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Blue Plague #1
The Fall
The Preppers were right. And the time is now. The Blue Plague came roaring out of the Congo and into the United States–and it can’t be stopped. The Infected become violently insane and impossibly strong. They’re not zombies – that would be too easy. They’re something much worse. The Infected are violent and unstoppable, but they can think. They can heal from most wounds. And worst of all–they can reproduce.
Bruce, Debbie, Mike and Nancy have been preparing for the worst for years. There’s nothing to do but bug out–and they know exactly where to go. In the struggle to reach the sanctuary of their farm, they confront thousands of The Infected–but they also make invaluable new friends along the way. And they kick the hell out of the Infected and the equally dangerous marauders who are willing to murder anyone in their way.
Join Bruce, Mike, and their newfound friends as they battle their way across Infected Louisiana, doing what needs to be done to reach the sanctuary of their farm. Blue Plague: The Fall is a survivalist adventure filled with courage and betrayal, tragedy and hope.
Bruce, Debbie, Mike and Nancy have been preparing for the worst for years. There’s nothing to do but bug out–and they know exactly where to go. In the struggle to reach the sanctuary of their farm, they confront thousands of The Infected–but they also make invaluable new friends along the way. And they kick the hell out of the Infected and the equally dangerous marauders who are willing to murder anyone in their way.
Join Bruce, Mike, and their newfound friends as they battle their way across Infected Louisiana, doing what needs to be done to reach the sanctuary of their farm. Blue Plague: The Fall is a survivalist adventure filled with courage and betrayal, tragedy and hope.
388 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 21, 2012
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About the author
Thomas A. Watson
54 books208 followers Thomas A Watson was born in Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1970, and grew up in Doyline, Louisiana and Grenada, Mississippi. He was the assistant manager of W.C. Plastics in Grenada Mississippi for several years before joining the U.S Army, he was stationed at Bad Hersfeld, Germany. After serving fours years in the Army, he returned to W.C. Plastics where he was the acting manager for four years.
He attended Holmes Community College in the evenings while working at W.C Plastics, taking core classes. He moved back to Bossier City area to be closer to his and his wife's family and attended Northwestern State University in Shreveport, Louisiana, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. After working 10 years as an emergency room nurse in and around Shreveport, he and his wife and two children, moved to Missoula, Montana.
Watson, meet his wife Tina in Grenada, Mississippi, they will celebrate 25 years of marriage in May of 2015. They have three children, Nicholas, Khristian and Phillip. Watson, penned his first book in January of 2012, after moving to Missoula, Montana. His parents, Larry Watson and Kay Boykin, instilled the love of reading at a very early age. He has read and enjoyed most genres. His first published book Blue Plague: The Fall was released on Amazon and Createspace in August 2012.
Watson, signed a publishing contract with Winlock Press a division of Permuted Press in December of 2014. His Blue Plague series and Dark Titan series will be re-released in 2015 under Winlock Press.
Also in 2015 from Amazon self-publishing, his newest Thanos: Dawn of Man, a fantasy series.
He attended Holmes Community College in the evenings while working at W.C Plastics, taking core classes. He moved back to Bossier City area to be closer to his and his wife's family and attended Northwestern State University in Shreveport, Louisiana, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. After working 10 years as an emergency room nurse in and around Shreveport, he and his wife and two children, moved to Missoula, Montana.
Watson, meet his wife Tina in Grenada, Mississippi, they will celebrate 25 years of marriage in May of 2015. They have three children, Nicholas, Khristian and Phillip. Watson, penned his first book in January of 2012, after moving to Missoula, Montana. His parents, Larry Watson and Kay Boykin, instilled the love of reading at a very early age. He has read and enjoyed most genres. His first published book Blue Plague: The Fall was released on Amazon and Createspace in August 2012.
Watson, signed a publishing contract with Winlock Press a division of Permuted Press in December of 2014. His Blue Plague series and Dark Titan series will be re-released in 2015 under Winlock Press.
Also in 2015 from Amazon self-publishing, his newest Thanos: Dawn of Man, a fantasy series.
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June 6, 2015
DNF 35%
I tried. I really did but this was just terrible. The writing was just a tiny step above terrible. The majority of the 35% I read was just a never ending reiteration of how badass this family is. There is not a single hint of a zombie apocalypse and yet this family was 150% prepared. It just wasn't normal.
