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Rot
A disease called the rot has spread to the United States, leading to a quarantine being imposed on most of California. Victims react in different ways. Most become like zombies, wandering about aimlessly unless they come across someone to bite and spread the disease. Others become aggressive and animal like. Rarer are those who seem to immune.
Eric Vance of the newly formed Tactical Medical Response Team is one of the immune. He is trapped in San Francisco awaiting rescue after a doomed mission into the Quarantined California left him and two others stranded. He learns his ex wife, Donna and teenage daughter, Katelin are trapped in a newly quarantine part of Southern California. Knowing they are trouble he makes plans to leave his post and go help them.
Donna and Katelin are not waiting around for help. They fall in with a motley bunch of survivors and try to fight their way out, but the rot is much more pervasive and deadly than they could have anticipated.
To complicate matters roaming the wasteland collecting the immune and processing them into samples to study is mad TMRT scientist Dr. Talbot. Even if Vance and his family can survive the rot Talbot has other sinister plans for them.
Eric Vance of the newly formed Tactical Medical Response Team is one of the immune. He is trapped in San Francisco awaiting rescue after a doomed mission into the Quarantined California left him and two others stranded. He learns his ex wife, Donna and teenage daughter, Katelin are trapped in a newly quarantine part of Southern California. Knowing they are trouble he makes plans to leave his post and go help them.
Donna and Katelin are not waiting around for help. They fall in with a motley bunch of survivors and try to fight their way out, but the rot is much more pervasive and deadly than they could have anticipated.
To complicate matters roaming the wasteland collecting the immune and processing them into samples to study is mad TMRT scientist Dr. Talbot. Even if Vance and his family can survive the rot Talbot has other sinister plans for them.
138 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 7, 2017
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June 20, 2019
I really don't have much to say about the book as I DNFed it quickly. There isn't anything wrong with the writing and the form the Rot takes and swiftness of people turning from it is quite interesting. I also liked the various stages the Rot victims go through, changing into ever more dangerous predators rather than just shambling zombies. I also liked that the soldiers didn't get the chance to kill all the zombie types because of a lack of ammunition, killing just the most deadly kind. I liked the realism of that. No, the problem for me came with not liking any of the characters at all. Ashley loves her 'great husband and family' so much but on this mission away, she is having sex with Eric. Eric's ex-wife seems a bitter and vindictive woman set on turning her daughter against Eric. Kaitlin is a spoiled sulky brat who whines that her dad should have dropped everything to say happy birthday to her despite being in the middle of a battle with zombies at the time. Then we have the teenage zombie hunters who are like something out of a bad zombie film. Eric himself has zero personality.
This one didn't work for me from page one and I just DNFed it. It was more about my personal taste than anything wrong with the author or his plot though so don't let my review put you off if you want to read it.
This one didn't work for me from page one and I just DNFed it. It was more about my personal taste than anything wrong with the author or his plot though so don't let my review put you off if you want to read it.
September 28, 2017
This book really would have benefited from an editor. There were a lot of missing words in sentences. We could understand the phrase but still...
As for the story, I am surprised to find myself curious about the next book. Probably it's because of the very open ending (it's not an ending, really, more the end of a part).
Not bad, particularly if it's a first effort from the author (I don't know).
As for the story, I am surprised to find myself curious about the next book. Probably it's because of the very open ending (it's not an ending, really, more the end of a part).
Not bad, particularly if it's a first effort from the author (I don't know).
December 10, 2017
Great!
Action packed thrills but it seems maybe the book was not proof read for errors in writing! There is a lot of wording errors but this was still a good read! Will read more from this author!
Action packed thrills but it seems maybe the book was not proof read for errors in writing! There is a lot of wording errors but this was still a good read! Will read more from this author!
February 25, 2019
A light relaxing zombie read. no overly complex descriptions of tech / cell manipulation / weapons, just an interesting read about people dealing with the loss of lifes normality and coming to terms with the fact no matter how disgusting and dispicable the "enemy" is, humans are worse
August 27, 2017
Not for me
I really don't like apocalyptic novels or stories, but despite this the storyline and writing was excellent and engaging, so much so I managed to get through to the end.
I really don't like apocalyptic novels or stories, but despite this the storyline and writing was excellent and engaging, so much so I managed to get through to the end.
September 2, 2017
Fast paced easy reading
It is a well written book with a good story. I am looking to the next installment. Interesting to see how the story progresses
It is a well written book with a good story. I am looking to the next installment. Interesting to see how the story progresses
October 19, 2017
Great story
This is a great story and I can’t wit to read the next book and see how it turns out
This is a great story and I can’t wit to read the next book and see how it turns out
October 23, 2017
Needs better proof reading
The story is ok but someone has to go through with grammar check because it seems like spellcheck has put a few random words in the wrong places
The story is ok but someone has to go through with grammar check because it seems like spellcheck has put a few random words in the wrong places
August 3, 2019
Well, the title says it all really.
One good thing about this novella, it’s a bit more up to date than the usual fare, with the zombie hunters recording their kills on go-pros and uploading the video to the net, and also with the quarantine zones defended by drones. There could have been more interest had those aspects been given more attention, but this novella is just the usual stuff: one level of a splatter computer game. And it desperately needs a proofread.
I won’t be bothering with the rest of the series.
One good thing about this novella, it’s a bit more up to date than the usual fare, with the zombie hunters recording their kills on go-pros and uploading the video to the net, and also with the quarantine zones defended by drones. There could have been more interest had those aspects been given more attention, but this novella is just the usual stuff: one level of a splatter computer game. And it desperately needs a proofread.
I won’t be bothering with the rest of the series.
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