Looking for recommendations: Kindle ebooks on zombie-titles!

[badhead]

Beyond the barrier by Timothy W Long. - It takes a while to get going as the first part of the book is the mian character hiding out in the woods. But once he comes back to the city, its a very good book.

Rise by Gareth Wood - Set in Canada, this is a really good one.

Remains of the dead by Iain McKinnon - This one is quite dark in places. Best one I have read.

[Osiris]

Thank you so much.

This "Patient Zero" was written by Jim Beck:
http://www.amazon.de/Patient-Zero-eb...0689424&sr=1-2

And that's the one you have mentioned then, the one by Maberry:
http://www.amazon.de/Patient-Zero-eb...0689424&sr=1-1

That drives me crazy. Entering titles in Amazon so often results in the same title for different books/ novels/ narrations/ whatever ... Is this the result of the Kindle-system allowing people to write stuff without double-checking if things already exist or the chosen title is attached to a different work? No clue. But now I know and corrected my list ...

All the best!
Liam

The Jim Beck book sounds kind of interesting as well though... I might check that one out.

[LiamKerrington]

Beyond the barrier by Timothy W Long. - It takes a while to get going as the first part of the book is the mian character hiding out in the woods. But once he comes back to the city, its a very good book.

Rise by Gareth Wood - Set in Canada, this is a really good one.

Remains of the dead by Iain McKinnon - This one is quite dark in places. Best one I have read.

Thank you very much. Have added them and will look into them as well ...

All the best!
Liam

[LiamKerrington]

The Jim Beck book sounds kind of interesting as well though... I might check that one out.

It (Patient Zero by Beck) is available only as a Kindle Edition, either on Amazon.com or Amazon.de ... Do you own the Kindle?

[Osiris]

It (Patient Zero by Beck) is available only as a Kindle Edition, either on Amazon.com or Amazon.de ... Do you own the Kindle?

Beh. No. I prefer to hold paper when I read.

[badhead]

zombies: a record of a year of infection by Don Roff. - I recomend you get this as a audio book, as it works much better. Rather than just have some guy read out the book. They do it like the main character in recording his diary entries while the evens are going on, and they where found much later by someone eles. It puts sound FX in the backround, and the main guys acting is very good. Its also a very short (about an hour and a half long), and very cheap to buy.

[LiamKerrington]

Hi there,

zombies: a record of a year of infection by Don Roff.

This would be the Kindle-edition: Zombies: A Record of a Year of Infection; and this would be the audio-CD: Zombies: A Record of a Year of Infection...
Do you know, if there is a (naturally legal) source for the audio-book as MP3s, without considering iTunes, though?


Best wishes!
Liam

[Cabbage Patch]

Here's a new recommendation for you. I just started reading a book called "Apocalypse Z: The Beginning", by Manel Loureiro. It was a $3.99 Kindle edition that showed up as a recommendation on my profile page. I decided to give it a try, and I have barely been able to set it down since. It's a lot like Day by Day Armageddon, but better written and told from the perspective of more of an every-man observer.

Liam, you might enjoy the fact that it's set in Europe. The protagonist is a Spanish lawyer living in Galicia, and so far he spends all his time in Spain. But his descriptions of the zombie virus sweeping across Europe toward Spain is chilling.

I'm only part-way through the book now, but I am confortable giving it a strong recommendation.

[LiamKerrington]

Hi there,

thank you, Cabbage. Yeah, via Amazon in Germany it is available as well. And according to the information about the author there, Apocalypse Z started as a blog as well (like day by Day Armageddon); also there are three Apocalypse Z titles in the making ... Looking forward to it and added it to the list.

Best wishes!
Liam

[LiamKerrington]

Now, let's have a look (this list follows no specific order, but tries to highlight on the general nature of things based on Amazon-descriptions (red entries); the order is pretty random and follows no priority):

"Apocalypse Z: The Beginning", by Manel Loureiro

• Zombie CSU by "Jonathan Maberry" zombie-forensics - MUST HAVE
• The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse by "Steven C. Schlozman" zombie-anatomy and stuff - MUST HAVE?
• Patient Zero by "Jim Beck" from the perspective of a medical treatment gone wrong
• Breathers: a Zombie's Lament by "S.G. Browne" living as a zombie - comedy
• Day by Day Armageddon Serie by "J.L. Bourne" diary style story of survival
• Apocalypse Z: The Beginning by "Manel Loureiro" diary style story of survival
• Enemy Series by "Charlie Higson" story of survival - children and youths vs. zombie-grown-ups
• Rot & Ruin Series by "Jonathan Maberry" story of survival - teens vs. zombies
• Tooth and Nail by "Craig diLouie" soldiers vs. zombies
• The Infection by "Craig diLouie" a story of survival
• On the Killing Floor by "Craig diLouie" follow-up of 'The Infection'
• Plague of the Dead by "Z.A. Recht" a story of survival
• Beyond the Barriers by "Timothy W. Long" a story of survival
• Rise-Series by "Gareth Wood" a story of survival
• Remains of the Dead by "Iain McKinnon" a story of survival, with !
• Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection by "Don Roff" a story of survival
• Ex Heroes by "Peter Cline" super-heroes vs. zombies in zeeh-pocalypse
• Ex Patriots by "Peter Cline" super-soldiers vs. zombies in zeeh-pocalypse
• Patient Zero by "Jonathan Maberry" (corrected, thank you Osiris!) action horror
• Dead of Night by "Jonathan Maberry" (thanks Osiris for clarification) zeeh-pocalypse
• The Reapers are the Angels by "Alden Bell" zeeh-pocalypse
• The Zombie Combat Manual by "Roger Ma" most likely not a must-have
• Zombie Apocalypse Preparation by "David Houchins, Scot Thomas" for the lols
  
  not zombie-themed:
  
• Public Enemy Zero by "Andrew Mayne" ? - a story of survival, one against all
  
• Orphan Series by "Robert Beuttner" SF - story of survival
• War For Profit Trilogy by "Gideon Fleisher" military hard SF
• Stallion Six (stand-alone part four of "War For Profit-Series") by "Gideon Fleisher" military hard SF
• The Profession by "Stephen Pressfield" dystopian
• Gates of Fire by "Stephen Pressfield" historical novel around 300 Spartans
  

I put this one extra, 'cause it is not available as Kindle eBook: Into the Looking Glas and Vorpal Blade by John Ringo ...

Well ... Looks like I have something to do ... Too bad that I will have my final written exam in late January 2013 ... So I think I will take tiny steps; but with February 2013 the hard'n'heavy reading kicks in, right?

All the best!
Liam

P.S.: oh my ... just crunched numbers ... All titles together end up at around 250 Bucks in EUR, which would be like about 325 USD; just considering the zombie-titles it is around 202EUR or 260USD ... Well ...Small steps ...