Two families meet, become besties, then decide to build this giant home together so they can live as one big happy family. All 4 adults are doctors. They have their own gym so they are all in perfect shape (even the kids). They are all avid hunters and own this ginormous cache of every type of weapon imaginable. Oh, yea, and they are all great marksmen. They built a giant fence around their huge property, have the best of the best security system (one of the kids is some kind of computer guru of course). They own a "back up" property in a different state. They have every type of vehicle imaginable. That includes some sort of armored vehicle that they built themselves just "for fun" because we all know how much extra time doctors have on their hands for that kind of hobby. They even have a huge supply of fuel they keep on their property for their vehicles. They also have almost a year of food saved. I'm talking about they went as far as buying so much they buried food supplies in their yard for safe keeping. Who does this kind of shit? There is more but honestly, after a while as soon as they went into another "this family is badass and here's why" scene I just skipped it.
What fun is a zombie book if the characters are 150% prepared and is perfect in every single way?? I just couldn't read any more. I have so many more books waiting to be read so it's time to just cut my losses and move on. I gave it an honest try though. That's all I can do.
I tried. I really did but this was just terrible. The writing was just a tiny step above terrible. The majority of the 35% I read was just a never ending reiteration of how badass this family is. There is not a single hint of a zombie apocalypse and yet this family was 150% prepared. It just wasn't normal.
Two families meet, become besties, then decide to build this giant home together so they can live as one big happy family. All 4 adults are doctors. They have their own gym so they are all in perfect shape (even the kids). They are all avid hunters and own this ginormous cache of every type of weapon imaginable. Oh, yea, and they are all great marksmen. They built a giant fence around their huge property, have the best of the best security system (one of the kids is some kind of computer guru of course). They own a "back up" property in a different state. They have every type of vehicle imaginable. That includes some sort of armored vehicle that they built themselves just "for fun" because we all know how much extra time doctors have on their hands for that kind of hobby. They even have a huge supply of fuel they keep on their property for their vehicles. They also have almost a year of food saved. I'm talking about they went as far as buying so much they buried food supplies in their yard for safe keeping. Who does this kind of shit? There is more but honestly, after a while as soon as they went into another "this family is badass and here's why" scene I just skipped it.
What fun is a zombie book if the characters are 150% prepared and is perfect in every single way?? I just couldn't read any more. I have so many more books waiting to be read so it's time to just cut my losses and move on. I gave it an honest try though. That's all I can do.
April 14, 2018
It's a miracle I finished since most of the time I was rolling my eyes
September 6, 2016
Somewhere, buried under a lot of other garbage, is a fantastic story. Somewhere, buried under some very awkward sentence structure/grammar use, rape jokes, the sentence 'Getting old sucked' that is repeated over and over as if the author couldn't think of anything more interesting to say, unnecessary insulting of anyone who doesn't agree politically with the author, pages upon pages of boring details being spewed at you, and truly awful characters, is a truly unique and interesting story.
I loved the origin story and characteristics of this author's take on the zombie plague. The 'Blue Plague' is really fascinating. It's probably the best thing this book has going for it.
Then there's the horribly awkward wording in some places. “By the time they made it to the hospital, they parked in the doctor's spot; yes, it did pay to have Mike in the family.” By the time they made it to the hospital? That's when they parked? The beginning of that sentence implies something happened on the way to the hospital, not what they did when they got there. This is just one example.
Apparently, once society collapses, every single man in the world only wants to rape women. They don't care about trying to get supplies and attempt to survive the apocalypse, they just want to rape women. At least, that's the story the author presents. The main characters treat these rapists as the scum of the earth and execute them without hesitation. Now, I agree with this and wish it was legal in real life. However, when the main characters then turn around and start threatening to rape people themselves on numerous occasions, even as jokes, I take issue. “Alex, Bruce is going to rape Jim. I don't have a dick, so go rape him for me, please.” It seems incredibly hypocritical and someone needs to explain to the author that rape isn't funny.
“Getting old sucked,” is thought by multiple characters over and over and over throughout this book. Okay, we get it already. I got to the point where I wanted to throw the book across the room each additional time I read that. We GET it. Move on.
