The Rise of Peter Troy (mini-series) by Joseph diBartolo

     First off- you can't tell me these covers aren't delicious!  I love them like crazy, man!  There's something sexy about an apocalyptic situation with a man standing, ready to fight.  He can be fully clothed or Conan the Barbarian-like and it doesn't matter, I love it!  Enough salivating and on to this amazing trio.

    My review is based on the first three books of Peter Troy.  From what I understand there's another book coming next year.  The story is about a group of people, led by who else?  Peter Troy.  He's something of a zombinologist.  His entire life has been spent studying every zombie movie ever made, no matter how cheesy.  Sounds like my life.  There are some really cool references to Sharktapus and The Walking Dead and other shows on SyFy that keep me very happy, but the story itself is fast paced and full of decayed wonder... Book 1      This book introduces you to the beginning of the apocalypse.  Peter's been dumped by his girlfriend and fired from his job as a meat monger.  He feels his life sucks, but hey, he's got an abundance of science fiction/ horror movies to keep him occupied.  At least, until he spots his ex-girlfriend giving a guy mouth-to-mouth across the way... or is she?

     That's when the adventure begins.  The story moves fast and the action is funny as well as a bit chaotic.  What lost me was detail.  There wasn't a great bit of detail.  There's an instance where he meets Lena, a neighbor in his townhouse complex.  She rushes over because she's afraid, but they never were really neighborly... but suddenly they're locking eyes and getting jealous at the rescue of big-boobed nurses!  It was odd because nothing led up to the feelings, unless it was due to apocalyptic stress.

     Also, I understand why Lena listened to Peter and his zombie tactics, but she, along with others were way too trusting in an apocalyptic world.  Especially with Jim and Nathan!  But it was a fun ride, so I moved on to book number two! Rated: