Review: The Darkening
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2013
The Darkening is the first book of the Zombie Awakening trilogy.  It is a short story - about 70 pages - so I downloaded it for "free" on my Kindle.  Earth is hit by a comet after all attempts to destroy it in space fail. The population is aware of this upcoming catastrophe, many had prepared themselves - storing enough food, water and medical supplies to last months in underground bunkers.  Unfortunately, debris crashes into a top secret facility and an awful virus is unleashed and Zombies materialize thirty days later, hungrier than ever.The main characters are introduced in this first book.  When exiting the safety of their lairs after thirty days, they discover the Zombies and soon learn how to kill them.  Unfortunately, those who didn't heed earlier warnings and had not prepared for life after the devastation became more of threat to survivors than zombies. The teens hit the road in an attempt to find sanctuary from both the zombies and other rogue gangs, collecting other innocent survivors along the way.  The short story is okay as a stand alone, but I quickly found myself purchasing the next two installments so I could continue reading and see what happens next.  Each book can be read in a couple of hours.  Personally, I would have preferred to have all three books combined into one instead of splitting them up and selling each one separately.  This may eventually turn off some future readers.  Otherwise, it was a fun read, gory, and similar to the TV series, Walking Dead.John Podlaski, authorCherries - A Vietnam War Novel