Road of the Damned
Life of the Dead #2
by Tony Urban
Published: January
30, 2017
Genre: Horror,
Zombies, Apocalyptic, Post-Apocalyptic
Blurb:
Book 2 in the hit zombie series readers have described as,
"Stephen King's 'The Stand' meets 'The Walking Dead'."
In the weeks after a virus decimated humanity and left fewer than 5,000 people alive in the U.S., a diverse group of survivors struggles to stay alive. Farmer, Wim Wagner has abandoned the safety of his farm in hopes of finding Ramey, the mysterious girl who flitted in and out of life in the midst of the outbreak. But, Ramey is on the road searching for her father and trying to locate the mysterious X on a map that promises safety.
Meanwhile, survivors like Jorge and Bundy find themselves lost on the road, trying to locate other human beings and fighting off hordes of zombies. Some rescue missions end in success, but others in tragedy.
Teenager, Mitch is trapped in a secret, underground bunker along with his mother and thousands of the undead.
Mina has escaped the hospital after killing her father when he turned into a zombie.
Grady desperately attempts to protect his autistic son after the boy died and returned as one of the undead.
They're only a few of the men and women fighting survival in a world where the dead have returned to life and overtaken the country. Will they find each other on the road or are they destined to life and die alone?
*****
65K words, approx. 250 pages
A post-apocalyptic, dystopian horror story, "Road of the Damned" is book 2 of the "Life of the Dead" saga. It tells the story of multiple men and women from all walks of life, dealing with a zombie apocalypse.
Wim - a 30 year old farmer.
Ramey - a high school drop out.
Mead - a washed up line cook.
Bundy - a 500 pound prisoner.
Jorge - an army medic.
Emory - a 80 year old millionaire.
Juli - a lonely but resourceful suburbanite.
Grady - father to an autistic son.
Mitch - the spoiled son to a US Senator.
Mina - a housekeeper caring for her abusive father.
Solomon - a violent and cunning businessman.
Aben - a homeless war veteran.
"I f*****g love this book, man!" Nathan
"It's Stephen King's The Stand meets The Walking Dead! Graphic and well written with fully developed characters. Read it in a few hours. Can't wait for the next book!!" Audrey S.
"One of the best I've read in a long time." Bill H.
"Disgusting, poignant and fun." Rachel S.
"Loved this book! There are a lot of characters to meet and I can't wait to see if any of them cross paths in the series. It's a quick and easy read with a lot of action and some intense scenes! Looking forward to the next one." Amazon Customer
"Awesome!" Pat
"Just loving this story, can't wait for the next part. The characters are good and I like the authors style of writing and structure." Book Demon
"4.5 stars. A good/solid zombie story with plenty of diverse characters." Dave
"I really could not put this read down until it was done. The beginnings of all the characters were great and I can't wait to read what's in store for the next sequel. Thank you for a great, great read!! " KennG
"The characters, in my opinion, were excellently written and developed. A very good book to read to occupy your time.
In the weeks after a virus decimated humanity and left fewer than 5,000 people alive in the U.S., a diverse group of survivors struggles to stay alive. Farmer, Wim Wagner has abandoned the safety of his farm in hopes of finding Ramey, the mysterious girl who flitted in and out of life in the midst of the outbreak. But, Ramey is on the road searching for her father and trying to locate the mysterious X on a map that promises safety.
Meanwhile, survivors like Jorge and Bundy find themselves lost on the road, trying to locate other human beings and fighting off hordes of zombies. Some rescue missions end in success, but others in tragedy.
Teenager, Mitch is trapped in a secret, underground bunker along with his mother and thousands of the undead.
Mina has escaped the hospital after killing her father when he turned into a zombie.
Grady desperately attempts to protect his autistic son after the boy died and returned as one of the undead.
They're only a few of the men and women fighting survival in a world where the dead have returned to life and overtaken the country. Will they find each other on the road or are they destined to life and die alone?
*****
65K words, approx. 250 pages
A post-apocalyptic, dystopian horror story, "Road of the Damned" is book 2 of the "Life of the Dead" saga. It tells the story of multiple men and women from all walks of life, dealing with a zombie apocalypse.
