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Dec 18, 2013 07:02AM
I am looking for books wih a militaristic approach similar to works by O'Brian, Molles, Knight, Chesser, Forsyth etc.. I'm sure there are more authors out there with this style but the genre is so flooded it's a nightmare to try and sort through. Thanks for any help! Jeff
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Try the Day by Day Armageddon series by J.L. Bourne or Tooth and Nail, The Infection or The Killing Floor by Craig DiLouie.
The Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry.
The Day by Day Armageddon series all the way, bro. Vote for it on the poll so we can all read it for this month' book of the month.
thanks for all the suggestions! some i've already read but I did pick up Tooth and Nail. I am about half way throuh so far and to be honest, for almost $7 bux im not that impressed. 2.99 or even 3.99 i could justify..maybe it will get better.. Day by Day has me on the ropes. It sounds like my cup of tea but when i searched for it i must have gotten the final book and the hundreds of negative responses about the ending swayed me away. Would hate to fall in love with a series only to be gut punched in the end. At any rate please keep the suggestions coming, as i'll be on vacation for the holiday next week im going to have plenty of time on my hands and if santa is good to me this year i might not have to read books on my phone anymore ;) ..also forgive my horrible grammar and such as im typing this out on said phone and my giants thumbs make for a nightmare to type with! ahh well..thanks again all! Jeff
Books 1 & 2 of DBDA were fantastic. The main issue with book 3 was the ending was rushed. Still worth the read IMO, but yeah... book 3 wasn't great, just good.
I didn't read book three yet. When the author started he was a self-published author but then Permuted Press took him. My guess is that they wanted more books and/or he had to rush to meet a deadline. Either way the first book was great.
Jeff, are you looking for a positive militaristic approach or one where they are the bad guys? I know about six books off the bat with the evil government trope.
Good or Evil dosn't much matter to me. I'm kinda burnt out on the "Average guy suddenly develops uncanny marksmanship and survival skills" type books. As fun as they are to read, it gets abit old.
Jeff wrote: "I'm kinda burnt out on the "Average guy suddenly develops uncanny marksmanship and survival skills" type books."It would be hard to have a book about the average guy that DOESN'T develop those skills. Well, anything other than a very short book. :)
Craig DiLouie's The InfectionMark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series (Stop after book two)
Mark Campbell's Degeneration
Sean Leibling's Blood, Brains, & Bullets
All of those deal with a heavy-handed military aspect if that floats your boat.
I would wish you luck on finding a military main character in the zombie sub-genre but there is no luck needed. They are a dime a dozen.I look for the complete opposite.
I want realistic believable characters.
Pro military characters/ leadership are (in my view) mind numbingly unoriginal.
If you did an Amazon kindle book search for zombies, and you just started clicking on the titles randomly, you will see that many authors are living out their 'manly' fantasies in this sub-genre through the use of military / ex military characters.
Mike wrote: "Books 1 & 2 of DBDA were fantastic. The main issue with book 3 was the ending was rushed. Still worth the read IMO, but yeah... book 3 wasn't great, just good."Agreed. I lean toward this type of book as well and enjoyed the series tremendously. (Molles is my favorite!) Book three wasn't as good as books 1 or 2 but relatively speaking was still much better than 95% of the books I've read in this genre. I spent 20$ each on the audio books and found it well worth it.
Randy wrote: It would be hard to have a book about the average guy that DOESN'T dev..."I've had this argument with my husband re The Walking Dead which is the only zombie world he participates in. He doesn't understand how they are all making head shots now etc etc. Of course your skills would improve rapidly - or you wouldn't be in the story anymore. You'd be munchies and thus not the main character. We've agreed to disagree and I've agreed to maintain that he is WRONG ;)
Thia wrote: "He doesn't understand how they are all making head shots now etc etc. Of course your skills would improve rapidly - or you wouldn't be in the story anymore.Exactly. Then we'd be following the story of a different group. One that DID adapt to the situation quickly.
