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Final Update #1
Run from Ruin
They’re not undead; they’re just angry… The DataMind meditation app has revolutionized the world, making people smarter, happier, and more productive. But a programming glitch in the final update causes billions of users to experience uncontrollable rage and aggression. Nick, an ordinary high school senior in Fairbanks Alaska, is suddenly thrust into this life or death arena. He and his brother must escape the zombie-like hordes of blood-thirsty maniacs and seek refuge north of the arctic circle. The four-hundred-mile journey tests the boys, their wits, and their trust in each other. They think they’re fighting to stay alive; but little do they know, they’re fighting to save mankind.
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Published December 17, 2018
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December 18, 2018
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof…” Ecclesiastes 7: 8 KJV
DataMind: the App we’d all love to have, to feel wellness, optimistic, happy, productive...is deadly. People are “broken” with a recent update, only the unconnected are not effected, but they are in the worst situation imaginable. A fearsome, scary journey of two teens towards survival, full of trepidation, trust, despair, proving that strength is found when it’s needed. A penetrating and captivating plot, page burner and nerve wrecking. Worth a read!
DataMind: the App we’d all love to have, to feel wellness, optimistic, happy, productive...is deadly. People are “broken” with a recent update, only the unconnected are not effected, but they are in the worst situation imaginable. A fearsome, scary journey of two teens towards survival, full of trepidation, trust, despair, proving that strength is found when it’s needed. A penetrating and captivating plot, page burner and nerve wrecking. Worth a read!
November 10, 2018
No EMP, no flu or any other virus causes the apocalypse. No it's way more realistic, just look around when you're out on the streets. Everybody's addicted to an app on their smartphones. They all get happier, wiser and more productive and don't care about their surroundings anymore. Looks familiar ? Well, see above. But then an update fails and everybody loses the rest of humanity they so far have left and turn violent on each other, their only need being to kill everyone. The app however is restricted to above 18. Two teenage boys are not affected and hide in the cellar of their house for a while. One day they hear a voice on a shortwave transmitter left from their grandpa that tells them he would have known their grandpa and invites them to a research outpost on the edge of Alaska, 400 miles way and the boys begin their long journey. Check it out, it's worth your time.
January 3, 2025
Couldn't get behind the story of this at all. Not for me
December 24, 2018
"A wide open wild-card with no rules and no safety nets."
Alone in grandpa's basement in Fairbanks, Alaska, step brothers Jimmy and Nick listen in to intermittent short wave radio transmissions. The world had gone mad. Nick had just watched his elderly neighbour torn apart by a horde of crazies who had broken into her kitchen as she did the washing up. She had forgotten to stay quiet and leave off the light. Nick knew that, after her they would turn on each other until only one survived. Not zombies, crazies, broken when the app everyone used had been updated a few days ago. It had been a marvellous app, making people smarter and happier - until the update. Then everyone went mad, the only desire to kill.
Everyone had used the app so everyone was affected apart from the elderly, out of touch with technology, and kids under 18, who were not allowed to use it yet. So Nick, at 17, and Jimmy, a year and a half younger, were hiding for their lives. Then a voice on the radio let them know they were not alone: a man in Deadhorse, some 400 miles north, had known grandpa Joe, and offered the boys safety power and food security if they could get there.
So began there track to Bob's station...
This is a wonderful, well written, non-zombie book, but with all of the zombie attack features. And it feels real. The characterization is excellent, the two youths acting just like teenage boys might, the relationship between them intense and sometimes stupid. And the terrors and thrills are constantly present. Although not written in the first person, the happenings are mostly seen from the older boy's (Nick's) point of view and the reader shares his irritations and despair as he tries to assume the responsibilities that rightly should belong to his now non-existent father. So the tensions come not only from the fear of those who've gone broke and are out to kill anyone but.also from his own internal dialogue.
This is a book more powerful than the idea of an infectious illness or biological attack which spreads, kills, then returns the dead to life because this change is almost everywhere simultaneous. It doesn't kill but turns phone users into rage filled monsters - and there are certainly enough people addicted to their cell phones to make the story feel very plausible. And so, far more scary.
