Review: Very clever intro into series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2013
I hadn't heard of the Breaker series before I came across the novella Outcome as a free promotion. It's set in the world of the Breaker series, but is a standalone. I snapped it up and read it in one setting. The story works quite well on its own (how a man, his daughter, and a woman from the man's past) deal with the outbreak as they try to flee New York.I've read a lot of both self-pubbed and dystopian fiction. I was very pleasantly surprised at Robertson's solid writing chops. He writes clearly, gives the reader distinctive characters, and moves the plot along as well as any traditionally pubbed writers. He's also great at world-building, creating a post apocalyptic world that is both familiar, but fresh, not something easy to do in the well trod dystopian genre.Needless to say, I was eager to read the first book in the actual series. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I went to buy that book and found that it and the next two books in the series were 99c. Needless to say, I snapped them up and am already halfway through the first one, which is just as good. If you're into dystopian novels, I think you'll enjoy this series.