Book 4 of my Zombie-a-thon 2022!

3.5 Stars

I quite like the concept of slow burns and how they don't turn into zombies but are seemingly immune after surviving the initial bite period. A good amount of running, mindless chomping zombies and pants-wetting terror so I am excited to continue on! I am even more excited that the audiobook box set of 9 was only one credit! That's value folks!
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Wow! I went flying through this book on my second go around!

A small backstory:

Zed is wanting to head over to his mom's house as he needs rent money and she seems to always give it to him plus anything else he needs, but when he gets to the house things are not what they seem and he finds his mother dead. His step-dad is a raving lunatic that attacks Zed biting him on the arm. Zed ends up killing his step-dad in self defense and then finally he gets a hold of the police to let them know what happened.

From the moment the police arrive things go from bad to worse as they drag Zed off to jail. While in jail Zed befriends a couple of inmates, but the world turns topsy turvy for them as they end up escaping because zombies have overrun the police station. Zed and his new found friends learn that the world is no longer what it once was as a virus has spread throughout the world and no one is safe.

Thoughts:

I read this book back in 2016 and really enjoyed the writing style of the author. I remembered that the book was fast paced and reading it the second time around kept me just as much on my toes as the first time around.

The story is wrapped around a flu epidemic disease that starts in Africa, then spreads throughout the world, turning everyone into mad crazed zombies. There are handful of survivors that band together (including Zed) that are somehow immune to the disease and this book provides an in-depth look at the struggles they face ahead as they do not know what the future holds.

From the first chapter of the book it is very fast paced and it will keep you on the edge of your seat. The book draws you right into the heart of the action and the characters are real enough to the point that you feel like you are there with them enduring their struggle to stay alive.

I am planning on reading all ten books in the series as I want to know what happens to these characters and how they survive in a zombie infested world. Giving this book five "Venomous Virus" stars!

For more thoughts on this review, please see my blog:
https://booknookretreat.blogspot.com/2021/07/slow-burn-zero-day-by-bobby-adair.h... ( )

ABR's full Zero Day audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

At first impression Zed Zane seems to be a dead beat, shiftless bum, living off his abusive parents. When he gets up, hungover from the night before, he goes to his folks for lunch and begging for rent money. He finds his mom dead and his step dad eating her. He is attacked by his step dad and kills him with a knife. But his dad got in one good bite. Zed tries to call 911 but the line is busy. Feeling tired and sick he lays down on a bed and sleeps.

When he wakes up he feels better and calls 911 again. The cops arrive, arrest him for murder, and hall him off to jail. In jail he meets Murphy. Fast forward, Zac and Murphy escaped jail when a riot erupted.

From then on it’s one escape after another. Everyone wants to kill them. Some want to eat them. They just want to survive.

From one tight spot to the next Zac shows his true metal. He just can’t leave a female in distress. Zac and Murphy are low fever infected. They can walk around without the infected bothering them. As long as they are quiet and don’t move too fast.

This story is shorter than most but it just doesn’t let up. I liked the idea of different degrees of zombi. It is something different and lets more action and doesn’t limit the trouble Zac can get into.

Let me say that Jason is one of the best narrators, for this type of book, I have listened to in a long time. He does talk a little fast but I usually have my audio player on 1.5 speed. Jason really gets into it. His first person narration is so real, it’s like he is actually living the part. He has some good rough voices for the other male characters too. I could close my eyes and see what was happening as he talked. His descriptions of the chaos were fantastic. The fire scene alone was so good I could feel the heat.
The audio production was flawless. Everything flowed seamlessly together. Audio was clean and clear. A great job.

Audiobook provided for review by the author. ( )

My second Zombie book in my life! great read...liked enough to buy books 2 & 3! Like Zombies, read this series! ( )