My thanks to Booksprout, from whom I received a complimentary advance copy of this book. This review is given by my own choice, I do enjoy zombie apocalypse stories and Run from Ruin definitely rates as one of the best I have read. Recommended, though, for more than just the dangerous adventure, it is also an excellent coming of age tale.
Alone in grandpa's basement in Fairbanks, Alaska, step brothers Jimmy and Nick listen in to intermittent short wave radio transmissions. The world had gone mad. Nick had just watched his elderly neighbour torn apart by a horde of crazies who had broken into her kitchen as she did the washing up. She had forgotten to stay quiet and leave off the light. Nick knew that, after her they would turn on each other until only one survived. Not zombies, crazies, broken when the app everyone used had been updated a few days ago. It had been a marvellous app, making people smarter and happier - until the update. Then everyone went mad, the only desire to kill.
Everyone had used the app so everyone was affected apart from the elderly, out of touch with technology, and kids under 18, who were not allowed to use it yet. So Nick, at 17, and Jimmy, a year and a half younger, were hiding for their lives. Then a voice on the radio let them know they were not alone: a man in Deadhorse, some 400 miles north, had known grandpa Joe, and offered the boys safety power and food security if they could get there.
So began there track to Bob's station...
This is a wonderful, well written, non-zombie book, but with all of the zombie attack features. And it feels real. The characterization is excellent, the two youths acting just like teenage boys might, the relationship between them intense and sometimes stupid. And the terrors and thrills are constantly present. Although not written in the first person, the happenings are mostly seen from the older boy's (Nick's) point of view and the reader shares his irritations and despair as he tries to assume the responsibilities that rightly should belong to his now non-existent father. So the tensions come not only from the fear of those who've gone broke and are out to kill anyone but.also from his own internal dialogue.
This is a book more powerful than the idea of an infectious illness or biological attack which spreads, kills, then returns the dead to life because this change is almost everywhere simultaneous. It doesn't kill but turns phone users into rage filled monsters - and there are certainly enough people addicted to their cell phones to make the story feel very plausible. And so, far more scary.
My thanks to Booksprout, from whom I received a complimentary advance copy of this book. This review is given by my own choice, I do enjoy zombie apocalypse stories and Run from Ruin definitely rates as one of the best I have read. Recommended, though, for more than just the dangerous adventure, it is also an excellent coming of age tale.
December 26, 2018
I don't often do apocalyptic or post apocalyptic, but something drew me to this one, and I'm not sorry. Clear headed, emotive writing, and a oh-so-plausible reason for the apocalypse. This book is more a commentary on how we have handed our lives over to technology, forgetting that we are not evolutionarily prepared for the consequences. The scenario Allen Kuzara sketches is not at all far fetched. Be Warned.
December 28, 2018
This was a seriously awesome new take on a zombie. The high tech angle is a completely genius one. The characters were great and added a bit of levity to the story. The way these brothers fight, but also care about each other is exactly like normal siblings act. Allen Kuzara did a great job with the writing, the storyline, action, danger, dialogue, and flow of the story are very well done. I enjoyed reading this book and definitely recommend it.
August 19, 2021
Residents of Fairbanks, Alaska go broke after trying an app called DataMind that’s supposed to improve one’s overall life.
Nick and his younger brother Jimmy are among the few people who aren’t affected by the plague. Apparently, you have to be eighteen years old or older to use the app. Nick and Jimmy are seventeen and sixteen respectively.
Their parents, however, have already gone broke and now the brothers have to head to a place called Deadhorse where Bob, a family friend of theirs lives. According to Bob, there’s lots of food, fuel, generator at the research station where he’s staying at.
Considering their dwindling supplies, the brothers soon realize they have no choice but to leave Fairbanks as soon as possible.
Now the brothers have to figure out how to drive two hundred miles toward Deadhorse in their father’s old Dodge Ram van.
But will they make it there without being ambushed by the crazies roaming the place?
Nick and his younger brother Jimmy are among the few people who aren’t affected by the plague. Apparently, you have to be eighteen years old or older to use the app. Nick and Jimmy are seventeen and sixteen respectively.
