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No Easy Hope

von James N. Cook

Reihen: Surviving the Dead (1)

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Eric Riordan was once a wealthy man leading a comfortable, easy life. Until one day Gabriel--his oldest friend, a Marine Corps veteran, and a former mercenary--told him how the world was going to end. He did his best to prepare. He thought he was ready for anything. He was wrong. As the dead rise up to devour the living, one man finds himself struggling to survive in the ruins of a shattered world. Alone, isolated, and facing starvation, his only chance is to flee to the Appalachians and join forces with Gabriel. But the journey will not be easy, and along the way his humanity, his will to live, and his very soul will be tested. This is the beginning. This is his story.… (mehr)
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So, this one was sitting in my Nook for awhile. I had bought it on sale one day for my Nook and then it got buried under my enormous TBR pile. I LOVED it. Firstly...looking at the cover...I thought it was going to be in-your-face military dudes shooting up the deaders. So totally wrong. The main character Eric, has a fat inheritance and some property to sell. While selling his old cabin, he meets Gabriel, who is one tough, intricate dude and they become fast friends. One day some crazy things start happening on the news and Gabriel lets Eric in on a little secret....those be zombies! So the story takes us on Eric's adventure to make it to Gabriel's cabin in woods. There's scary moments, touching scenes, and non-stop adrenaline rushes. The books ends on a satisfactory note if not a perfectly happy ending, but lo and behold peeps, there are more! Right now there are five total in the series. I am psyched! Find James on Facebook, and he has a blog that just blows my mind. I am in awe of this guy. ( )
  Steelyshan | Oct 23, 2014 |
Updating my reviews here. You can find the dates I started and finished this book and the review for this book on my BookLikes.

Gave three and a half stars on BookLikes, so I'll round up to four for here because this was a great story, great editing... a must for genre lovers. ( )
  autumnturner76 | Sep 23, 2014 |
Updating my reviews here. You can find the dates I started and finished this book and the review for this book on my BookLikes.

Gave three and a half stars on BookLikes, so I'll round up to four for here because this was a great story, great editing... a must for genre lovers. ( )
  AutumnTurner | Dec 29, 2013 |
I have been loading up my Kindle with "free" books that appear interesting, then find it difficult to choose which one to read next. The other day, I had just finished a murder mystery and came upon "No Easy Hope" on one of the websites advertising free Kindle books. It just so happened that I didn't have any other zombie books lined up so I downloaded it and began reading. As many of the other reviews state, it does start out slow with much discussion about weaponry and other reasons for being prepared for the end of life, as we know it.

Readers soon discover that the protagonist's best friend, Gabriel, is familiar with secret government experiments and had participated in many of them during that earlier career. As a result, he is confident that the world will end, but he it's only a question of when. So he takes Eric under his wing and they spend a couple of years preparing for this predicted apocalypse. Meanwhile, this information can not be leaked to the press for fear of instant death by these secret groups and both are sworn to secrecy.

When the Phage begins, both are ready, their secret bunkers and supplies are many miles apart. After a few months, Eric is tired of being alone and leaves the safety of his domain to seek out other survivors, supplies and to find Gabriel. His trek is risky and filled with periods of terror as he comes upon hordes of walking dead.

He soon comes upon a single, live human - the first he's seen in days, trapped on the top of a small town Burger King. Because of his friends' secret experiences, Eric is privy to methods of distracting and killing the walking dead and then rescuing the lone stranger. Unknown to him, that person on the roof has secrets of his own.

Going forward, Eric learns that every living survivor does not want to be rescued and that living people that he comes upon might not be a "friend". No Easy Hope is also a story about trust, friendship, dedication, love and a hopeful future, and then having to fight and kill those who want to take it all away from you.

The only reason I am not giving this five stars is because of the author's lack of editing. There are places that I had to stop and regroup because something didn't make sense. I did enjoy the story immensely and plan to purchase and begin reading the next book in the series - hoping it is just as good. Highly recommended for those who want to read a zombie story with a different twist. Great job!

John Podlaski, author
Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel ( )
  JPodlaski | Jul 19, 2013 |
When I first came across this book, I read the reviews first, of course, and I distinctly remember one of the reviewers saying that it was ‘a man’s book’ full of manly descriptions involving weapons etc. I am not a man, I am also not a weapons expert nor do I know anything about military terms and manoeuvres, but I though why not, it looks interesting, and downloaded it. One of my better decisions – it was a page turner and I could not put it down.

It was extremely lucky for Eric that he was a very wealthy man and that he could prepare for the worst, before it happened. His survival setup was every man’s dream –or every man or woman who wakes up to an apocalypse type scenario’s dream safe haven. Lots of cool gear and gadgets, and everything else you would need to survive – except enough food, and that is what eventually forces Eric to leave and try and join up with his friend Gabe.

This book deals with his journey and what he encounters along the way.

It is a great read with really great characters – and I did not hesitate to download This Shattered Land ( )
  Rosemary_Montgomery | Jun 20, 2013 |
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Eric Riordan was once a wealthy man leading a comfortable, easy life. Until one day Gabriel--his oldest friend, a Marine Corps veteran, and a former mercenary--told him how the world was going to end. He did his best to prepare. He thought he was ready for anything. He was wrong. As the dead rise up to devour the living, one man finds himself struggling to survive in the ruins of a shattered world. Alone, isolated, and facing starvation, his only chance is to flee to the Appalachians and join forces with Gabriel. But the journey will not be easy, and along the way his humanity, his will to live, and his very soul will be tested. This is the beginning. This is his story.

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