Review: Floating Right Along...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2012
First I need to say that this book picks the story up seamlessly whereVoyage of the Dead - Book One Sovereign Spirit Sagaleft off.  Immediately the author drew us back into the lives of the character's trying to survive a zombie infestation.  You again made us care.  Kudos!What I loved... These were mostly the same group of characters from book 1 with just a few new additions who added to not detracted from the story.  This allowed us to follow them and their stories of life in this now post apocalyptic world.  We were able to root for those we valued and cheer for those who we didn't like as much to be zombie food.  It wasn't just about killing after killing for the sake of action.Second seeing the formation of the full blown flotilla and the beginnings of setting up new communities along the coastal ports was a nice twist to the story.  I'd wondered how long these folks could just wander the waterways before lack of food and fuel became serious issues so this was a strong plot choice and made for some thrilling story.Third, I love that Carl's crew has now met up with Scott's.  I can't wait to see how long it will be before these 2 butt heads and if they can learn to work together.  They have such different personalities and leadership styles with Scott's being more egocentric and controlling and Carl's more laid back and inclusive of other people's talents.There's much more I loved, but I don't want to give too much more plot away.A couple of nitpicks to end this.  I hope book 3 gives us some back story on some of the characters like Sergeant Major O'Hara, his wife and daughter, Conrad, George Hammer, his wife, Carla and the woman from Carl's crew I'll call "The Screamer" for now as her name will not come to me, as well as some others.  Just a good old fashioned bull session during some of the plentiful downtime sitting around would be a wish list item for me as I'm hungering to know more and would flesh out a few characters.  I'd also like to see the female characters roles expanded and strengthened although in this book steps were taken toward heading in the right direction, but right now it's still a bit testosterone heavy.I can't wait until book 3 is released because I want, no I actually need to see what comes next!  Great writing and story Mr Forsyth.  Come them coming and I'll keep reading...Meow :-)