It probably isn't the best writing strategy to alienate half of your reader base for their political beliefs. This author LOVES to insult and judge liberals in the book. Apparently, we're all WAY too stupid to have any sort of contingency plan for any sort of disaster situation. I'm someone who has friends with all kinds of political beliefs, and I feel like adults should be capable of agreeing to disagree without resorting to childish insults. The author apparently does not.
When taking creative writing classes in high school and college, the first rule we were always taught was “Show, don't tell.” It means to give details to your readers without simply listing things. It's about working those details into a story to keep it interesting. The author either never learned this or has chosen to completely ignore it, and the book suffers as a result. There are literally pages and pages of nothing more than details on guns that have been repeated multiple times over the course of the book. There are places where you can skip five pages ahead and have missed NONE of the story line, because it's just listing what guns they were carrying—which we already knew from thirty other places earlier in the book that mentioned it. It's repetitive, boring, and it's 'telling'. It displays a huge immaturity with the author's writing skill. Also, thank you for taking ten pages to tell me—separately--that all but one of the women in the group were still wearing bra and panties while they washed up. That's super important.
Also, every single member of the family in the book is a giant, book-quality-sucking Mary Sue. They are all perfect, adults and kids alike, and everyone adores them. There's a twelve year old that perfectly handles a rifle in just two days and calls a complete stranger 'daddy' after watching her mother get raped and turn into a zombie—but now she's perfectly well adjusted and daddy loves her sooooo much.
The two fathers in the family are somehow gun dealers/farmers/mechanics/a doctor-teacher and a nurse/preppers/marksmen/bodybuilders/you name it. All of the kids just LOVE all of the discipline and are absolutely perfect as well. All of the people they welcome into the family—the eldest son's new fiancee and a CDC doctor—are both absolutely perfect marksmen and farmers as well. Adults and children are better trained and behaved than the actual soldiers in the book. The sickeningly sweet perfection of absolutely every character (with the exception of Jim, who they threaten to rape) is boring and unbelievable. I kept wanting them all to be eaten by one of the 'Blues'--the zombies—but of course that would NEVER happen since they're all so perfect and awesome at everything ever.
I give myself props for reading the entire thing—I paid for it, I was at least going to read it. If you're looking for a quality zombie apocalypse book that you probably haven't heard of, try Paul Antony Jones' 'Extinction Point' series.
I loved the origin story and characteristics of this author's take on the zombie plague. The 'Blue Plague' is really fascinating. It's probably the best thing this book has going for it.
Then there's the horribly awkward wording in some places. “By the time they made it to the hospital, they parked in the doctor's spot; yes, it did pay to have Mike in the family.” By the time they made it to the hospital? That's when they parked? The beginning of that sentence implies something happened on the way to the hospital, not what they did when they got there. This is just one example.
Apparently, once society collapses, every single man in the world only wants to rape women. They don't care about trying to get supplies and attempt to survive the apocalypse, they just want to rape women. At least, that's the story the author presents. The main characters treat these rapists as the scum of the earth and execute them without hesitation. Now, I agree with this and wish it was legal in real life. However, when the main characters then turn around and start threatening to rape people themselves on numerous occasions, even as jokes, I take issue. “Alex, Bruce is going to rape Jim. I don't have a dick, so go rape him for me, please.” It seems incredibly hypocritical and someone needs to explain to the author that rape isn't funny.
“Getting old sucked,” is thought by multiple characters over and over and over throughout this book. Okay, we get it already. I got to the point where I wanted to throw the book across the room each additional time I read that. We GET it. Move on.
It probably isn't the best writing strategy to alienate half of your reader base for their political beliefs. This author LOVES to insult and judge liberals in the book. Apparently, we're all WAY too stupid to have any sort of contingency plan for any sort of disaster situation. I'm someone who has friends with all kinds of political beliefs, and I feel like adults should be capable of agreeing to disagree without resorting to childish insults. The author apparently does not.
