror and danger alongside them. I am interested to see how the remaining stories continue now that James seems to have dropped out of the authorship.
We also spend some more time in the company of the ex-Soviet bio-weapons expert who we learned in Death of Empires was responsible for developing the original virus the sparked the zombie apocalypse. He is now trying to develop a virus that will wipe out the zombies but not have the same effect on the last few survivors.
The series has developed well to this point in the story with a reader getting to know the key personnel of the story and living the horror and danger alongside them. I am interested to see how the remaining stories continue now that James seems to have dropped out of the authorship.
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