Trudge

Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Book 1

By: Shawn Chesser

Narrated by: Chris Patton

For Cade Grayson, husband, father, and former Delta Force operator, that one warm sunny Saturday in July - to be labeled Z-Day by some anonymous person probably long dead - began like all the others before and none since.

With his daughter, Raven, and wife, Brook, away visiting her parents in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cade hopes his immediate future holds nothing but an easy chair, Mariners on the tube, and paring down a honey-do list a mile long. But those hopes were quickly dashed and his life forever changed when news broke of a clash in downtown Portland between soldiers from the Oregon National Guard and hundreds of anarchist protesters suddenly turned violent and, by one anchor's account, blood-thirsty and cannibalistic.

As the first waves of injured bystanders, guardsmen, and rioters arrived at hospitals, it became apparent that a deadly new disease had been unleashed on the population. Whether the virus was naturally occurring or an escaped lab experiment, Cade hadn't a clue and wasn't especially concerned until he learned of its unprecedented virulence, unusual method of transference, and the fact that, according to the news, it brought the newly dead back to life, semi-mindless, and with an insatiable desire to feed on the flesh of the living.

Armed with this new information and now seeing the bigger cities such as Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles rocked by the rapidly spreading scourge, Cade ignores the volley of contradictory edicts drawn up by the White House and set into motion by FEMA and DHS, dusts off his tools of war, and loads his truck with supplies.

Unable to get ahold of Brook and Raven, and unwilling to leave them at the mercy of some distant politician's inability to hold the nation together, he begins an impossible 3,000-mile journey across a reeling United States with presumably millions of infected in his path and only one acceptable outcome: find Brook and Raven alive - or die trying.

©2011 Shawn Chesser (P)2015 Shawn Chesser

nothing new

Typical zombie survival story. nothing new and exciting here. I am still undecided if i am going to continue with the final books. Narrator performance was pretty awesome.

Pretty good

I like a little bit more detail on how the world fell. But this book didn't move too fast into man vs man. It added a good amount of apocalyptic moments.

Maybe if you’re a military fan

Book was dull and very technical but certainly not a great zombie apocalypse book. Waste of a credit.

great start

loving the characters with developing twists. looking forward to the rest of this series. Narrator is awesome

Super story

It was a decent story and kept me entertained. It's not often I can find a zombie story that isn't dumbed down by a huge amount of filthy language. Most authors of apocalyptic fiction seem to think everyone in their stories should use an F word in every sentence. I appreciate it when I can find a good entertaining story about zombies or a pandemic that I can enjoy without all the harsh curse words.