Review: Omega Zero
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
(Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this ebook to review. I do not believe my review is influenced by having received the book for free.)Omega Zero is a great apocalypse story. The main character is Trent Hazen, who at the start of the book is a drug dealer. His first customer is an undercover narcotics police, and after managing to escape the scene, he goes on the run. He packs a bag of supplies and holes up in a forest. When he comes out weeks later, pretty much everyone is dead.I really like that the action starts pretty much immediately. It pulled me into the story and did not let me go until I had finished the book. Omega Zero took me slightly over an hour to read, so it's not a long book, but what there is, is good.Trent's experiences in the wilderness were very vivid and well written. I loved his struggles at finding edible plants and I got squeamish when he ate the bugs (and describing a grub as 'juicy' and then detailing how it popped open like a shrimp when cooked? eeew!). Ben and Michelle were great supporting characters. It was sad when they went away - but I love how the revelation at the end explains it.That leads into my next item: every part of the story is tied together. Even a very brief worry at the beginning comes back to bite him in the ass, big time. There is no rambling, no scenes added just to pad the word count.As another reviewer has pointed out, I also did not notice any mistakes (spelling, grammar, or otherwise), in the kindle book. I've been reading a lot of indie-published novels and can say that this is rare. It was a very nice pleasure to be able to enjoy a story without my inner editor rearing its head.Omega Zero is a story that I will recommend to others. I really hope that he writes a sequel, as the ending to this one is a little dark. I can't see a sequel being all fluffy bunnies, but surely there is hope for the world, and for Trent and Emily?