Day by Day Armageddon

I listened to this whole series while climbing mind-numbing stacks of backlogged legal work as an Assistant Attorney General. My vision was clogged with the vivid scenes of Bourne's books, legal folders, paper clips, and coffee stains. It actually inspired the fourth book of my zombie series.   

Told in the diary format common to many books of the zombie epic subgenre, this journal depicts one man's struggle for survival. The unnamed narrator is a naval officer who was just returning home to Texas from visiting his parents in Arkansas when the zombie apocalypse hits. John, another survivor, and Annabell,… show more.

I loved Day by Day Armageddon because it puts us, through his journal at the end of the world, into a man’s shoes who is far more prepared for zombies than most of us would be. Usually we hear about average citizens trying to make a go at survival, but the main character has military training and that offers a unique, specialized perspective. However, he still has his own struggles, reminding us we are all human at the end of the day, well, unless the zombies got us! The author is retired military which also lends to believability for the… show more.

This was the zombie book that infected me. It served as the gateway drug which lead to a lifetime of addiction. Although I had been watching zombie films since I was way too young to be watching zombie films, this is the book that made me want to write my own stories and also lead me to my future publisher. The first-person narrative and suspense woven into every chapter grabs you right from the start and features the very beginning of the zombie apocalypse, which in my opinion is the very best part of all zombie stories. While I often… show more.