the inferi virus has wiped out the world. the story takes place some time in the future. it's definitely different than a lot of the zombie stories i've listened to. regarding the story, i ended up liking it. either i got used to it or the narrator got better as the story progressed. the dialog between the characters is read in different tones with emotion, but the descriptions are read robotically. but i decided to give it one more try before returning, and i'm glad i did! it took me about an hour to get used to the way the narrator read the book, but i was soon engrossed by the story. i started and stopped a few times, not being able to get past the first 10-15 minutes of it. i couldn't get past the robotic sounding narrator.

I downloaded this audio book a long time ago, but i've put off listening to it b/c of the narrator. As other reviewers point out, she does mispronounce a few words. The best way I can describe this book is 'A soap opera PRETENDING to be a zombie story'. There is no possible way that ANYONE the publisher, the author, audible, would consider this to be an adult zombie book, or a zombie book intended for a male audience. There's WAY TOO MUCH sappy romantic banter throughout, which has virtually no payoff. This book is clearly meant for little girls. Had it said in the title, 'A Romance novel, somewhat similar to Twilight, yet much less entertaining', then I would only have myself to blame for spending a credit on this. Since it claims IN THE TITLE to be a 'zombie novel', I do feel incredibly misled. The book had more of a romance novel feel to it, than an actual zombie novel. The description ALWAYS re-states the dialogue a big NO NO.

If that IS the case, then BRAVO little one! The dialogue is beyond ridiculous, and boring ALL THE TIME. In fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd say this book WAS actually written by someone in middle school. It never reaches 'adult level' words, and doesn't even pretend to try. Now for the bad The vocabulary used in this book is on a 7th grade level. The setting, backstory, and technology are all somewhat new for the zombie genre. First the good this book DOES have an original story. To say I was disappointed would be the year's biggest understatement. The rewards of success are great, but she will have to sacrifice everything, possibly even her life, to accomplish the ultimate goal of securing the future of humanity and saving it from extinction.Īs a BIG fan of great Zombie stories (see WWZ and Day by Day Armageddon series), I expected quite a bit. Then one day Maria is summoned to meet with a mysterious representative from the Science Warfare Division and is offered the opportunity to finally destroy the Inferi Scourge in the valley and close the gate, reclaiming the lost lands and energizing the populace with renewed hope for the future. Their secret affair is her only happiness. Both are highly-decorated veterans of the last disastrous push against the Inferi Scourge. Her only refuge from the daily grind is in the arms of Dwayne Reichardt, an officer in the Bastion Constabulary. She yearns for a life away from the overcrowded streets, rolling blackouts, and food shortages, but there is no hope for anyone as long as the Inferi Scourge howl outside the high walls. Vanguard Maria Martinez has lived her entire life within the towering walls of steel. Now, decades later, the last remaining humans are struggling to survive in a dying city of dwindling resources.and dwindling hope. On one fateful day, the valley gate failed and the Inferi Scourge overran and destroyed the human settlements outside the walls, trapping the remaining survivors inside the city.

A walled city surrounded by lush land, protected by high mountain summits, and fortified by a massive gate to secure the only pass into the valley, The Bastion remained humanity's last hope against the fearsome undead creatures known as the Inferi Scourge.

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