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Surviving The Evacuation #16
Unwanted Visitors, Unwelcome Guests
The battle might be lost, but the war isn’t over.
Once it was home to half a billion people. A year after the nuclear war, Europe is a radioactive, storm-ravaged wasteland through which a hundred million undead inexorably march. In their wake, they leave nothing but ruins. Ahead of them flee those few who managed to survive this long. Chasing them are the dregs of humanity. Once known as the Rosewood Cartel, they kill, loot, and destroy as indiscriminately as the living dead.
Hope might be lost, but it could still be found, as can a future for the last remnant of humanity. Those who built a sanctuary on Anglesey, in Dundalk, in Creil are the help that came to others. In this, their darkest hour, but with a new dawn so close, they will not give up.
Set in the Faroe Islands, France, Denmark, and elsewhere, the battle has begun, but the war hasn’t yet been lost. Please note, this book contains characters and events that first appeared in Outback Outbreak.
Once it was home to half a billion people. A year after the nuclear war, Europe is a radioactive, storm-ravaged wasteland through which a hundred million undead inexorably march. In their wake, they leave nothing but ruins. Ahead of them flee those few who managed to survive this long. Chasing them are the dregs of humanity. Once known as the Rosewood Cartel, they kill, loot, and destroy as indiscriminately as the living dead.
Hope might be lost, but it could still be found, as can a future for the last remnant of humanity. Those who built a sanctuary on Anglesey, in Dundalk, in Creil are the help that came to others. In this, their darkest hour, but with a new dawn so close, they will not give up.
Set in the Faroe Islands, France, Denmark, and elsewhere, the battle has begun, but the war hasn’t yet been lost. Please note, this book contains characters and events that first appeared in Outback Outbreak.
335 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 24, 2019
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Frank Tayell
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August 2, 2019
Okay, so on this occasion I have more time for Annette and her recap, as with our ensemble spread so far apart it has been increasingly hard to locate each of them in the narrative, never mind my appalling geography. And there’s a little more by way of narrative device.
Onwards! I’m still v fond of Chester; and Locke, though she wasn’t as relentlessly sharp as usual, perhaps because (and this I was sorry to see) there was less to offset her by way of Bill :( Still: entertaining and gripping and I’m waiting for the next. War over survival is a difficult balance and I hope to see more of Bill and his determined world-building soon.
Onwards! I’m still v fond of Chester; and Locke, though she wasn’t as relentlessly sharp as usual, perhaps because (and this I was sorry to see) there was less to offset her by way of Bill :( Still: entertaining and gripping and I’m waiting for the next. War over survival is a difficult balance and I hope to see more of Bill and his determined world-building soon.
March 25, 2024
This is book 16 of the main series. It's told from the perspectives of Scott Higgins, Sholto, Chester, and Locke. Set in Europe and on the Faroe islands.
Of course I liked this. I've liked the whole series so far. But this book didn't progress the story much. Also, I shouldn't have waited 7 months after reading book 15 to read this, because I had some trouble remembering the newer characters, the ships, and the locations.
The author's website suggests starting the spin-off series Life Goes On after this book, and I'm very excited to read about other survivors from around the world.
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Books 1-3 in this series are Bill's journals from the first few months after the outbreak.
Books 4-7 are from Nilda and Chester's perspectives, mostly in London.
Books 8-10 are also Bill's journal entries, set on Anglesey and in Ireland.
Books 11-13 focus on a variety of characters (Bill, Chester, Eamonn, Bran, etc.) in England and Ireland. But books 12 and 13 are mostly from Kim's and Sholto's perspectives in Ireland.
Books 14-15 focus on the people in France and London. From Nilda's, Chester's, and Bill's perspectives.
"Zombies vs the Living Dead" is a novella from George's perspective. It's about his experiences with Mary at the beginning of the outbreak.
The "Here We Stand" duology is from Sholto's perspective. It's about his experiences in America at the beginning of the outbreak.
Of course I liked this. I've liked the whole series so far. But this book didn't progress the story much. Also, I shouldn't have waited 7 months after reading book 15 to read this, because I had some trouble remembering the newer characters, the ships, and the locations.
The author's website suggests starting the spin-off series Life Goes On after this book, and I'm very excited to read about other survivors from around the world.
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Books 1-3 in this series are Bill's journals from the first few months after the outbreak.