When taking creative writing classes in high school and college, the first rule we were always taught was “Show, don't tell.” It means to give details to your readers without simply listing things. It's about working those details into a story to keep it interesting. The author either never learned this or has chosen to completely ignore it, and the book suffers as a result. There are literally pages and pages of nothing more than details on guns that have been repeated multiple times over the course of the book. There are places where you can skip five pages ahead and have missed NONE of the story line, because it's just listing what guns they were carrying—which we already knew from thirty other places earlier in the book that mentioned it. It's repetitive, boring, and it's 'telling'. It displays a huge immaturity with the author's writing skill. Also, thank you for taking ten pages to tell me—separately--that all but one of the women in the group were still wearing bra and panties while they washed up. That's super important.
Also, every single member of the family in the book is a giant, book-quality-sucking Mary Sue. They are all perfect, adults and kids alike, and everyone adores them. There's a twelve year old that perfectly handles a rifle in just two days and calls a complete stranger 'daddy' after watching her mother get raped and turn into a zombie—but now she's perfectly well adjusted and daddy loves her sooooo much.
The two fathers in the family are somehow gun dealers/farmers/mechanics/a doctor-teacher and a nurse/preppers/marksmen/bodybuilders/you name it. All of the kids just LOVE all of the discipline and are absolutely perfect as well. All of the people they welcome into the family—the eldest son's new fiancee and a CDC doctor—are both absolutely perfect marksmen and farmers as well. Adults and children are better trained and behaved than the actual soldiers in the book. The sickeningly sweet perfection of absolutely every character (with the exception of Jim, who they threaten to rape) is boring and unbelievable. I kept wanting them all to be eaten by one of the 'Blues'--the zombies—but of course that would NEVER happen since they're all so perfect and awesome at everything ever.
I give myself props for reading the entire thing—I paid for it, I was at least going to read it. If you're looking for a quality zombie apocalypse book that you probably haven't heard of, try Paul Antony Jones' 'Extinction Point' series.
March 28, 2016
Outstanding book!!! Of course I think that since it's my first ever published book.
April 2, 2018
Great combination of prepper and zombie story. As usual, Watson nails the dialogue as realistic and quite hilarious. The personalities of his characters are refreshing in a world were most characters are usually predictable and often unrealistic. The theme of their combined families living and then holding together was a cool concept. Also, they had a great little prepper setup and an interesting ordeal after the outbreak. The zombies themselves were a little different from usual in the sense of the virus' reaction, the rest was just par-for-the-zombie-course. Definitely going to get the rest of the series.
October 8, 2012
Simply fantastic, this book is right up there with the Zombie fallout series by Mark Tufo, it doesnt have the same supernatural eliment but the main charactors Bruce and Mike are as hard ass as Michael Talbot.
They are true survival experts and have been traing themselves and there family for this day all there live's. They new one day they would need all of there skills and hard work, but they didnt exspect it would be fighting Zombies and the dregs of society who prey on the weak and vulnerable.
Give this book a go its a must read for any zombie fan!!!!
They are true survival experts and have been traing themselves and there family for this day all there live's. They new one day they would need all of there skills and hard work, but they didnt exspect it would be fighting Zombies and the dregs of society who prey on the weak and vulnerable.
Give this book a go its a must read for any zombie fan!!!!
July 26, 2015
I have read thousands of books and I did read this but it was terrible. All of the main characters are so perfect as to be unbelievable and uninteresting. I couldn't wait for it to end. I have no interest in the rest of the series.
June 26, 2020
I absolutely loved this book cannot wait for the next one!!
June 29, 2018
I have read other books by Thomas Watson and have enjoyed them all. This series has been on my Kindle for awhile and I figured it was about time to get this series read. This emotionally charged, character driven, compelling story most definitely does not disappoint. The two main families in this story have been preppers for a long time so they have a huge advantage over millions of others that are not prepared The two dads, Bruce and Mike are given no choice but to report to work at the hospital and stay until there is no more hope, before leaving, they help others escape and take a young family with them. On the terrifying journey back to the farm, they rescue others and bring them along through the hordes of victims of the Blue Plague and waste of skin fellow survivors. I won't say more as I may let a spoiler slip but this series is definitely a must read for fans of the
October 31, 2019
Love it
I have read this series give times now and each time I realize that there's more to love every time.
I have read this series give times now and each time I realize that there's more to love every time.
