The Undead. The First Seven Days (The Undead series Book 1)

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The Undead. The First Seven Days (The Undead series Book 1)

The Undead. The First Seven Days (The Undead series Book 1)

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Howie is such a fantastic character, and always willing to risk his life to help out people. Even though at the time it could cost his life, he still wanted to try and help. Not many folks would be willing to do the same in apocalypse; many would try to save their dear lives and try to get away by any means possible. The story starts on Day 1 of the infection as it sweeps through Europe and follows Howie, a supermarket manager who starts off on a quest to find his parents and sister and slowly transforms to him being the leader of the 'army of the living' as he and his merry band of misfits drive around the country in their Saxon (sort of an APC) search of answers and fight a war against an intelligent, sentient, hivemind virus. I'm just about a third of the way through the last book and I just don't want it to end. Has anyone else read this series? Without spoiling anything, what did you think? R.R. Haywood once again spins a tale of Howie, a night shift supermarket worker as he fights off the undead and meets some fantastic people along the way. He first meets up with awesome people along the way. First, he teams up with Dave, a co-worker at the grocery store. Dave is a professional killing machine, devoid and methodical of social grace. There's so much good stuff in here in terms of the overall story and virus lore but to me, what has made this series brilliant are the characters. Their banter and camaraderie is just such a blast to read. I find myself legitimately laughing out loud at the dialogue between the core group of characters.

Howie wakes up to a world that has been totally taken over by the virus. Survival of the fittest is the rule now, and people are looting and stealing whatever they can to survive. This includes the car that Howie stole, a crappy car that is hardly burglary-worthy. The rule is to take what you can get and utilize it to survive. When Howie decides to return to a place that he just barely got out of the day before and battle the zombies to find his parents, he has no idea what is awaiting him.

Publication Order of Undead Books

Haywood is also the writer of the Extracted series, which features the novels Extracted and Executed. He is also the author of several novels, including the 2014 book The Second Reality and Blood at the Premiere, published in 2016, He has also published a short story collection called Book of Shorts Volume 1 in 2014. The second book in The Undead series is far much better than the first novel; there are more action scenes, more horror, mystery and thriller in the form of the two new characters. The author does a fantastic job by adding some modern twist to the zombie myth by making them faster, menacing and more animalistic at night and docile during the daylight.

The dialogue is handled particularly well, with the author cleverly letting you experience the delights of people talking across each other which is particularly interesting. In The Undead Day One, Howie is the main character. He is named after Howard, his father. But since it is confusing to call two people by the name of Howard, he became Howie so they could be distinguished. He is twenty-seven years of age and currently works in England as a manager during the night for the well-known English supermarket Tesco. He is in the exact right place it appears when the undead show up on the scene and the news starts covering it. Like many authors, RR Haywood works a job full-time. He also has plenty of tattoos and a total of four dogs. He resides in a cave someplace underground, which is perfect for staying away from what he says are the invisible drones and the spy satellites that the BBC sends to watch over people. He admits that he is a self-proclaimed hypochondriac. He says that the BBC’s invisible drones are to blame for this. Haywood began the publication of The Undead series in 2012 when The Undead Day One was published, since then more than 20 novels have been published. Day One” is the first book in The Undead Series by R.R Haywood. The story introduces a Howie, a shy 27-year night time supermarket manager who leads a very dull life when the reports of a sudden outbreak and violence in Eastern Europe are reported on all TV screens.The narrative follows three perspectives, the main storyline follows the main character, Howie, with his newly made friend, Dave and the troops, the second perspective being Sarah’s perspective on the night that the apocalypse landed in London, the following few days. The final perspective being it is the occasional exposition of the infection itself, as it looks through the eyes of the undead. I searched around and didn't see much discussion about it but as someone who has read a lot of zombie fiction, I just stumbled on this series about a month ago and have already flown through 23 books. EDIT: STILL WAITING FOR DAY 26. And now whenever I google it to see when it might be released, this thread is at the top of the search lol. The story is filled with some typical cliché stuff; apparently, everyone is going outside to have a clear look at what is going on. There is nothing yet about how these zombies were created if it was a lab experiment that went wrong if it was a virus or a patient zero.



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