Books 4-7 are from Nilda and Chester's perspectives, mostly in London.
Books 8-10 are also Bill's journal entries, set on Anglesey and in Ireland.
Books 11-13 focus on a variety of characters (Bill, Chester, Eamonn, Bran, etc.) in England and Ireland. But books 12 and 13 are mostly from Kim's and Sholto's perspectives in Ireland.
Books 14-15 focus on the people in France and London. From Nilda's, Chester's, and Bill's perspectives.
"Zombies vs the Living Dead" is a novella from George's perspective. It's about his experiences with Mary at the beginning of the outbreak.
The "Here We Stand" duology is from Sholto's perspective. It's about his experiences in America at the beginning of the outbreak.
November 28, 2022
After 16 books in a series, you might imagine things would have begun to get a bit same-y and boring, but nope! The series remains as fresh as ever, visiting with various established characters and bringing them all to the same point in time, even if their locations remain separate. The plot is cleverly woven together to create an overall story arc that encompasses a large swathe of mainland Europe, and how the characters fare as they are brought together, and split apart...
July 31, 2019
Yet again, Frank has provided an amazing book to add to the series. I love this book just as much as the others!! Can't wait for book 17
August 24, 2019
3.5 stars ⭐️
November 5, 2019
Another excellent entry into this superb series . . .
July 14, 2023
Excellent.
Another excellent read from Frank Tayell on the Surviving the Evacuation series. I read this too quickly but it is so good that I got carried away and couldn't put it down. I think the length of this series, 20 books now, is astonishing and there isn't even a wee glimmer that I'm fed up with it. This is the only apocalypse books that I'm reading with zombies in the story and it's really a testament to the author that he keeps me so interested that I can keep reading. I thought we were going to lose one of the team and thankfully we didn't because I really like Sorcha now. Keep on writing, please Mr Tayell.
Another excellent read from Frank Tayell on the Surviving the Evacuation series. I read this too quickly but it is so good that I got carried away and couldn't put it down. I think the length of this series, 20 books now, is astonishing and there isn't even a wee glimmer that I'm fed up with it. This is the only apocalypse books that I'm reading with zombies in the story and it's really a testament to the author that he keeps me so interested that I can keep reading. I thought we were going to lose one of the team and thankfully we didn't because I really like Sorcha now. Keep on writing, please Mr Tayell.
July 25, 2023
On Kobo (1230003335338, 378 pages: EPub2 DRM-Free) with same cover as the kindle and paperback.
Tying up several loose ends on mainland Europe -and extending the range of possible sttlements to the Faroes, at least temporarily. The detached team accompanying the Creil refugees end up in Switzerland after the Uktainians let them know that's where they are headed - not the Pyrenees. Still out of contact with Ireland they make plans to relocate to Belfast... until a fly-over demonstrates that is not possible. Meanwhile the Rosewood Cartel is causing problems - and Sorcha receives an unwelcome reminder of the past, while investigating a redoubt in Denmark.
The series continues to intrigue as the cast expands and the survivors options change...
Next up is a departure from this main narrative to concentrate on events in the Pacific area...
Tying up several loose ends on mainland Europe -and extending the range of possible sttlements to the Faroes, at least temporarily. The detached team accompanying the Creil refugees end up in Switzerland after the Uktainians let them know that's where they are headed - not the Pyrenees. Still out of contact with Ireland they make plans to relocate to Belfast... until a fly-over demonstrates that is not possible. Meanwhile the Rosewood Cartel is causing problems - and Sorcha receives an unwelcome reminder of the past, while investigating a redoubt in Denmark.
The series continues to intrigue as the cast expands and the survivors options change...
Next up is a departure from this main narrative to concentrate on events in the Pacific area...
August 28, 2025
Finally finished this 16th in the series. I'd taken a little break since book 15; I might need a longer break before 17. There are a lot more to go, but the quality of the story is just not as compelling as other things I've been diving into. Nothing wrong with the story. It's still good at what it's trying to be, and I enjoy the characters and the continually deeper and deeper levels of mystery being revealed, but this one took longer to complete than it should have for me. Perhaps I just need a pause. Regardless, this one just gets an average ⭐⭐⭐ from me, as it didn't light any fires.