Their parents, however, have already gone broke and now the brothers have to head to a place called Deadhorse where Bob, a family friend of theirs lives. According to Bob, there’s lots of food, fuel, generator at the research station where he’s staying at.
Considering their dwindling supplies, the brothers soon realize they have no choice but to leave Fairbanks as soon as possible.
Now the brothers have to figure out how to drive two hundred miles toward Deadhorse in their father’s old Dodge Ram van.
But will they make it there without being ambushed by the crazies roaming the place?
January 26, 2020
This review would have been four stars and was almost two stars because of Jimmy. I hate him. I want him to die in the most painful way imaginable. He is nothing but a spoiled, whiny little jerk who wants to swallow, smoke or snort anything he comes across. If I were Nick, I'd have killed his worthless a$$. As to his suddenly becoming a "man" that Nick can trust in the last scene - bull. I wish Bob had killed him. I wish Nick had thrown him out of the van. Heck, I wish he'd let him die in in that garage. Don't think I can bring myself to read the next book with Jimmy still alive.
Other than Jimmy the idiot, there were a few other things that bugged me. Supposedly the update occurred only days before the start of the book, yet Nick doesn't seem to be mourning the loss of his father (or the useless moron who spawned Jimmy). In fact, nobody seems to be mourning anyone , except Pete, and even he seems very distant from his loss. The Native village seemed strange. Nick realizes that they live just like anyone else (rather than in teepees and igloos), but they seem to have random "customs" that aren't explained. I was also curious as to why neither boy had a single friend who survived. Surely someone had escaped the slaughter. There were things I loved about this book too. It was cool that it was set in Alaska. With the lower population density, it makes sense that the boys would have a better chance of survival there. I loved that the apocalypse was brought on by an app.
Other than Jimmy the idiot, there were a few other things that bugged me. Supposedly the update occurred only days before the start of the book, yet Nick doesn't seem to be mourning the loss of his father (or the useless moron who spawned Jimmy). In fact, nobody seems to be mourning anyone , except Pete, and even he seems very distant from his loss. The Native village seemed strange. Nick realizes that they live just like anyone else (rather than in teepees and igloos), but they seem to have random "customs" that aren't explained. I was also curious as to why neither boy had a single friend who survived. Surely someone had escaped the slaughter. There were things I loved about this book too. It was cool that it was set in Alaska. With the lower population density, it makes sense that the boys would have a better chance of survival there. I loved that the apocalypse was brought on by an app.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 16, 2022
I really enjoyed this book. It is an entirely new and more realistic take on a zombie apocalypse. It has some irony in that the world as we know it ends because of meditation turning people into angry killers - even though meditation is supposed to make you more chill. The problem arises when meditation is taken over by a greedy company who puts it into app form on mobile phones thereby achieving a direct portal into the human brain via ear buds. Something goes wrong and then the killing starts. I enjoyed the Alaskan setting and the adventures of the main characters as they try to survive. I will definitely read the rest of the series.
June 6, 2020
Amazing read. Excellent story line, genuine characters, and extremely well-written. I will be reading more by this author. Highly recommend.
December 27, 2018
This is a terrific story. The story-line is believable, the characters are realistic and the action is fast and furious.
The descriptions of people, places and things are precise and evocative. A few words say many things and create definite mind-images of the situation.
Definitely a keeper !!
Phyllis S.
The descriptions of people, places and things are precise and evocative. A few words say many things and create definite mind-images of the situation.
Definitely a keeper !!
Phyllis S.
August 20, 2021
Excellent
Not a zombie apocalypse but a apocalypse where fellow people try to kill you anyway. Driven mad by their addiction to a smart phone app. Very well written with characters that make you want to smack one on the head for being so judgemental and opinionated and smack the other one and yell at him to grow up. All the same you can't help but root for them. I would recommend this book to any teenager or adult that like end of the world stories.
Not a zombie apocalypse but a apocalypse where fellow people try to kill you anyway. Driven mad by their addiction to a smart phone app. Very well written with characters that make you want to smack one on the head for being so judgemental and opinionated and smack the other one and yell at him to grow up. All the same you can't help but root for them. I would recommend this book to any teenager or adult that like end of the world stories.
