The Zone

by R.W. Krpoun

"A smooth, clean read that takes the reader from normalcy to a full-blown zombie apocalypse with understated drama...fans of The Walking Dead take this one's for you." Trapped inside a government cordon with a city's worth of zombies lusting for his flesh, Martin must survive, locate his estranged family, and deal with a stranger who claims to be an academic who knows a secret behind the outbreak. The Zone is the story of Martin D’Erin, a medically retired Texas police officer struggling with loss and isolation who is caught up in a plague that turns a major city into a zombie madhouse. Fast-paced, brutal, and authentic, The Zone begins with Martin's final bloody day as a police officer, his partial recovery, and the city's slide into a nightmare. The outbreak catches the socially isolated Martin inside the Exclusion Zone established around the city, and more importantly to Martin, gives him a mission and a purpose. Seeing an opportunity to regain a sense of who he was, Martin aggressively takes action against the zombie-like infected, rallying with other survivors to save those who cannot extract themselves. Martin’s journeys through the ravaged city mirror his struggles with a deeply ingrained sense of self, unquestioning nature, and a drive to regain what he had lost. The Zone is at its core a story about loss, the power of hope, and the values which will drive a man to risk his life. Unusual in this genre The Zone takes the reader through the earliest onset of a zombie epidemic into its full-blow outbreak in a vivid, gritty style.

Genres: Zombies

210 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2012

About the author

Born and raised in the icy wastelands of North Dakota, RW Krpoun joined the US Army, serving two enlistments before being honorably discharged at Fort Hood, Texas. Delighted to discover a land where snow was a novelty, he settled in Texas and took up a career in law enforcement, serving thirty years before retiring. His service included a Sheriff's Office and two Municipal police agencies, as well as two enlistments in the Texas National Guard as a Criminal Investigator.

RW lives on lakeside acreage with his lovely and amazingly tolerant wife Ann, and a band of ill-mannered animals who are all highly photogenic. His hobbies include reading, history, various forms of shooting, collecting battle-ready examples of medieval weaponry, and learning to use such weapons.

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book

A recomended read. Full body characters and a great plot. This author has moved very easily to my top three. Keep up the good work and keep them coming.