May 2, 2020
Adding a new level of complexity to the survival story, this latest addition to the series, brings many of our heroes back together, with a clarity, if not certainty, for the future. Longer than some of the recent books, it gets into some of the detail of the challenges, short and long-term that our survivors are facing, as well as providing tantalising glimpses into the past pre-outbreak.
Would like Bill, Kim and Annette to have more page time, but looking forward to the next book!
Would like Bill, Kim and Annette to have more page time, but looking forward to the next book!
December 28, 2024
A question that's STILL driving me insane
This is my third time reading this series, and coming to this volume, again, I wonder, AGAIN, what the story is with those Faroese, why they're so grudgingly hospitable, and the details of their survival, including those lunatics from Malin Head. Sure hope the author fills in those maddening details, in SOME future volume!
This is my third time reading this series, and coming to this volume, again, I wonder, AGAIN, what the story is with those Faroese, why they're so grudgingly hospitable, and the details of their survival, including those lunatics from Malin Head. Sure hope the author fills in those maddening details, in SOME future volume!
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May 2, 2020Brilliant
Another great book in the continuation of the series. The series keeps rolling and remains as gripping as it was when I read the first book.
Another great book in the continuation of the series. The series keeps rolling and remains as gripping as it was when I read the first book.
May 2, 2020
Fantastic continuation of the series. The books are as gripping now as when I started reading them.
August 24, 2020
Great Book
Love these books the story and how it is progressing I will be reading them to the end if the story no doubt.
Love these books the story and how it is progressing I will be reading them to the end if the story no doubt.
June 12, 2022
16 books in
So I'm 16 books in and still living this story. Great pace and good characters. Looking forward to the next one.
So I'm 16 books in and still living this story. Great pace and good characters. Looking forward to the next one.
August 10, 2024
excellent book 16!
Loved this book in the series. Did take me a while to complete but enjoyed all the different locations and the battle scenes! Exciting stuff!
Loved this book in the series. Did take me a while to complete but enjoyed all the different locations and the battle scenes! Exciting stuff!
February 14, 2020
Confusing
I have been a absolutely massive fan of this series from the start, however I have struggled with the past couple of instalments. I don’t know if it’s because there are now so many characters and such a complex back story in terms of the Kempton empire and its part in the outbreak that with a few months between each book I totally forget what’s going on..? Disappointing as I was literally hooked and now I’m not sure I’ll carry on...
I have been a absolutely massive fan of this series from the start, however I have struggled with the past couple of instalments. I don’t know if it’s because there are now so many characters and such a complex back story in terms of the Kempton empire and its part in the outbreak that with a few months between each book I totally forget what’s going on..? Disappointing as I was literally hooked and now I’m not sure I’ll carry on...
February 11, 2020
Brilliant as always
Well worth waiting for. I love the entire series and this book is no exception.
I can't wait for the next book
Well worth waiting for. I love the entire series and this book is no exception.
I can't wait for the next book
April 7, 2022
The battle might be lost, but the war isn’t over. Once it was home to half a billion people. A year after the nuclear war, Europe is a radioactive, storm-ravaged wasteland through which a hundred million undead inexorably march. In their wake, they leave nothing but ruins. Ahead of them flee those few who managed to survive this long. Chasing them are the dregs of humanity. Once known as the Rosewood Cartel, they kill, loot, and destroy as indiscriminately as the living dead. Hope might be lost, but it could still be found, as can a future for the last remnant of humanity. Those who built a sanctuary on Anglesey, in Dundalk, in Creil are the help that came to others. In this, their darkest hour, but with a new dawn so close, they will not give up. Set in the Faroe Islands, France, Denmark, and elsewhere, the battle has begun, but the war hasn’t yet been lost. Please note, this book contains characters and events that first appeared in Outback Outbreak.
November 3, 2019
Another, the sixteenth, instalment of Frank Tayell’s ‘Surviving the Evacuation’ series. Here the survivors are continuing to search for somewhere to settle, with one group heading to the Pyrenees and another to the Faroe Islands, with the ultimate aim of eventually bringing everyone together. Their main problem, beside diminishing amounts of food and resources, are the criminal gangs under the control of the Rosewood Cartel. And, of course, the hordes of undead.
Another interesting book in the series. I do find the writing style at times questionable and irritating, far too much ‘he said, she said’ but then I find the plot developing and at the end I’m still wanting to know what happens next.
