Review: Omega Zero is like this generations stand with a Typhoid Mary twist!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2013
Review:Omega Zero starts out following a Meth dealer named Trent. After a drug deal gone bad Trent ends up on the run fleeing into the Appalachian mountains. Alone for weeks on end Trent has no clue what is brewing in the world outside. Now running out of supplies and faced with starvation Trent emerges from the woods to find a vastly changed world with no rules, no morals, and worst of all no one in sight.Wow, I didn't quite know what to expect when I accepted this book for review. I had never heard of the Author nor had I come across the book before in my daily wanderings through the web. Still even with nothing to go on the plot sounded way to good to pass up. Let me tell you I am ever so glad that I accepted Omega Zero to review. While I admit the writing was a bit green in places it still was an exceptionally captivating story.Omega Zero isn't just the title of the book it's also the name of a nasty plague killing off the population en masse. Without giving to much away the plague itself reminds me of the one from The Stand yet with a Typhoid Mary twist. I must admit it was pretty darn neat. I especially loved all the science put into Omega Zero you can really tell that the Author did some research while creating his plague and building his world. Its definitely appreciated in a book such as this.As for the characters while we meet Trent as a drug dealer we quickly learn he isn't a bad guy just perhaps a bit misguided. When Trent meets another immune named Emily I really thought they would end up hooking up but the relationship shockingly stayed platonic. If any Romantic intentions were had on either end they weren't expressed in this book. Could Trent and Emily become a couple later on? Sure, in fact I'd encourage the pairing. Still I quite liked that the Author chose to build the relationship on mutual respect first rather than just putting them into bed together for the sake of having a happy couple in a world that was anything but.Overall, Would I recommend picking up this book? Yes! Even if you're hesitant for the price of a coffee you could be reading this amazing addition to the post-apocalyptic genre. I am going to throw out that the book is geared to a more mature reader. Lots of gore and adult situations especially towards the end. I really, let me stress REALLY, hope that the Author decides to write a sequel. Not just because of the sad ending but also I see the potential in the story begging to be explored further. That being said I will be rating Omega Zero by Ryan Henry ★★★★. Worth the read, worth my time, and definitely worth the price.