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Dead Meat #1-3
Dead Meat: Day 1-3
The first three days of the bestselling zombie apocalypse series The dead have awakened.
Driven by insatiable hunger.
In eternal search of fresh meat.
The infection spreads like the plague.
Nothing stands between the undead and humanity ... Can the world be saved? It all started with a single dead person coming back to life. Within three days, the undead had taken over most of town. Despite heroic efforts from individual and swift initiatives from the government, the catastrophe just keep growing. Soon, it reached the nation's borders, threatening to become a worldwide pandemic. Will this be the end of mankind?
Driven by insatiable hunger.
In eternal search of fresh meat.
The infection spreads like the plague.
Nothing stands between the undead and humanity ... Can the world be saved? It all started with a single dead person coming back to life. Within three days, the undead had taken over most of town. Despite heroic efforts from individual and swift initiatives from the government, the catastrophe just keep growing. Soon, it reached the nation's borders, threatening to become a worldwide pandemic. Will this be the end of mankind?
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259 pages, Paperback
First published June 8, 2020
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Nick Clausen
77 books399 followersI write stories about the apocalypse so that I don't need to work a real job. I grew up reading Stephen King and still haven't fully recovered. I'm currently ending the world in my new series Under the Breaking Sky.
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May 19, 2025
Review: Dead Meat: Day 1-3 by Nick Clausen
If you think the zombie genre has nothing new to offer, Dead Meat: Day 1-3 will change your mind. Nick Clausen throws us headfirst into a terrifying, fast-moving apocalypse with a fresh take on the undead and the result is utterly gripping.
Told in a day-by-day breakdown, the story wastes no time. From the very first chapter, the dead begin to rise, and the infection spreads like wildfire. What Clausen does particularly well is pace each day ratchets up the tension and chaos in believable, horrifying increments. You feel the clock ticking down on humanity.
What really stands out is the grounded, almost journalistic approach to the disaster. It’s not just about guts and gore (though there’s plenty of that, too). The story explores the societal and emotional collapse that follows an outbreak like this. Characters are forced to make split-second, brutal decisions and not all of them make it. This adds real emotional weight to the carnage.
Clausen’s writing is clean and cinematic. You can almost hear the sirens, the distant screams, the desperate pleas over failing radios. There are nods to genre greats Tufo, Adair, and Piperbrook but Clausen still manages to make it his own. The Scandinavian flavor (the author is Danish) also gives this series a slightly different tone from typical American zombie fare.
Fans of apocalyptic horror will find everything they want here: tight action, believable characters, relentless dread, and a storyline that makes you want to keep turning pages. And since this is only the beginning of the Dead Meat series, you’ll want to strap in for what’s coming next.
Rating: 5/5
A relentlessly thrilling ride through the first 72 hours of the apocalypse. Clausen delivers the undead in top form hungry, horrifying, and impossible to escape.
If you think the zombie genre has nothing new to offer, Dead Meat: Day 1-3 will change your mind. Nick Clausen throws us headfirst into a terrifying, fast-moving apocalypse with a fresh take on the undead and the result is utterly gripping.
Told in a day-by-day breakdown, the story wastes no time. From the very first chapter, the dead begin to rise, and the infection spreads like wildfire. What Clausen does particularly well is pace each day ratchets up the tension and chaos in believable, horrifying increments. You feel the clock ticking down on humanity.
What really stands out is the grounded, almost journalistic approach to the disaster. It’s not just about guts and gore (though there’s plenty of that, too). The story explores the societal and emotional collapse that follows an outbreak like this. Characters are forced to make split-second, brutal decisions and not all of them make it. This adds real emotional weight to the carnage.
Clausen’s writing is clean and cinematic. You can almost hear the sirens, the distant screams, the desperate pleas over failing radios. There are nods to genre greats Tufo, Adair, and Piperbrook but Clausen still manages to make it his own. The Scandinavian flavor (the author is Danish) also gives this series a slightly different tone from typical American zombie fare.
