Devoured World: Volume One

by Ricky Fleet

A gift from the stars crashes to Earth, ushering a golden age of human cooperation. The genetic secrets in the pods eradicate Cancer, HIV, even the common cold with a single pill. The jubilation is short lived when the horrific truth reveals itself. The cellular changes wrought by the treatment continue, and degenerate. Global efforts to halt the rapidly mutating victims fail. Breaking free, the creatures spread their contagion with teeth and claws; tearing, ravaging, devouring. Nuclear Armageddon is mankind’s only hope to hold the infected back. Decades later, the radioactive dust has settled, and the survivors leave their bunkers. Woken from an endless sleep, Andrew Burton must choose his destiny within the Sovereign Guard army. Using advanced weapons and technology, they’re humanity’s last line of defence. Billions of monsters lurk in the wastelands of a dead world, but they’re not the only threat. Across the vastness of space, the aliens are coming, and with them, the real war will begin.

Genres: Zombies, Science Fiction, Military Fiction, Apocalyptic, Horror

274 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2018

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ricky Fleet has done it again, whether he is writing about zombies, demons, good vs evil or this new Sci-fi adventure, he just grabs your attention and gets your blood racing. This futuristic guerrilla warfare story has it all, military clones, mutants and lots of battles. I love the wise cracking between the characters as it makes you forget that they are clones and not just regular military. Even knowing that death may not be the end for some of these characters, I found myself holding my breathe and hoping that they would survive to fight another day. I highly recommend this book and others by Ricky Fleet as he has a real talent for creating great characters and stories.

[Colin Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bit of a deviation from the traditional Zombie genre with aliens and super high level technology thrown in.

I loved the introduction set in the near future. Although, its somewhat incidental to the main story, I would love to see this explored further.

The story keeps you moving fast towards an end that surprised me a bit and definitely left me salivating for the next episode.

I would like to see the characters backstory developed further but I'm sure this will come as the story evolves. Tamsin and G are a great duo but some of the other characters are not quite there yet.

Overall, another great piece of entertainment.

[Chris Page · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is my second attempt to read this book, my first attempt saw me fail, the first chapter seems badly formed and doesn't explain well yet doesn't leave things unexplained in a clear manner and I got bored. For my second read I perservered and was rewarded a little, there feels like an influence from Primeval and whilst it's not brilliant writing by the end of the book the characters had started to grow on me. I did look for book two. I didn't find book two.

[juliette dempsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mutants and the apocalypse

A very enjoyable and believable apocalypse. I enjoyed reading about the different characters, I loved the AI and it's burned out inventor.
Hopefully a second book is on it's way.

[Colin Buckland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent start to a new series from Ricky Fleet. Great introduction to a terrifying new world & excellent character build up. I think this is one series that's going to grow & grow.

[Jodie Woolner · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely fantastic read! Very well written and kept me hooked from beginning to end. Highly recommended.

[Daniel Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book

Excellent character development and the battle scenes were described brilliantly. A Very enjoyable read. I Need the next book now

[P TRAINOR · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic

Fabulous blend of apocalyptic sci fi horror zombie lore! Read it in one sitting as truly couldn’t put it down