If you like
horror or zombie (fiction) then you will love this book/series.
When reading
the reviews I loved this comment from one fan “I get a sneaky suspicion that in
20 years’ time we'll all be talking Romero vs. Tufo”; the fact that in the UK
alone he has 140+ and USA is 575+ tells
you what a great book this is.
Mark Tufo introduces you to a family struggling to survive during the apocalypse, the
love shown amongst them really marks this out as a “more than horror book”, it also
has SO many other elements to it.
It is written from
Mike Talbots PoV, with some other diary entries thrown in for good fun, his
wife, Tracey, especially makes me giggle. It is not purely a diary/journal
though, so don’t be put off.
The humour
is a large part of the story; the Talbotisms really guide you through some of
the most horrific descriptions of the start of ZomPoc that I have ever read.
The scares
and horror scenes are, unfortunately, all too believable and the route of initial
infection is personally terrifying.
Many times
you are left on tenter hooks as the Tufo family seems to get/put themselves
into some very butt clenching scenarios.
As others join the group this seems to multiply as Talbot has a way of antagonising
people!
The climax
to this first book is pantwettingly scary; Eliza is in a realm of her own.
It's hard to say more without giving the story away, particularly as I know how it progresses through the next 6 books, and onto Lycan Fallout.
BTW Mark Tufo, Im still pissed about Bear!
BTW Mark Tufo, Im still pissed about Bear!
As a side
note, Mark Tufo is very involved with his fans and enables you to comment and
ask questions on Facebook his page, often having random Unfair Competitions of
the day to win all sorts of stuff you never knew you REALLY wanted.
In addition,
this is now on book 6 (10/2013) in the series and Mark Tufo has written many
other books besides, his grammar and punctuation has 100% improved but this
lacks behind. However, I believe an overhaul/update is around the corner.
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