Fans of apocalyptic horror will find everything they want here: tight action, believable characters, relentless dread, and a storyline that makes you want to keep turning pages. And since this is only the beginning of the Dead Meat series, you’ll want to strap in for what’s coming next.
Rating: 5/5
A relentlessly thrilling ride through the first 72 hours of the apocalypse. Clausen delivers the undead in top form hungry, horrifying, and impossible to escape.
June 12, 2020
For once the zombie outbreak is not due to a flu but a voodoo ritual!
At first, everything is almost under control, the world is almost safe but just one mistake, just one thing you forgot and it's a disaster!
In the matter of 3 days, the city is overpowered! What will happen to the rest of the world?
Don't get to attach to the protagonists... Because it's not guaranteed they will survive!
With this serie you'll be able to see the end of the world one day at a time!
At first, everything is almost under control, the world is almost safe but just one mistake, just one thing you forgot and it's a disaster!
In the matter of 3 days, the city is overpowered! What will happen to the rest of the world?
Don't get to attach to the protagonists... Because it's not guaranteed they will survive!
With this serie you'll be able to see the end of the world one day at a time!
January 28, 2025
I really enjoyed this book (or is it 3 books?). Like with his other zombie books, Nick Clausen keeps the tension going. There's no just "running around the zombies", the danger is always present.
The outbreak also starts off differently from other zombie books too, and you get to watch it slowly spread throughout the population of Denmark. It finishes with 4 people stuck in a house and the outbreak fully taking place as they see a hoard coming over the horizon, towards them. Great stuff!
The outbreak also starts off differently from other zombie books too, and you get to watch it slowly spread throughout the population of Denmark. It finishes with 4 people stuck in a house and the outbreak fully taking place as they see a hoard coming over the horizon, towards them. Great stuff!
April 4, 2024
Great read!
Truly a great read. Interesting twist on how the zombie apocalypse starts and so many awesome characters in the story don’t makes it out. It’s truly suspenseful in who will make it. Most series are easy to predict, not this one. I can’t wait to read the next book in Nick’s series.
Truly a great read. Interesting twist on how the zombie apocalypse starts and so many awesome characters in the story don’t makes it out. It’s truly suspenseful in who will make it. Most series are easy to predict, not this one. I can’t wait to read the next book in Nick’s series.
June 25, 2024
I love anything zombie.. twd, ftwd…ect
This book kept my attention…
One thing that did annoy me a little was how it goes back and forth between the characters views.. until they die anyway.. so it can get a little confusing…
I am also reading Cadaver too.. I started both at the same time and I ended up reading Deadmeat more…
Also if you go to the authors website you can get Deadmeat 0 free.. it’s a prequel to how it all started which is pretty cool if ya ask me.
This book kept my attention…
One thing that did annoy me a little was how it goes back and forth between the characters views.. until they die anyway.. so it can get a little confusing…
I am also reading Cadaver too.. I started both at the same time and I ended up reading Deadmeat more…
Also if you go to the authors website you can get Deadmeat 0 free.. it’s a prequel to how it all started which is pretty cool if ya ask me.
July 9, 2020
A must for zombie fans
This is an excellent series that just keeps getting better and better. If you are a fan of the zombie genre, you won’t want to miss these books. This book set is great value too.
This is an excellent series that just keeps getting better and better. If you are a fan of the zombie genre, you won’t want to miss these books. This book set is great value too.
November 22, 2021
Great series.
This is a great series. You think you know who the main charactera are. Then bam they're dead. So far 3 has made it out alive or have they? Can't wait to see what happens in the next book.
This is a great series. You think you know who the main charactera are. Then bam they're dead. So far 3 has made it out alive or have they? Can't wait to see what happens in the next book.
December 27, 2023
Loving this zombie series!
January 16, 2025
dead meat
Great story telling keeping you on the edge of your seat. Love the different twist and turns and the characters . Can’t wait to read the next chapter
Great story telling keeping you on the edge of your seat. Love the different twist and turns and the characters . Can’t wait to read the next chapter
February 18, 2025
This was an interesting take on zombie apocalypse. I loved it. It took some time to get into but was well worth it.
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