LEFT WITH THE DEAD Reviewed
Art for Left With The Dead, A “Gathering Dead” Novella. Artwork by Jared Rackler
Continuing to prove they have simply great taste in zombie apocalypse fiction, the crew over at Bricks of the Dead have reviewed my “Gathering Dead” novella, Left with the Dead. Happily for me, they gave it a general thumbs-up. You can check it out at:
For those who may be curious, LWTD picks up pretty much right where The Gathering Dead left off. 1SG Dave Gartrell is alone in New York City, cut off from the good ship Escanaba. The only way he’s going to survive in the city is if he pulls himself together and resources every ounce of skill he’s accumulated over his thirty year career as a U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret. But hey, this is Gartrell we’re talking about. Of course he can survive!
Well, until he picks up a young mother and her autistic son. Then the mission essentials kind of change for him…
From the review, there’s this little snippet which pretty much sets the tone:
Our protagonist starts off surrounded by zombies in a giant city, short on ammo, and without any real resources other than what’s on his back. Things don’t really improve for him from there. Instead, they just get tougher. Not only does he have to try to extricate himself, he also becomes responsible for two other people: a mother and her severely autistic seven year-old son.
That young boy is what really made Left with the Dead work for me. It takes our über-masculine special forces soldier, and humanizes him in ways most books like this could only dream of. He also makes for some interesting challenges throughout the narrative. Not only must the boy be protected, he must also be kept occupied and calm so as not to draw in the army of zombies prowling the streets.
Kind of a raised bar there if ever there was one, if I do say so myself. Interested parties can find this little zombie apocalypse sojourn at the following sites:
Smashwords (eBooks in a variety of formats)
For those who haven’t had the opportunity to check it out, now would be a great time. And yes, I am using Jedi mind control…
okay no one has asked u recently
How close are we to having the printed versions of vol1/2 the rising horde??
and did i read somewhere there is going to another book titled Gartell’s Revenge”
thx so much as always for a reply
regards,
robert
“Gartrell’s Revenge?” No, I have no such plan for that!
Print books will come out over the course of the next month. Look for Volume 1 in the next couple of weeks, Volume 2 will follow a couple of weeks later. Both books will be out no later than June 15 or so.
thx for the very quick update
i can hardly wait!!!!!!
robert
Me either!