August 25, 2017
We start in Congo where spoiled rich boy Manny has only volunteered for the charity project because he fancies Ellen. Of course while the students are there the zombie virus breaks out and these silly idiots carry the infection back to America and two other members of the party take it to France. Despite the annoying Manny, I thought this opening chapter or two was interesting with a mixture of tension and action.
Then we switch to Mike and Bruce who both work at the hospital and get all the excitement of their shift which seems to involve threatening patients and other members of staff. It goes into an info dump which then covers the next 80 pages, other than updates on the students, covering every detail of their history, how they bought a shared house for both families to live in to save money, their prepper routines, every martial art or shooting lesson the kids ever had, the men doing their buddy routines, the endless paragraphs of what the next project on the list was....jeez it just went really slow, over descriptive and downright boring!
I am interested in preppers and their lifestyles and if I live in America on my own bit of land, I would probably be one, so it was not prepper stuff that I found boring. I've read some good prepper based zombie fiction. It was the way this one was written that trained the life force out of me as it droned on and on, when I just wanted to get to where the infection starts in the country. FYI it was pretty much 100 pages in before the infected kids land and start spreading which was way to long and I'd long since lost interest in the book by then.
I don't believe this is a bad author-as I said, I liked the way the opening bit was written. I just think there was too much time between the action scenes and too much padding in the prepper parts. There was potential and the book may well get better but when a book is too slow to get to the point, I just lose interest in it and the series. A pity!
Then we switch to Mike and Bruce who both work at the hospital and get all the excitement of their shift which seems to involve threatening patients and other members of staff. It goes into an info dump which then covers the next 80 pages, other than updates on the students, covering every detail of their history, how they bought a shared house for both families to live in to save money, their prepper routines, every martial art or shooting lesson the kids ever had, the men doing their buddy routines, the endless paragraphs of what the next project on the list was....jeez it just went really slow, over descriptive and downright boring!
I am interested in preppers and their lifestyles and if I live in America on my own bit of land, I would probably be one, so it was not prepper stuff that I found boring. I've read some good prepper based zombie fiction. It was the way this one was written that trained the life force out of me as it droned on and on, when I just wanted to get to where the infection starts in the country. FYI it was pretty much 100 pages in before the infected kids land and start spreading which was way to long and I'd long since lost interest in the book by then.
I don't believe this is a bad author-as I said, I liked the way the opening bit was written. I just think there was too much time between the action scenes and too much padding in the prepper parts. There was potential and the book may well get better but when a book is too slow to get to the point, I just lose interest in it and the series. A pity!
November 23, 2016
An excellent fast-paced apocalyptic story that hooks you in from the start. I will definitely get the next in the series.
If I'm totally honest the book could do with a re-write, concentrating on dialog between the characters. I guess that this is a new author (although i could be wrong) and he is concentrating on correct grammar and English. Sadly people just don't talk like that and this detracts a little from character development. It wouldn't take much to correct this and make it a 5* book.
Definitely worth a read though.
If I'm totally honest the book could do with a re-write, concentrating on dialog between the characters. I guess that this is a new author (although i could be wrong) and he is concentrating on correct grammar and English. Sadly people just don't talk like that and this detracts a little from character development. It wouldn't take much to correct this and make it a 5* book.
Definitely worth a read though.
September 25, 2012
This is an excellent book, that I would classify in the thriller genre. The author, Thomas A. Watson, has done a masterful job of creating dynamic characters, and a suspenseful story. You need to add this book to your collection. You are truly missing out if you don't.
November 20, 2015
I have read this series twice and am back for a third go round.
This is my favorite preppers series I have read and I have read quite a few. The characters are enjoyable and in depth.
This is my favorite preppers series I have read and I have read quite a few. The characters are enjoyable and in depth.
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January 24, 2021Is this book written by Lori DayBell’s husband? Some people like the show 2 and a Half Men....some people also love Hallmark Christmas specials. I’m neither and would happily take my chances among the savages in the Congo.
December 8, 2019
Outstanding
Love this series. Rereading and can wait to get to book 7. It will be bittersweet, but so worth the time. The characters are great, gruff and passionate.
Love this series. Rereading and can wait to get to book 7. It will be bittersweet, but so worth the time. The characters are great, gruff and passionate.