August 30, 2021
This was a good enough story, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to call it a thriller.
May 25, 2023
It was an app that allowed you to meditate and be more productive. That is until this last update, the final update that turned all these human users of the app into a mob of crazies. Nick and his half-brother Jimmy had moved into the basement, which was no big change for them as they spent most of their adolescent years down here playing games. But now, it was used for safety as there is only one way in or out of the basement, and nothing was flammable down there. It was also where Grandpa’s HAM radio was. It has been three days since the world went broke, and the crazy humans hunted the non-app users. They were drawn to light and sound and would kill any human that was near or the cause of such noise. Then they would turn against one another and kill each other until there was only one left, who then left the area looking for another fight. But the boys did have a lifeline. The HAM radio and a guy named Bob in Deadhorse, about four hundred miles north in Alaska.
What an interesting twist on the zombie genre. Technically not zombies but for all intents and purposes acting like zombies but not passing along some disease or virus with claw or bite. The physical world-building was done well, but the atmospheric world-building shows how dangerous it is to be alive. The character interaction is done well, but Jimmy seems to be a little too protected.
This series starter starts you off in a dystopian society full of horror because of an apocalyptic science fiction ending to society, and strait into a post-apocalyptic situation with zombies-not-zombies the living has to deal with. Then, of course, the living has been unleashed to do what it wants when it wants. I give this action & adventure tale of survival five stars out of five stars.
What an interesting twist on the zombie genre. Technically not zombies but for all intents and purposes acting like zombies but not passing along some disease or virus with claw or bite. The physical world-building was done well, but the atmospheric world-building shows how dangerous it is to be alive. The character interaction is done well, but Jimmy seems to be a little too protected.
This series starter starts you off in a dystopian society full of horror because of an apocalyptic science fiction ending to society, and strait into a post-apocalyptic situation with zombies-not-zombies the living has to deal with. Then, of course, the living has been unleashed to do what it wants when it wants. I give this action & adventure tale of survival five stars out of five stars.
February 8, 2020
This isn't a zombie story, the apocalypse is made by people getting very aggressive by an app that's gone wrong.
It's not even an apocalyptic story per se. I would classify it mostly as a story of two boys (step brothers) who have to get along. One of them is an addict, the other one thinks he knows it all.
I didn't like any of the characters really. Nick tried to be the responsible but was bossing around, calling his brother a Nancy, and didn't admit when he was wrong.
Jimmy was an irresponsible teen. But really, I had more sympathy for him, his parents didn't do a great job and he was just not getting his head around the new situation. But no wonder, if Nick always bails him out and they run away instead of letting Jimmy feel the consequences in a safe environment (I'm talking about the Indian village).
At least he had this insight at the end, well Jimmy did, which was a bit odd. If he knew why he acts like a brat why act like it.
But this critique about the characters is at least the bit that makes this story quite realistic and believable instead of a teen-turn-hero story.
What a shame about the end, it ruined a lot with it's sudden out of role acting.
Things that were odd: they had no friends who survived, or they were thinking about. They didn't mourn their parents loss. How was Pete's son killed and not the village? One week and they acted like it was a lifetime ago. Bob.
3.6 execution was ok but the ingredients not all to my taste
It's not even an apocalyptic story per se. I would classify it mostly as a story of two boys (step brothers) who have to get along. One of them is an addict, the other one thinks he knows it all.
I didn't like any of the characters really. Nick tried to be the responsible but was bossing around, calling his brother a Nancy, and didn't admit when he was wrong.
Jimmy was an irresponsible teen. But really, I had more sympathy for him, his parents didn't do a great job and he was just not getting his head around the new situation. But no wonder, if Nick always bails him out and they run away instead of letting Jimmy feel the consequences in a safe environment (I'm talking about the Indian village).
At least he had this insight at the end, well Jimmy did, which was a bit odd. If he knew why he acts like a brat why act like it.
But this critique about the characters is at least the bit that makes this story quite realistic and believable instead of a teen-turn-hero story.
What a shame about the end, it ruined a lot with it's sudden out of role acting.
