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Dead: Snapshot #2
Leeds, England
Dateline: Leeds, England—Reports have flooded in about the dead returning to life and attacking the living. These reports are confirmed and all citizens are warned that there may not be any immediate help forthcoming…
When all order is stripped away, what direction will normal people take in the end? Shadiyah Kasim has witnessed a brutal attack on her sister, she seeks vengeance. Not on the dead that are wiping out humanity, but on the living that harmed her sister.
Simon Wood was about to start a life as a police officer. His sister died after what seemed like little more than a scratch inflicted by an attacker that she had dismissed as nothing more than a crazed scratter.
When the dead take over, two people are left to decide in what direction they will travel with what remains of their lives. Do the old definitions of “Good and Evil” still hold true?
Welcome to DEAD: Snapshot—Leeds England.
When all order is stripped away, what direction will normal people take in the end? Shadiyah Kasim has witnessed a brutal attack on her sister, she seeks vengeance. Not on the dead that are wiping out humanity, but on the living that harmed her sister.
Simon Wood was about to start a life as a police officer. His sister died after what seemed like little more than a scratch inflicted by an attacker that she had dismissed as nothing more than a crazed scratter.
When the dead take over, two people are left to decide in what direction they will travel with what remains of their lives. Do the old definitions of “Good and Evil” still hold true?
Welcome to DEAD: Snapshot—Leeds England.
339 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 21, 2015
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About the author
T.W. Brown
96 books303 followersTucked away in the Pacific Northwest with my wife Denise, a Border Collie named Aoife, a guitar collection, and an increasing number of aquariums sporting a variety of fish (cichlids are my new favorites), I live for football season when I can cheer on the Oregon Ducks and be disappointed by my Seattle Seahawks once again. I am a fan of Cookie Monster, KISS, and Dr. Who (along with most things British).
As a person who always dreamed of writing as well as one completely enthralled by all things zombie, it is hard to believe that I never once considered writing in the genre. It is true. I wanted to be more “mainstream”. The first novel I actually wrote is titled Dakota (as Todd Brown). It is about a pair of DEA types tossed back in time to just prior to the start of the Civil War. They are in Charleston, South Carolina, and one of them is an African-American.
The zombie thing really started when I wrote a short for a college Creative Writing class. The teacher, Ms. Bose, pulled me up and told me I had an obvious love for the subject and a real talent for the style. I decided to give it a shot.
The first thing I cobbled together was Zomblog. I wrote it as a warm up for the project I had brewing in the back of my mind. It is a journal account of the apocalypse. The funny thing is that it was never intended to be published. A few things happened and it ended up being presented to me as a gift in book format by my wife for a Christmas present. There was something I will never forget about holding the copy of that book in my hand the first time.
Because it gained a readership, and those readers asked for more, I made it a trilogy (Zomblog, Zomblog II, and Zomblog: The Final Entry). It is also because of those fans that I have returned to the Zomblog universe and just released the sixth (and FINAL) book in the series on Halloween of 2013: Zomblog: Snoe's Journey. I freely admit that I will sellout my plans to write what the fans ask for.
I really want my DEAD series to be what I am known for, and in the last year, it has really taken off. However, I will say that with the release of the fourth book in the DEAD series (DEAD: Winter), the numbers started to pick up beyond my wildest dreams.
The DEAD series (DEAD: The Ugly Beginning, DEAD: Revelations, and DEAD: Fortunes & Failures, DEAD: Winter, DEAD: Siege & Survival, DEAD: Confrontation, DEAD: Reborn) is scheduled to be a 12 part epic series.
It is told in three rotating chapters. One is from the first person perspective of Steve Hobart, a man thrust into the role of leader for a group of survivors struggling to keep alive. One chapter follows a group of four self-professed zombie “geeks” who initially believe that the zombie apocalypse would be fun and soon discover that it is nothing like the movies. The third of the rotating chapters is called “Vignettes” and is a series of snapshots from all around the world. Some of the vignettes are single chapter episodes, others are continuing threads that carry on for several chapters. A few are merged into the Steve story or the Geek story line.
Last year,I began my horror/comedy series, "That Ghoul Ava" and have found it to be my new guilty pleasure.