December 23, 2017
WORST BOOK EVER. Terrible writing and just so bad on every level. How does this book have over 4 stars?!
March 5, 2022
Clearly written by dudes for dudes lol
August 26, 2022
I have tried to finish this book 3 times as it keeps coming up when looking for zombie fiction, I also read that MC ends up with 3 wives, as a harem story reader that's a plus for me. I don't even mind that there are Mary/Gary Stu characters.
But like the other 1 and 2 star reviewers mentioned, all the MC's are this way. The wife, the kids, their friends, all of them.
The opening grabbed me. While the plague from Africa thing is tiresome, the scene felt tense and i felt the fear of the characters trying to escape the country.
Then we get to the MCs, the many MCs. 2 families who all just love hunting and shooting and farming and preppin and speaking if they are from a different time period where everything is just swell. They grated on me.
4 hours into the book and they are still preppin. I can't remember any names and i don't want to.
I considered just skipping to 75% of the book and see if i can try and enjoy it from there, and maybe i would then enjoy the other books in series that keeps being recommended to me, but no. I shouldn't have to read for hours or skip majority of book to enjoy it.
But like the other 1 and 2 star reviewers mentioned, all the MC's are this way. The wife, the kids, their friends, all of them.
The opening grabbed me. While the plague from Africa thing is tiresome, the scene felt tense and i felt the fear of the characters trying to escape the country.
Then we get to the MCs, the many MCs. 2 families who all just love hunting and shooting and farming and preppin and speaking if they are from a different time period where everything is just swell. They grated on me.
4 hours into the book and they are still preppin. I can't remember any names and i don't want to.
I considered just skipping to 75% of the book and see if i can try and enjoy it from there, and maybe i would then enjoy the other books in series that keeps being recommended to me, but no. I shouldn't have to read for hours or skip majority of book to enjoy it.
November 26, 2020
I waited for this re-release with Eric Shelman's narration with bated breath, and wasn't disappointed, Eric manages to bring the characters to life with a depth of personality that's a rare treat, together Tommy and Eric make a dream team. The book is full of heart pounding action, a rollercoaster of sadness and laugh out loud humour, and characters that are larger than life! Bruce is like a gruff 'pied piper' leading his rag-tag gang to safety, as Buffy becomes his side-kick as they take on 'blues' and marauders alike. I absolutely loved this book, I was hooked from the beginning, and so dissapointed when I finished, I can't wait for the next book. I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
June 27, 2025
I couldn’t get past the blatant racism and misogyny in the first two pages, how did anyone think this was a good opening to a book?!?! I didn’t check the author name since I was looking for something with zombies in and after the first paragraph it was incredibly obvious that it was written by a white man with terrible ideology.
The mc would “kill kittens” to be next to a woman he fancies??? And calls the people of Congo “savages”??? Loooooovely (terrible). To add to how bad it is even in the first two pages it sounds like it was written by a teenaged obsessed with being the white saviour and who has ridiculously ingrained white supremacist and colonialist ideas.
I refuse to read any further since I’ll just end up even more uncomfortable than I was reading the beginning.
The mc would “kill kittens” to be next to a woman he fancies??? And calls the people of Congo “savages”??? Loooooovely (terrible). To add to how bad it is even in the first two pages it sounds like it was written by a teenaged obsessed with being the white saviour and who has ridiculously ingrained white supremacist and colonialist ideas.
I refuse to read any further since I’ll just end up even more uncomfortable than I was reading the beginning.
February 11, 2020
I love how many fight scenes there were and hoy detailed everything was. The explanation of weapons and tactical advances were amazing. I loved how it would go in depth with most every character. There was quite a lot of characters to keep up with honestly but throughout reading you eventually get to know each one a little more and it really helps. The whole zombie apocalypse situation has always been a favorite of mine but it is so hard to find good movies on it let alot a good book/ book series. I am very happy to say that this is one of my new favorite series. I would highly recommend to anyone with a craving to read an apocalyptic book.
November 30, 2019
I give it 4 for creativity, but the writing and storytelling is a 2, just a hair above God-awful. It was really bad. The dialogue was pathetic and laugh out loud ridiculous at times, but not in a good way. I suspect the author is a geek of the kind who never got any dates. His obsession with big penises, rape, and beautiful women make this painfully, embarrassingly clear. He also spent a tremendous amount of time stating the obvious. I picked up the entire series on recommendation, but there's no way in hell I'll continue. The monotony of this piece nearly bored me to death.