Things that were odd: they had no friends who survived, or they were thinking about. They didn't mourn their parents loss. How was Pete's son killed and not the village? One week and they acted like it was a lifetime ago. Bob.
3.6 execution was ok but the ingredients not all to my taste
October 23, 2023
Run from Ruin
The Fractal Series #1
Sci-Fi
Allen Kuzara
⭐️
I DNF'd this book. By 11% the author had used an ableist slur (although apparently in the US some people don't consider it one 🙄) and the author then goes on to be homophic, with a character saying things like "Nick wondered—no, feared is the right word—that Jimmy might be gay. Outwardly, Nick felt like he was supposed to think it was okay. To each, his own. Live and let live, and all that stuff. But inwardly, he hated the idea......And besides, it was gross. Nick couldn’t stand to think the thought, couldn’t visualize the reality". The author also makes a comment about Nick and Jimmy not being blood related, as if that has anything to do with being gay.
I will NEVER support homophobia and ableism, that shit isn't acceptable and I'm just glad that I got this book for free on Stuff Your Kindle Day because I'd be fuming if I'd paid for it.
None of the reviews I've seen mention any of the above, which I'm quite shocked by. If they had, I wouldn't have downloaded this book.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were more problematic things throughout this book but I didn't want to continue reading to find out.
0/10, do not recommend 🤮.
The Fractal Series #1
Sci-Fi
Allen Kuzara
⭐️
I DNF'd this book. By 11% the author had used an ableist slur (although apparently in the US some people don't consider it one 🙄) and the author then goes on to be homophic, with a character saying things like "Nick wondered—no, feared is the right word—that Jimmy might be gay. Outwardly, Nick felt like he was supposed to think it was okay. To each, his own. Live and let live, and all that stuff. But inwardly, he hated the idea......And besides, it was gross. Nick couldn’t stand to think the thought, couldn’t visualize the reality". The author also makes a comment about Nick and Jimmy not being blood related, as if that has anything to do with being gay.
I will NEVER support homophobia and ableism, that shit isn't acceptable and I'm just glad that I got this book for free on Stuff Your Kindle Day because I'd be fuming if I'd paid for it.
None of the reviews I've seen mention any of the above, which I'm quite shocked by. If they had, I wouldn't have downloaded this book.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were more problematic things throughout this book but I didn't want to continue reading to find out.
0/10, do not recommend 🤮.
November 3, 2020
I didn’t not enjoy this book, but I am conflicted.
I liked the premise, an app that sends adults doolally and makes them kill each other. I liked the characterisations of the boys - I’m a mother of boys, and their squabbles and upsets between the two seemed quite true to form.
What I didn’t like were the inconsistencies and plot holes. If kids weren’t allowed the app, then more of the boys friends should have been available on their phones - but to my knowledge, even though the book takes place only a week after the event occurred, they never even try this. The boys never seemed emotional that they’d lost both their parents - apart from the suicide attempt of Jimmy which was scathingly referred to by Nick. The addition of Lusa felt like someone had mentioned !sexual tension! to the author, so it was shoehorned in.
Overall, this is my genre so i liked it ok. But I think the plot holes need work, and there were several spelling errors (which I noted on my kindle version) that need correcting. It reads like a solid first novel effort, I have downloaded the second in the series so will see where that one goes.
I liked the premise, an app that sends adults doolally and makes them kill each other. I liked the characterisations of the boys - I’m a mother of boys, and their squabbles and upsets between the two seemed quite true to form.
What I didn’t like were the inconsistencies and plot holes. If kids weren’t allowed the app, then more of the boys friends should have been available on their phones - but to my knowledge, even though the book takes place only a week after the event occurred, they never even try this. The boys never seemed emotional that they’d lost both their parents - apart from the suicide attempt of Jimmy which was scathingly referred to by Nick. The addition of Lusa felt like someone had mentioned !sexual tension! to the author, so it was shoehorned in.
Overall, this is my genre so i liked it ok. But I think the plot holes need work, and there were several spelling errors (which I noted on my kindle version) that need correcting. It reads like a solid first novel effort, I have downloaded the second in the series so will see where that one goes.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 1, 2019
Technology goes amuck - and it's the end of the world as we know it
This is a tale of woe and doom - full of secrets and promise!
