Buried Instincts - The Zombie Apocalypse

by Lynn Henson

It was just another day in Los Angeles and Blake was trying something new. Unbeknownst to him, a strange disease was slowly spreading throughout the city right around the time he went to get some... physical therapy to help get over getting dumped. But when some of the massage parlor employees attempt to eat him, Blake realizes that this isn’t just influenza, and he has to step it up if he wants to go on existing. Life grinds to a halt around him. The government declares a state of emergency. They want to move healthy people to a central location to protect them from the infected. It seems like things are finally moving in the right direction. But Blake is uneasy, and when his fears become reality, it’s a race for his life as he and his friend struggle to escape from the city and begin a journey to find sanctuary. It’s a big country. There must be somewhere the authorities got it right. A city where there weren’t as many infected? They just have to find it. Just don’t get bitten.

Genres: Zombies

364 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 3, 2019

Reviews

[Steph Spone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this one to get me in the mood for Halloween. It wasn't really my style, but it wasn't bad

[Hannah Evans · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh Lynn. I started with such high hopes with Buried Instincts.

Zombies? Check.
The pandemonium of a fresh outbreak? Check.
A mystery of why things are happening a certain way? Check, check, check.

But I gotta say, Lynn lost me when our two main characters (I'm sorry but they're literally both so forgettable that I've already forgotten their names) charge head first into a zombie horde on the Las Vegas strip. I understand being desperate to find your family, but the lack of self preservation really did me in on this one.

If you, like me, love the first 15 minutes of World War Z, the entirety of Dawn of The Dead, and every flashback scene in The Walking Dead, you'll love the first half of this book. I just wouldn't go in with too high of hopes.

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well

While I know writing is hard work and takes a lot of creativity I don’t think everyone hits the mark. This story was silly in a way that was not needed. I get it, it’s a zombie book so we need something to set it apart but the MC was annoying in multiple ways. His descriptions of women sounded juvenile and shallow. He never described men the way he went out of his way to describe women. Men were typically described as a**holes, bad boys or old men. I don’t mind physical descriptions on beauty when it amounts to something. During a national incident no one is concerned if the woman gained a little weight she would be prettier or how straight her hair is. The story was just a group of people running around and not essentially saying anything.

[Tracy Mckinney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome story! I like the fact that it is longer and has a lot of "meat" to it. In spite of being a post-apocalypse zombie story, it has an original plot and story line that are engaging. The copy I have could have used a thorough professional edit. Several spots get confusing and difficult to follow because of some serious pronoun problems, but it never lasts for more than half a page. I was up until 4 AM reading because I HAD to know what happened next! Looking forward to the next book!

[Melissa Bales · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great characters

Started slowly, but by the end was so wrapped up in what's going on with everyone that I didn't want to stop. More please

[Barbara Jean Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looking forward to the next book

A bit longer than most first volume 📚. Enjoyed it enough to read number two.😁 looking forward to seeing what happens.

[Jim Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

I really enjoyed reading the adventures of Blake and group thus far. I like a story of the hapless hero.

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good

An interesting take on a zombie apocalypse with funky characters who should not survive but somehow do. I look forward to the next installment of the series.

[Angie Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!

A sweat inspiring novel if survival in the zompoc. I went into this one not k owing what to expect and was pleasantly surprised. Lynn Henson has just gained another fan!

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like it, listened on Audible, but I can't find the second book of the series on Audible. Is it going to made into an audio book? A lot of folks complain about virtual voice but I'm fine with it

[Charlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super fun to read. Couldn’t put it down! Read until 3a and still wanted to keep reading.

[John Podlaski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buried Instincts by Lynn Henson is a different kind of zombie story. The main character, Blake, survives the spread of the virus and eventually escapes from LA, joining Bree, who is heading to Las Vegas to find her sister. For almost a quarter of the book, both escape the hordes without weapons per se - using only Bree's car and their wits. Brent appears to have a special gift which comes more into play toward the end; he'd been getting telepathic messages all along, the "inner instinct" guiding him and others to THE safe place. Although there were several places they located which were considered "safe" and free of zombies until hordes of zombies arrive and overrun them - killing many and forcing other survivors into hasty retreats. Blakes "group" continues to find themselves in situations that appear to be "the end" for them when suddenly a feasible escape route comes to Blake. There appears to be non-stop action throughout, yet, these zombies are slow and only shuffle about. Although, they are still stronger than most humans and there is plenty of hand to hand combat involved. I would have given this book five stars except for the many typos, and extra or missing words found in the story; not a lot, but they're there. Lynn, if you can, I would encourage you to edit the story for these errors...as fixing them will put your story on a level above most other self-published zombie books which seem rife with the same kind of mistakes - most authors ignore the feedback from a review like this. This book is a stand alone, however, the ending leaves it wide open for continuation. It would have been interesting to learn more about the final destination as the story ends as soon as they arrive. Good luck, Lynn!