October 8, 2021
Enjoyable but not believable!
I enjoyed reading this book as fiction, but I found it very unbelievable. The family lives on a farm and are preppers and have prepared themselves like many real families do. Where it gets into the fantasy is how much ammo and gear they carry and how many automatic weapons and ammunition they acquire over the book not to mention some military vehicles with some very heavy weapons. All in all I enjoyed it but it’s fantasy and not believable, at least not for this old Marine.
I enjoyed reading this book as fiction, but I found it very unbelievable. The family lives on a farm and are preppers and have prepared themselves like many real families do. Where it gets into the fantasy is how much ammo and gear they carry and how many automatic weapons and ammunition they acquire over the book not to mention some military vehicles with some very heavy weapons. All in all I enjoyed it but it’s fantasy and not believable, at least not for this old Marine.
August 13, 2017
Great book
Really liked the book only part I didn't like was what they said about the Constables in Louisiana. I am one and the Constable is the chief law enforcement officer in their Ward they have more power than any other law enforcement officer. But because of the state has let the sheriff of each parish handle the whole parish by doing this they handle most of the law enforcement in the parishes
Really liked the book only part I didn't like was what they said about the Constables in Louisiana. I am one and the Constable is the chief law enforcement officer in their Ward they have more power than any other law enforcement officer. But because of the state has let the sheriff of each parish handle the whole parish by doing this they handle most of the law enforcement in the parishes
October 18, 2017
I read a young adult book of this ilk and was curious what an adult one was like. The answer: much more violent and sexual with much more references to rape and cursing. The thought that went into how they would survive was strong. There were parts I liked and parts I disliked. The characters were developed well. There are a lot of them. I want to try book two but I hope there is a refresher on who they are!
August 20, 2025
This is my 5th time reading this book. So good.
If you're a fan of the zombie genre and 28 days later. This is novel/series right up your alley. You will laugh,cry and cheer. I would put this novel up in my top 5 of all times. I have read many authors in these types of apocalypse scenarios. One word of warning, you won't be able to stop reading, and book one isn't enough. You will want the whole series. Bruce is the type of guy, we all need for a neighbor. Have fun reading.
If you're a fan of the zombie genre and 28 days later. This is novel/series right up your alley. You will laugh,cry and cheer. I would put this novel up in my top 5 of all times. I have read many authors in these types of apocalypse scenarios. One word of warning, you won't be able to stop reading, and book one isn't enough. You will want the whole series. Bruce is the type of guy, we all need for a neighbor. Have fun reading.
February 17, 2022
Blue Plague 1
This is the 4th time I have read this book. It gets better each time! I have been to that part of Louisiana and it is exactly as described. Gives the whole thing credibility, you know? Here we are in 2022 and we all know now just how quickly a virus can spread. This story has so much going for it, realism with a touch of unreality. Highly recommended.
This is the 4th time I have read this book. It gets better each time! I have been to that part of Louisiana and it is exactly as described. Gives the whole thing credibility, you know? Here we are in 2022 and we all know now just how quickly a virus can spread. This story has so much going for it, realism with a touch of unreality. Highly recommended.
November 15, 2024
Blue Plague is one of my favorites!
This saga of good vs. evil has some twists and turns, however it's a page turner! Bruce and his family have become a part of my family since I always come back to it over and over again! It's that good of a series. Thank you Mr. Watson for giving us a series that never gets old, and family we didn't know we needed.
This saga of good vs. evil has some twists and turns, however it's a page turner! Bruce and his family have become a part of my family since I always come back to it over and over again! It's that good of a series. Thank you Mr. Watson for giving us a series that never gets old, and family we didn't know we needed.
April 21, 2018
Awesomeness
I've read plenty by Mr Watson. And this series doesn't disappoint either. I love the thrill of it and the love of family and of course the humor. His books are great and this series has started off awesome!
I've read plenty by Mr Watson. And this series doesn't disappoint either. I love the thrill of it and the love of family and of course the humor. His books are great and this series has started off awesome!
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