Being to drag the story out

I cannot help but think that they are now dragging the story out and filling pages with over the top individual internal dialog. When you actually review what actually happened in this book there wasn't much.

I'm still enjoying the story but I think they need to start focusing on ending the story and not hanging around too long and undermining their good work.

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A Slackening of the Pace

This series has felt like a delicious guilty pleasure for some time. The heady mix of special ops elite forces, imaginatively formed and described battle scenes and of course R.C. Bray’s urgent narration style have had me gripped pretty much from the start. This was the series that first opened my eyes to just how entertaining the zombie genre can be.

It’s still a great series but to me this is the weakest book of the series so far. For at least the first two thirds of the book the main story moves very slowly as we jump between locales and characters. The good news is that all the main guys we’ve come to love are still there being the bad asses we’ve come to love them for but the bad news is that they’ve developed an increasing penchant for emotional flashbacks and introspection!

This is still a good listen and there are some of the trademark action scenes and Special ops “toughness” as you would expect. It’s all urged on by R.C. Bray who delivers as well as in the other books but it doesn’t drive on in quite the same breathtaking way. In fact it gets going and then ends very abruptly right in the middle of the action. If it weren’t for the “preview” of the next book that is kindly included I would have been just a bit irritated at where this one ended.

So, still a great and very well narrated series and I’ve already pre-ordered the next one. I just hope that it gets back to being as stellar as it has been up to now The way this one ended gives real hope for that.

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Skip this and wait for the next, nothing happens

Like a terrible TV show, repeats of the previous books and flash backs. The book is written like a script for a TV show, drawn out with nothing being achieved. Leaves a terrible empty feeling.

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Episodic and incomplete

This is a good series however we've strayed into what feels like Saturday morning cinema territory with a cliff hanger ending every week. If it's going to be episodic at least end each book.

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Cliché-central

Seems one cannot escape the honourable Americans vs "child-maiming Ruskies" (quote from the book) narrative even 2 years after a zombie-apocalypse. What a disappointing turn of events. time to put this overly-milked, but otherwise great series to bed I guess.

R.C. Bray st a top-notch narrator as always!

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Good book not sure if the story needs another plot

End of interest in the JFK ground plot. Might just need a break from listening to to many audio books over all good read and good value thus far

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The roller-coaster continues.

I really enjoyed the course the book took. Well worth the credit. The story is a cracker.

Arisen. Simply Superb!

Nothing short of brilliant by Fuchs and James. Superbly brought to life, by the amazingly talented R.C Bray. I really can't get enough of this series. Constantly at the edge of my seat. Bring on the next instalment.

Another gripping story

This book didn’t disappoint- I’ve seen a few comments about it dragging a little compared to others but there’s plenty of action. The authors have to introduce a new thread of how the virus started & also tell us more about some of the main characters histories. Can’t wait for the next!

more filler than killer

this was more of a filler book setting up for the next one. let's hope the next one in the series is better.