My blog can be found at:
http://twbrown.blogspot.com/
You can contact him at:
twbrown.maydecpub@gmail.com
You can follow him on twitter @maydecpub and on Facebook under Todd Brown, Author TW Brown, and also under May December Publications.
Book Links:
DEAD
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-The-Ugly-B...
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Revelation...
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Fortunes-F...
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Winter-ebo...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Winter-TW-...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Siege-Surv...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Confrontat...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Reborn-TW-...
As a person who always dreamed of writing as well as one completely enthralled by all things zombie, it is hard to believe that I never once considered writing in the genre. It is true. I wanted to be more “mainstream”. The first novel I actually wrote is titled Dakota (as Todd Brown). It is about a pair of DEA types tossed back in time to just prior to the start of the Civil War. They are in Charleston, South Carolina, and one of them is an African-American.
The zombie thing really started when I wrote a short for a college Creative Writing class. The teacher, Ms. Bose, pulled me up and told me I had an obvious love for the subject and a real talent for the style. I decided to give it a shot.
The first thing I cobbled together was Zomblog. I wrote it as a warm up for the project I had brewing in the back of my mind. It is a journal account of the apocalypse. The funny thing is that it was never intended to be published. A few things happened and it ended up being presented to me as a gift in book format by my wife for a Christmas present. There was something I will never forget about holding the copy of that book in my hand the first time.
Because it gained a readership, and those readers asked for more, I made it a trilogy (Zomblog, Zomblog II, and Zomblog: The Final Entry). It is also because of those fans that I have returned to the Zomblog universe and just released the sixth (and FINAL) book in the series on Halloween of 2013: Zomblog: Snoe's Journey. I freely admit that I will sellout my plans to write what the fans ask for.
I really want my DEAD series to be what I am known for, and in the last year, it has really taken off. However, I will say that with the release of the fourth book in the DEAD series (DEAD: Winter), the numbers started to pick up beyond my wildest dreams.
The DEAD series (DEAD: The Ugly Beginning, DEAD: Revelations, and DEAD: Fortunes & Failures, DEAD: Winter, DEAD: Siege & Survival, DEAD: Confrontation, DEAD: Reborn) is scheduled to be a 12 part epic series.
It is told in three rotating chapters. One is from the first person perspective of Steve Hobart, a man thrust into the role of leader for a group of survivors struggling to keep alive. One chapter follows a group of four self-professed zombie “geeks” who initially believe that the zombie apocalypse would be fun and soon discover that it is nothing like the movies. The third of the rotating chapters is called “Vignettes” and is a series of snapshots from all around the world. Some of the vignettes are single chapter episodes, others are continuing threads that carry on for several chapters. A few are merged into the Steve story or the Geek story line.
Last year,I began my horror/comedy series, "That Ghoul Ava" and have found it to be my new guilty pleasure.
My blog can be found at:
http://twbrown.blogspot.com/
You can contact him at:
twbrown.maydecpub@gmail.com
You can follow him on twitter @maydecpub and on Facebook under Todd Brown, Author TW Brown, and also under May December Publications.
Book Links:
DEAD
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-The-Ugly-B...
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Revelation...
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Fortunes-F...
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Winter-ebo...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Winter-TW-...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Siege-Surv...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Confrontat...
http://www.amazon.com/DEAD-Reborn-TW-...
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September 15, 2016
My original DEAD: Snapshot--Leeds, England audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.
This book is a part of a series of zombie novels, set in different geographical locations that you can follow using Google maps, which is a pretty cool idea!
The story is your typical zombie apocalypse romp, starting off with headlines about infection on the news until it becomes too obvious for anyone to deny the seriousness of the situation any more. A ragtag bunch of survivors slowly moving their way to a greater community. Along the way, they discover that the undead aren’t the only ones to fear in this horrible new world, people are using the lawlessness to their advantage and raping and pillaging their way around town.
Unfortunately, Shadiyah’s 16 year old sister is alone in a flat when this is going on and is savagely attacked by other humans (serious trigger warnings here for victims of sexual assault, steer well clear if this is a problem for you). Shadiyah then well and truly loses her mind as becomes what she sees as some kind of avenging angel and starts taking out people as well as the undead to try to save as many lives as possible.
