| Title | : | The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 1: The Armageddon Thrones: Season 1 |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 |
| Publication | : | Published March 7, 2016 |
The End is here - what will you become to survive?
All Abel wants is to reclaim what he's lost - his career, his wife, and his daughter. But when his simple plan to climb the corporate ladder unleashes an ancient conspiracy, he finds himself poised on the brink of extinction. With nowhere to turn, Abel must choose between forfeiting everything or dooming the world.
The Apocalypse Hive is the first volume of The Armageddon Thrones, a post-apocalyptic saga. If you're a fan of The Walking Dead, The Stand, The Road, or other tales from the end of the world, this is the series for you! Fast-paced and dripping with horror, every installment of this series grabs hold and won't let go.
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The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 1: The Armageddon Thrones: Season 1 Reviews
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I almost didn't read this, first of all because Sam's got a way of describing things that grosses me the hell out (and I mean that as a compliment, because descriptive gore is not my kind of horror at all and I STILL want to keep reading Night Marshall books) and secondly, because I despise serial/installment fiction. Neither of those stopped me in the end, because I'm that kind of literary masochist and Sam's that kind of damned fine author, dragging you back in kicking and screaming. The Apocalypse Hive looks like it's going to be more my speed: lots of tension, lots of "WTF is going on here?!", and of course, my favourite of all, it's wonderfully eldritch.
Basically what you've got here in Episode 1 is a whole lot of questions and set-up for the rest of the series. The beginning of the end. For the most part it's written first person from the perspective of a worker in a building called the Complex, and his job is monitor gauges and adjust them as necessary in order to keep creatures/beings known as Sleepers from waking up. The problem is, he's broken. I won't get into why, because it's all there in the book, but this results in him purposefully sabotaging the equipment he's supposed to be guarding in order to ratchet himself further up the ladder within the Complex. Things, to put it mildly, go about as far from the plan as possible.
The writing style is very basic and straight-forward, fast-paced and at times almost frenetic. It's perfect for the character in whose head we're living, but it will be jarring and unpleasant for some readers. I don't think I could handle it for much longer than the length of this installment, for example, which actually makes the serial format very appealing in this instance. It's compelling and bizarre and overall, I'm looking forward to seeing how things further flesh out over the next couple of installments.
This is NOT for readers who want all the answers spoon-fed to them. You're going to walk away from this book wondering what the hell is going on and why everything just happened and who the hell are these people (and those creatures)... and I can only believe it's done purposefully given the talent Sam's displayed in his other writing. -
The Sleepers seem alien in nature, but they turn people into mindless zombie-like creatures. Our inadvertent villain does everything he can to undo what he’s done, but you know it won’t be that easy.
It’s hard for me to say much about this book because it’s quite short. I think maybe I expected a little more after reading Witt’s Pitchfork County tales. There are at least a couple of interesting people in this tale, largely the protagonist and the Asshole.
At the end we do see a little bit of what’s going on in the outside world, although only for a moment. Even though this isn’t my favorite short story, most books don’t pick up right away anyway, so I’m going to read the next part. Hopefully that’ll grab onto me a bit harder!
Original review on my site:
http://www.errantdreams.com/2016/12/s... -
I received this EPUB free in exchange for a review but I'm probably the worse person to rate a horror-apcolyptic story. I'm much more a Steven Erikson fan than Stephen King.
I managed to get 50% of the story read before it just couldn't keep my interest. The inner dialogue of terrified victims and the humans turned monster was just not in my taste of reading which doesn't make it bad. I have a son who is into zombies apocalypse stuff so I know it's popular.
I did enjoy Half-made Girls by the author. That had enough supernatural elements to reawaken my old Lovecraft days. -
great beginning. Sam Witt does an excellent job of setting the stage in this first installment of a serial novel. I was drawn in by the agoraphobia that drives the main character. The tension is there from the get go and leads you on to wait on the second installment, which I started reading today. well done.
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Good start to the series
I loved how intense the story was. It's going to be interesting to found out more about The Sleepers and I look forward to reading more of the series