Yes - I will say it is a variant of the Zombie apocalypse but handled very delicately and brutally at the same time.
Two half-brothers survive the technology enabled doom of the world (think mind apps that really work - but are corrupted during downloading) changing the the physical brain (don't snicker, there is a defined psychological association disease). No supra-human zombie capabilities - just a expression of years of suppressed anger being released across most of the technological world overnight.
Two teenagers thrown together and learning about themselves and the new world. No resources but their own wits - a very unforgiving OJT course. Surviving is a passing grade, death is the only other grade you can receive.
Saved from the falling of civilization by the simple fact that their parents restricted the use of new technology they didn't fully trust (but used themselves). Follow them trying to survive!
This is a tale of woe and doom - full of secrets and promise!
Yes - I will say it is a variant of the Zombie apocalypse but handled very delicately and brutally at the same time.
Two half-brothers survive the technology enabled doom of the world (think mind apps that really work - but are corrupted during downloading) changing the the physical brain (don't snicker, there is a defined psychological association disease). No supra-human zombie capabilities - just a expression of years of suppressed anger being released across most of the technological world overnight.
Two teenagers thrown together and learning about themselves and the new world. No resources but their own wits - a very unforgiving OJT course. Surviving is a passing grade, death is the only other grade you can receive.
Saved from the falling of civilization by the simple fact that their parents restricted the use of new technology they didn't fully trust (but used themselves). Follow them trying to survive!
July 26, 2020
App addiction? Datamind makes everyone who uses the app smarter, happier and more productive. The downside being one more update and everyone goes BROKE. Modern day living zombies, angry and destructive of anyone they come across. Children and the elderly are the ones who mainly survive the pull of Datamind. The young because they have to prove their age via credit cards and the elderly simply because they had no interest. Within a week the world has changed and two young brothers decide to make their way to a place they believe they will be safe. Trials and tribulations ensue in their journey to save themselves or to save mankind?
I liked this modern day take on the zombie apocalypse. Writing style was spot on and really good back ground stories to make sense of the present.
I liked this modern day take on the zombie apocalypse. Writing style was spot on and really good back ground stories to make sense of the present.
January 3, 2020
I'm not into Zombies at all but this was amazing. Original idea (at least for me) behind "Final Update" from mobile app that almost everyone is using.
I loved the plot, I loved the characters (yeah, I would leave younger brother at first opportunity or at least punch him from time to time but he was realistic), I loved the pace.
+1 star because everything behaves like it should in "zombie word". I mean that zombies have constant speed and constant behaviors not like in Walking Dead series where one time zombie is slow as hell and another it runs faster than car because it looks dramatic :)
I loved the plot, I loved the characters (yeah, I would leave younger brother at first opportunity or at least punch him from time to time but he was realistic), I loved the pace.
+1 star because everything behaves like it should in "zombie word". I mean that zombies have constant speed and constant behaviors not like in Walking Dead series where one time zombie is slow as hell and another it runs faster than car because it looks dramatic :)
May 24, 2021
MCs are two teenage brothers with very different personalities. They have to fend for themselves after most of the world's adults turn into homicidal crazies. Like other reviewers, I was left wondering why so few other kids appeared in the story. The overall situation didn't seem realistic.
But not to worry. The author keeps the story line tight by concentrating on the brothers. Their relationship is up and down, mostly down, and convincingly portrayed.
The book could do with some editing - quite a few mistakes with word choice and spelling.
Still, a great story. I started last night and finished today.
Will definitely read book two.
But not to worry. The author keeps the story line tight by concentrating on the brothers. Their relationship is up and down, mostly down, and convincingly portrayed.
The book could do with some editing - quite a few mistakes with word choice and spelling.
Still, a great story. I started last night and finished today.
Will definitely read book two.
February 6, 2020
I think the reason this was such a good read was due to the realistic characters - namely Nick and Jimmy, though it was mostly from Nick's point of view. It was a little different from the usual zombie type stories, in that rather than a plague, it was up to date with technology and its dangers - where the angry crazies were created.