Simon, her friend from way back when, was a trainee police officer before the undead took over and he still believes in the ideas of law and order, he chooses a different path and tries to unite and help his fellow humans, you’ll have to listen to this story to see which path works when the dead come to town.
The audio quality of this book is excellent however I can’t say that I enjoyed the performance, for a very specific reason. The author narrates his own story, which is a very risky move in any event, but this book is set in Leeds, an area of the UK with a very strong regional accent, and he reads the entire book in a variety of different American accents.
Absolute turn off in my mind, if you’re going to write a book set in a location that isn’t native to you then you should hire a narrator who can do the accent – he did beg for the listeners forgiveness in the prologue to this book but I’m afraid I’m not a merciful listener (sorry T.W. Brown!) when it comes to this.
I will say this though, the quality of his narration is excellent and I would have enjoyed it immensely if it fit in with the story.
For the most part, his representation of British culture is pretty good so he does score brownie points for doing his research but a few turns of phrase did stand out and break the scene for me.
This a good character centred zombie apocalypse story, with your traditional shamblers and heartache.
Audiobook was provided for review by the author.
This book is a part of a series of zombie novels, set in different geographical locations that you can follow using Google maps, which is a pretty cool idea!
The story is your typical zombie apocalypse romp, starting off with headlines about infection on the news until it becomes too obvious for anyone to deny the seriousness of the situation any more. A ragtag bunch of survivors slowly moving their way to a greater community. Along the way, they discover that the undead aren’t the only ones to fear in this horrible new world, people are using the lawlessness to their advantage and raping and pillaging their way around town.
Unfortunately, Shadiyah’s 16 year old sister is alone in a flat when this is going on and is savagely attacked by other humans (serious trigger warnings here for victims of sexual assault, steer well clear if this is a problem for you). Shadiyah then well and truly loses her mind as becomes what she sees as some kind of avenging angel and starts taking out people as well as the undead to try to save as many lives as possible.
Simon, her friend from way back when, was a trainee police officer before the undead took over and he still believes in the ideas of law and order, he chooses a different path and tries to unite and help his fellow humans, you’ll have to listen to this story to see which path works when the dead come to town.
The audio quality of this book is excellent however I can’t say that I enjoyed the performance, for a very specific reason. The author narrates his own story, which is a very risky move in any event, but this book is set in Leeds, an area of the UK with a very strong regional accent, and he reads the entire book in a variety of different American accents.
Absolute turn off in my mind, if you’re going to write a book set in a location that isn’t native to you then you should hire a narrator who can do the accent – he did beg for the listeners forgiveness in the prologue to this book but I’m afraid I’m not a merciful listener (sorry T.W. Brown!) when it comes to this.
I will say this though, the quality of his narration is excellent and I would have enjoyed it immensely if it fit in with the story.
For the most part, his representation of British culture is pretty good so he does score brownie points for doing his research but a few turns of phrase did stand out and break the scene for me.
This a good character centred zombie apocalypse story, with your traditional shamblers and heartache.
Audiobook was provided for review by the author.
December 1, 2015
Depressing!
Mr. Brown is an Awesome writer of mostly post apocalyptic zombie fiction, and most of the time you wonder will they (He, She or group) survive? TW Brown has no problem killing off loved characters. These Snapshots are done in one, by the end of the books you know the outcome of each major character, did the die of natural causes or ripped apart by zombies or taken out by questionable human beings, but of all the novels I've read by Mr. Brown, this was the most Bleak, you may or may not enjoy this story, I enjoyed it but was taken down emotionally by all of the bad stuff with very little relief in site, but with having said that, I enjoy his writing, check out his regular series Dead books 1-12 or Zomblog, I believe the first books of these two stories are Free, I hope you enjoy,Dead Snapshot: Leeds, England. This would actually be a 4.75 rating for how depressing it was, Hahahahahaha.
