Review: What a perfect title for this action military/zombie thriller!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2013
Got to tell you, I love this series.  I have read bothArisen : Genesis&Arisen, Book One - Fortress Britainand gave them BOTH 5-Star reviews, as I will this one.  I remarked that the Arisen series appears to be written just for me, but I have never met either author.  I am a fan of Michael Stephen Fuchs, mainly due to his hi-tech special ops thrillers:D-Boys&Counter-Assault (D-Boys #2).  I am an action, zombie, thriller, & special ops junkie and these thrillers are PERFECT in those regards.  I cannot wait for the 3rd book to come out, it should be due any day now.  Genesis is the prequel to the series.  Also, just to let you know, I did not receive this book free, but paid for it the DAY it came out.********These authors have written a very well put together thriller and have managed to set the story in 3 different locations: on the aircraft carrier the JFK, in Great Britain, and in Chicago, without confusing us readers.  I want to know about what is going on in all 3 locations.  The world they are painting is very bleak indeed and almost appears hopeless.  Yet our heroes press on.  The specical force operators (from the U.S. and Britain) are not cardboard sterotypes.  No, these guys/gals come across as deeply committed with many personnel issues as we would expect, such as: family concerns, religious beliefs, death issues, and so on.I have read some other special forces/action thrillers recently (and please, check out my reviews, to see what types of books I have read and enjoyed) that claim to be action oriented and then I discover they are either poorly written or are really romance books pretending to be action.  The characters in the Arisen books have feelings, but no sappy romances.........And these books are very well written (as I mentioned before).  Glynn and Michael: please keep the Arisen series coming..........I would subscribe to this series if that option was available.