Yes, a well written tale with action, thoughts and feelings that bring depth and dimension.
Recommended, and though I would like to read the next two parts, the price is a little high for fewer pages.
Yes, a well written tale with action, thoughts and feelings that bring depth and dimension.
Recommended, and though I would like to read the next two parts, the price is a little high for fewer pages.
August 4, 2020
A different apocalypse!
What a change it makes, a smart phone app equals the apocalypse! Two teenage boys trying to avoid being murdered by the crazies the app created by breaking the minds of adults everywhere. Even their parents. What follows is a road trip fraught with danger as the boys head for safety in Deadhorse. There’s plenty of gaspy moments to keep you on your toes and of course nothing is as it seems! I’m off to read the next book!
What a change it makes, a smart phone app equals the apocalypse! Two teenage boys trying to avoid being murdered by the crazies the app created by breaking the minds of adults everywhere. Even their parents. What follows is a road trip fraught with danger as the boys head for safety in Deadhorse. There’s plenty of gaspy moments to keep you on your toes and of course nothing is as it seems! I’m off to read the next book!
August 28, 2021
It was a good read. Not so much about zombies, but more about survival and making bad decisions. It had some action but not as much as I would prefer. I was a little annoyed about the lack of emotion they had for losing everything and everybody. I liked the idea of the meditation app gone wrong.
Good for grades 7 and up. Zombie and post apocalypse will enjoy.
Star rating:
5 – it was amazing
4 – really liked it
3 – liked it
2 – it was okay
1 – didn’t like it
Good for grades 7 and up. Zombie and post apocalypse will enjoy.
Star rating:
5 – it was amazing
4 – really liked it
3 – liked it
2 – it was okay
1 – didn’t like it
August 31, 2021
Great story
An apocalyptic story with a difference, the survivors aren't trying to kill each other!
Jimmy & Nick are brothers that weren't old enough to have the app that has sent billions so mad that they try to kill everyone else.
Whilst hold up in their basement they make contact with an old friend of their grandfather who invites them to his work bunker.
This is the story of what they decide to do & them getting to understand each other better.
It's a very enjoyable read
An apocalyptic story with a difference, the survivors aren't trying to kill each other!
Jimmy & Nick are brothers that weren't old enough to have the app that has sent billions so mad that they try to kill everyone else.
Whilst hold up in their basement they make contact with an old friend of their grandfather who invites them to his work bunker.
This is the story of what they decide to do & them getting to understand each other better.
It's a very enjoyable read
January 30, 2019
Wrong
No basements in Alaska. Permafrost only a few feet cannot dig it
Especially Fairbanks as it is in the Arctic circle no trees either.
You did not bother to fact check, since I live in AK that makes me
Think you don't really care. Don't write about what you don't know.
You will impart misinformation to your readers.
No basements in Alaska. Permafrost only a few feet cannot dig it
Especially Fairbanks as it is in the Arctic circle no trees either.
You did not bother to fact check, since I live in AK that makes me
Think you don't really care. Don't write about what you don't know.
You will impart misinformation to your readers.
November 12, 2020
It's good!
This started out slow but once it go going, it really too off. I am curious to see if Nick will ever see Pete and Lusa again after all that had happened at the research station that the boys fled to.
As a fan of zombie literature, I can safely say I will be picking up the sequel to this book.
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This started out slow but once it go going, it really too off. I am curious to see if Nick will ever see Pete and Lusa again after all that had happened at the research station that the boys fled to.
As a fan of zombie literature, I can safely say I will be picking up the sequel to this book.
Check it out
August 1, 2024
Not a big fan of zombie/series books and had I looked more closely I probably would not have read this book. With that being said I did quite enjoy this story and became a fan of the two main characters right off. This was a short read but had good action and character development. I might just read the next one now.
December 19, 2018
Allow a day for this PG-13 post-apocalyptic saga of two young stepbrothers and how they survive the Update of the ubiquitous app.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 17, 2019
A program helps.people be happier until a glitch causes problems. It is turning people in zombie.like people who are filled with anger. Can she stay safe? Can she save everyone? See what will happen
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