Wim - a 30 year old farmer.
Ramey - a high school drop out.
Mead - a washed up line cook.
Bundy - a 500 pound prisoner.
Jorge - an army medic.
Emory - a 80 year old millionaire.
Juli - a lonely but resourceful suburbanite.
Grady - father to an autistic son.
Mitch - the spoiled son to a US Senator.
Mina - a housekeeper caring for her abusive father.
Solomon - a violent and cunning businessman.
Aben - a homeless war veteran.
What readers are saying:
"I f*****g love this book, man!" Nathan
"It's Stephen King's The Stand meets The Walking Dead! Graphic and well written with fully developed characters. Read it in a few hours. Can't wait for the next book!!" Audrey S.
"One of the best I've read in a long time." Bill H.
"Disgusting, poignant and fun." Rachel S.
"Loved this book! There are a lot of characters to meet and I can't wait to see if any of them cross paths in the series. It's a quick and easy read with a lot of action and some intense scenes! Looking forward to the next one." Amazon Customer
"Awesome!" Pat
"Just loving this story, can't wait for the next part. The characters are good and I like the authors style of writing and structure." Book Demon
"4.5 stars. A good/solid zombie story with plenty of diverse characters." Dave
"I really could not put this read down until it was done. The beginnings of all the characters were great and I can't wait to read what's in store for the next sequel. Thank you for a great, great read!! " KennG
"The characters, in my opinion, were excellently written and developed. A very good book to read to occupy your time.
My Review:
Wim has always been alone and had turned his back on the
world before the world ended. He liked living on his farm and taking care of
his animals. After meeting Ramey and getting to know her and giving her a safe
place to sleep he wakes up the next morning to find that she has left without
saying goodbye. Wim decides that he liked having Ramey around and wants her
back so he packs up and hits the road hoping to find her. After all there is
nothing left for him on his farm anymore.
While she is glad that she met Wim the nice farmer who gave
her place to lay her head for the night she knows she can’t stay even if she
wanted to she has to look for her Dad. She has to know if he is alive or not.
On his little road trip scouring the country hoping to find
Ramey Wim meets some of the other characters like Emory and Bundy who run into
Mina who has been driving around in an ambulance with a zombie riding in the
back. They pick up Grady along the way and he hasn’t spoken a word since they
found him.
After going out to look for supplies they return to their
vehicle to find it over run with zombies trying to get to Grady. After giving
the zombies mercy they find that they now have a new passenger in the vehicle,
Juli. Juli grew tired of wearing a gown so decided it was time to go shopping
when she heard the zombies outside so she rushed out to help whoever was in the
car but ended up getting herself trapped as well.
Road of the Damned is filled with lots more blood and gore
with lots and lots of zombie killing. It is a dog eat dog world or should I say
dead humans eat live humans. As Mitch, a senator’s son who is trapped inside a
bunker with thousands of zombies says “Living people dying, dead people coming
back to life, undead people eating the living. Lather, rinse, repeat.” I
couldn’t have said it better.
Hell on Earth was a great introduction Life of the Dead
world. I love getting to know each character and finding out where they were
going or headed and wondering if their lives would ever intertwined. I also
liked seeing those same characters pick up their roles in Road of the Damned
and getting to know them more watching them meet up with some of the other
characters on their journeys and getting to see them kill more zombies and the
situations they would get themselves into at times. The ending kind of threw me
for a loop and I can’t wait to see where it takes us in the next book of Life
of the Dead world, The Ark.
I love this author’s writing style and the characters are
all amazing with some of the things they say and how they say it. Most of them
are just what I would call down to earth kind of people who doesn’t beat around
the bush when they say things and I love it. That’s what I say be honest and
plain with it. I loved falling into this world once again. It was like being in
the world of The Walking Dead and The Stand. It is like The Stand as the people
are migrating toward each other and like The Walking Dead with them having to
kill zombies on the way.
Come join in on this amazing world of zombies in the Life of
the Dead by starting with Hell on Earth and then going on to Road of the
Damned. If you like zombies and The Walking Dead then you will love Road of the
Damned.
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