Mr. Brown is an Awesome writer of mostly post apocalyptic zombie fiction, and most of the time you wonder will they (He, She or group) survive? TW Brown has no problem killing off loved characters. These Snapshots are done in one, by the end of the books you know the outcome of each major character, did the die of natural causes or ripped apart by zombies or taken out by questionable human beings, but of all the novels I've read by Mr. Brown, this was the most Bleak, you may or may not enjoy this story, I enjoyed it but was taken down emotionally by all of the bad stuff with very little relief in site, but with having said that, I enjoy his writing, check out his regular series Dead books 1-12 or Zomblog, I believe the first books of these two stories are Free, I hope you enjoy,Dead Snapshot: Leeds, England. This would actually be a 4.75 rating for how depressing it was, Hahahahahaha.
January 16, 2016
A good read, having grown up in Micklefield and the surrounding areas mentioned in the book it gave me a little kick to see them in print. And some of the village politics were spot on. As written by an American, some of the words used to describe Micklefield were incorrect (as it's not a town), and certain Americanisms were used in a a British setting.
It touches on the potential psychological ramifications of how some folk could go under such extreme conditions also.
Overall, a good, fun read, I thoroughly enjoyed!
It touches on the potential psychological ramifications of how some folk could go under such extreme conditions also.
Overall, a good, fun read, I thoroughly enjoyed!
October 8, 2021
The Dead series of books are hard to put down. The characters are engaging and make you care about them. Even the worst humans are interesting. It has made me take a second look at what could be used to defend oneself on trips to Lowe's and Home Depot. My conclusion is a flat head shovel with a fiberglass or steel handle.
December 5, 2018
Excellent book, but all of T.W. Browns books are totally excellent, and I have probably read all of his books. My only complaint is that he doesn't write more.... Seriously though, I thought this book was excellent.....
August 30, 2021
Kind of gross,but good!The storyline of a new police officer facing the new horde was good.TW Brown was a very good narrator as well as author.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.'
June 5, 2020
This was brilliant!! I really loved it! And that ending was perfect!
September 14, 2016
In this snapshot, we find Shadiyah Kasim and Simon Wood. Shadiyah, whose pronunciation reminded me of Shania (Twain), only with a d instead of an n. They soon join forces with Mrs. Reyes, Anna, and Cedrick. All are in an apartment building being infiltrated by the undead. The first plan was to clear the building and stay put, but that soon fell by the wayside as the number of undead continued to grow. Time to leave and look for safer surroundings, if such was possible anymore. Shadiyah was left behind as her anger in losing her sister made her appear unstable. The group of four and Shadiyah went their separate ways; fighting if not avoiding the undead and unfortunately having to do the same with other survivors. The group heads to Micklefield for safety and to settle a feud between New and Old Micklefield. A decent story although drawn out at times. The narrator was very good. Three-point-five for the effort.
June 23, 2023
Very good addition to Brown's universe and I think a good departure from the characters in his main Dead series which have become a bit tired. Snapshots takes us to other places for a quick glimpse at how others handle the dead rising. Brown has started narrating his own books which probably makes good financial sense in the world of small budget publishing. He does a good job with it and although this one takes place in Leeds, UK he thankfully doesn't try to do it with an English accent. He does throw in enough local slang and mannerisms that readers remain aware of their locale. He moves the story quickly and keeps it interesting, the characters are well developed, the geography is well researched and all together it makes for an entertaining read/listen.
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April 28, 2016I won't review my own work, but I do feel that this story stands up well in the genre. Give it a shot, and then do me a favor and post a review. Good or bad, it helps us Indie authors as we try to build our audience.
August 16, 2016
Good but not great
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed this book but felt that it lacked a little. The end seemed a little rushed. Maybe it's my own fault as I have read hundreds of zombie books and I'm looking for something different.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed this book but felt that it lacked a little. The end seemed a little rushed. Maybe it's my own fault as I have read hundreds of zombie books and I'm looking for something different.
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May 19, 2016This book was a great read I love the characters and the story had a lot to do so I had to keep stopping and starting this book but keep up the good work
September 26, 2015
Another a great book!!!!!! Tw brown can write a gray story every time!!!
April 8, 2016
Another great story in the "Dead" universe. Can't wait to see more of these come out and hopefully one that takes place in my neck of the woods.
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