Review: The Mission: 3  yrs after Book 2
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2012
Yeah editing!!  I really enjoyed the first book in the series but as the author had stated, he couldn't spell to save his life and that unfortunately was a true statement.  After my review of that book, Mr Mountjoy replied that he was going to get an editor for the next book in the series and he did - I would have read and enjoyed this book anyways but it made it a lot easier to read so thanks for that!SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST BOOK:  If you haven't purchased the first in the series, please STOP, go get it and read it!!  You won't regret it.  Once you finish it, THEN come back and read this review because I don't want to ruin anything for you...In the first book, The Seeker team had been part of a time travel experiment where they were sent three years into the future by the military.  It was only suppose to be for a short amount of time and then they would return right back to the base where they started.  Unfortunately, during their "little trip", the zombie apocalypse happened.  Through many trials and tribulations, they made it to Colorado to NORAD and met up with "Honcho" (the lead of the project) along with the President and other scientists and members from the time travel project team.In this book, they have been given a mission - to go to North Korea, where the virus originated, to look for "Patient Zero" and other information regarding the virus.  To do so, they will have to travel across land, over the sea, into the DMZ, through secret tunnels... you get the idea.  One thing that bothered me at first is that parts of the mission seemed to be much easier to accomplish than I would have thought BUT after stewing on it awhile, it actually made sense because the place where the mission took place was the origin point of the virus and after all the retaliation by other governments, there wouldn't be much left standing to get in the way of getting to the target so it's all good.  Hmmm... that statement is clear as mud but I can't clarify without spoiling a main part of the story line so you will have to read the book and see if you agree with me :-)Along the way, they pick up a few new team mates and have all sorts of adventures - some with zombies, some without.  This book is written in third person narrative so it doesn't have in depth character development as in you know what each person is thinking all of the time but it doesn't take away from the storyline. That is not something that I would normally say as I enjoy "first person" style writing but the style fits the author and the series.There was an EXTREMELY interesting and original twist as to where the zombies come from - one that I haven't read before and that is a HUGE accomplishment considering there are only so many ways to explain their origins.While I am not in the military, the writing seems very realistic to me in terms of how the characters interact and have grown from the first book.  I also appreciate the fact that a lot of the military seems to have survived the apocalypse.  I have never understood how all those trained soldiers could die off so quickly in most other books.Mr Mountjoy has really grown as an author in this book.  The writing flows much better, it is easier to understand who is talking, and overall, he seems more confident in his abilities to share his story.Although this book has a distinct ending, the last few pages seem to lead into another adventure for Achilles and the rest of the Seeker team and I am impatiently waiting to see what happens next!