Rob D
Another interesting book in the series. I do find the writing style at times questionable and irritating, far too much ‘he said, she said’ but then I find the plot developing and at the end I’m still wanting to know what happens next.
Rob D
August 16, 2019
Astounding
Very well deserved high rating for this fast paced and exciting novel of survival, zombies, gangsters and politicians. The whole series has been excellent and never gets tired, in fact it gets better and more involved with every installment. Considering the first book had one man trapped in his room during the initial outbreak we've come a long way to get groups of survivors spread over the globe, sailing ships and flying planes. I look forward to seeing where we go next and as the author seems to write at a great place, that won't be long.
Very well deserved high rating for this fast paced and exciting novel of survival, zombies, gangsters and politicians. The whole series has been excellent and never gets tired, in fact it gets better and more involved with every installment. Considering the first book had one man trapped in his room during the initial outbreak we've come a long way to get groups of survivors spread over the globe, sailing ships and flying planes. I look forward to seeing where we go next and as the author seems to write at a great place, that won't be long.
August 20, 2019
Book 16 delivers an update in three parts. Sholto heads with a small team to Faroe to investigate the feasability of settling there.
Scott joins the convoy heading for Spain,only to rerouted to Switzerland in the hope of helping to liberate a large cache of stores in Berne with the Ukrainian convoy.
Meanwhile between Calais and Neuport, Nilda, Chester, Sorcha and Bill deal with the aftermath of the battle with Cavalie,awaiting news from Sholto on Faroe, whilst making plans to move north and investigate one of Lisa Kemptons last depots in Denmark and avoid Cavalies armoured convoy
Scott joins the convoy heading for Spain,only to rerouted to Switzerland in the hope of helping to liberate a large cache of stores in Berne with the Ukrainian convoy.
Meanwhile between Calais and Neuport, Nilda, Chester, Sorcha and Bill deal with the aftermath of the battle with Cavalie,awaiting news from Sholto on Faroe, whilst making plans to move north and investigate one of Lisa Kemptons last depots in Denmark and avoid Cavalies armoured convoy
October 4, 2019
Yes, Frank Tyrell is the Jeffrey Archer of the zombie genre. This is book 16 in the series, they follow a formula that doesn't feel like one. Everything revolves around political conspiracies, and people making plans to suddenly go, oh no can not do that, rinse and repeat. But having said that, this really is a Jeffrey Archer book that just happens to have zombies and even those not into the genre could read these.
October 23, 2019
In love with the series
Book 16. Wow. Congrats. I love love love this series for so many reasons. The characters are great. The stories are intriguing and intricate. I love how the author is able to keep so many groups and plots lines together and still interlace them together. Never know what will happen next. Well written. Cant wait for 17! Thanks Frank Tayell and keep them coming!
Book 16. Wow. Congrats. I love love love this series for so many reasons. The characters are great. The stories are intriguing and intricate. I love how the author is able to keep so many groups and plots lines together and still interlace them together. Never know what will happen next. Well written. Cant wait for 17! Thanks Frank Tayell and keep them coming!
October 6, 2019
Another fab book in the series. It was great to see what and where all the main characters are now. My only negative was i did get a little lost sometimes as to where they all were as my geography is very poor.
January 3, 2020
Another brilliant read from Frank till on next book
I do love Frank's books and can't wait for the next ones. Loving reading where everyone's life is taking them and routing for family members to meet again
I do love Frank's books and can't wait for the next ones. Loving reading where everyone's life is taking them and routing for family members to meet again
August 5, 2019
Quality
Another quality instalment. I would expect nothing less from this author. Not sure how many books are left in this series but I just hope it doesn't start to get stale.
Another quality instalment. I would expect nothing less from this author. Not sure how many books are left in this series but I just hope it doesn't start to get stale.
August 15, 2019
An author with a wonderful vocabulary [no cursing necessary with this guy] and an excellent story-telling ability.
August 23, 2019
I don't know why but I do love this series of books they never fail to keep me interested and wanting more
September 16, 2019
Looking forward to the next one
I am already looking forward to the next book. I hope it doesn't take too long. To kill time I may go back and re-read the earlier ones.
I am already looking forward to the next book. I hope it doesn't take too long. To kill time I may go back and re-read the earlier ones.
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