| Title | : | Existing Dead |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 |
| Publication | : | First published May 6, 2012 |
Trapped in the basement of their home, Kyle Reynolds, his wife Mary and son Eddie are in hiding. Hiding from creatures no one thought could ever exist. Instead of fights about sex and money the couple finds themselves at each other's throats over supplies and safety. The day finally came where Kyle had had enough. After every fight, Kyle would glance at the picture of Jasmine, the girl he should have married, hidden inside his wallet. She was his one and only love. He had to find her. Kyle’s journey begins the second he witnesses his wife murder their son before committing suicide.
When death is replaced by an existing hell, the world as we know it ends.
The recently dead have been coming back to life and infecting the living. Kyle’s only source of information comes from recorded radio broadcasts by lead researcher of the cause, Doctor Theodore Greenly. The dead cannot be killed, only stopped. Destroying the brain puts the infected in a dormant state. They are not alive, they are not dead, they merely exist. The Existing Dead continue to evolve making them harder to stop until Doctor Greenly makes a shocking discovery. Kyle’s journey takes a wild turn when he comes face to face with the Existing Dead.
Existing Dead Reviews
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Kyle, his wife, and his son have been welded into their home since the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, which leads to an already strained marriage turning even worse. When Kyle decides to leave to find Jasmine, the girl he loves, Mary shoots their son and then herself. As Kyle makes his way toward California, he is haunted by their deaths, even as he picks up a young man named Victor who becomes a surrogate son to him. What lengths will Kyle go to survive?
It took me nearly a month to read this short novel. While I enjoy a good amount of blood and gore, I had a hard time connecting with Kyle, who seemed to be a complete psycho, even from the beginning. He killed the Existing Dead and the living with little remorse, so much so that it was hard to realize that the story was only taking place over the course of a week or less, because there was no sense of emotion connected to the killings. Like Kyle, I began to be paranoid about every person he met along the way, because they all were acting shady, but when Kyle began seeing his dead family everywhere it cemented the fact that he was not sane.
I wonder if there is a sequel to this, based on the zombies evolving ? -
This book was a fun read! It was creepy and scary, and I really enjoyed it. The author writes in such a way that you get lost in the story. It is definitely a book you won't be able to put down. It could of been a 5 star review if the author didn't have Kyle's ex-wife Maria, his son Eddie and Victor's mom Morgan, and everyone else that died, popping up on him at all times. I could understand every now and then it just got too much and hence it got cheesy! I also didn't like how and what the zombies were evolving into, then we got Dr. Greenly, that was another shock! I won't say it, because i don't want to spoil for you. All in all his way of getting you lost in the story is AWESOME!! If you love zombies and all the chaos the survivors go through then this book is for you!!
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Could do with a better ending but it wasn't bad really
