The Demented: Desolation

by Derek J. Thomas

Cities are crumbling. Towns have been obliterated. The world has fallen into complete chaos. Only the lucky and skilled have survived. Zombies and demented now roam the streets and forests in search of the living. Tom Pike and his group of friends join forces with others in hopes of not only surviving the apocalypse, but fighting back.Book 1: The DementedBook 2: The DesolationBook 3: The ContagionNovella 1 (Book 1.5): The Confliction

Genres: Horror, Zombies

257 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2014

Reviews

[Abi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actual rating - 3.5

[Robin Perryman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay

This gets another just okay from me. These characters should've been dead but they kept making it and meeting up while running from hundreds of zombies at a time with no car. I see the author was trying something different to stand out from the rest by making them seem like they could still think by warning the others through sound and calling them demented. It was different but also redundant after awhile. I'm glad the main characters made it though. I'm not sure if I'll read part 3 or not. The story was okay but not that exciting.

[Derek Vice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave the first book in the series 3/5; the second installment brings much of the same but extra credit to the author for the sustained intensity from page 1 to page Z. There is something quite profound in being able to sustain this level of intensity and violence for two books. Moving onto book three now. Great fun.

[Dodger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second book of the series, and like the first book (and I never thought I would say this) there is really too much zombie action. Tom, the main character, has found his wife and child and for a very short while, the safety of a small town.
Many things happen very quickly at this point, and he leaves his family to g0 to a near by high school because they believe that children are trapped there. While in the school, they are attacked constantly in every room they go into. In fact, the writer loves to say the zombies are pouring in from every direction. Tom would never have been able to escape the level of zombies that he encountered, plus to make it worse, people tend to die around him leaving him free to live.
While Tom is away, the bad guys show up, and put everyone in danger and of course Tom must go through the building and fight zombies pouring from every room to save his family. Sound familiar?
With all that being said, Tom is a good man and he never plans for anyone to die around him. I guess he just has nine lives since he's the star of the book. I know I've been very critical of the story, but it's still very decently written, and I would advise zombie lovers to take a shot.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it was good, but.....I didn't like the way the wife of the great survivalist did nothing but scream and cry most of the time. I thought she would have it more together than that. And I'm mad as hell about Zeus. But I'll probably still get the third book. :-)

[Karina Halt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm enjoying this series. Recommended!