Book Reviews
A really good book and definitely a page-turner. I really liked the characters which is so important to me when I read a book. And the story really makes you think a lot about the things that are going on around us throughout the world. This was a different type of book than I normally read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This book has something for so many readers’ interests – some fantasy, some romance, some sci-fi. I’m looking forward to the author’s sequel to Deadly Ground.
Tamara
A page-turner and quick read - highly recommend it!
The end of the world has been written about many times with all sorts of possible causes. Could genetics save you? This is a little different for AB and although the book is short, I'd like to see a sequel to explore the alien connection more. I did enjoy it and was left wanting more at the end.
The Doctor
Could this happen?
I was given this book to read, I couldn't put it down. The storyline is wonderful and intriguing and the book leaves you wanting more. Enjoy!
kodib
Too good to put down
Great concept...makes you think. Could history be repeating itself? Fast read. Anxious for the sequel.
Peggy Holder
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018
There is a deadly virus quickly making its way across the USA. AB, a scientist working for the CDC is working on a vaccination. Once someone gets the virus, they die, there is no way to save them, and so a vaccine is the only hope. However, the virus is airborne and picks up speed. It travels all over the world. AB finds himself to be the only survivor. Luckily his dog friend, Winnie survives as well so he has a companion.
Together AB and Winnie struggle to survive and run across many mishaps along the way. After searching tirelessly for any other survivors and coming up empty, they go back to their home town to live out the rest of their days. This gives AB a lot of time to contemplate his life and realize that he lost his chance to find that someone special to spend the rest of his life with. He really wanted to have a woman in his life and to experience romance. How long can he survive without human love and companionship? How long can anyone?
This is a very short book of 158 pages, almost a novella. It is an easy read but really makes the reader think about what it would be like to be the last person on earth. AB becomes the new Adam but where will he find a new Eve to start the world over? It is well written and really captures the desolate feel of the new landscape, without humans. It’s a great post apocalyptic and I am excited to learn that there is going to be a sequel. I can hardly wait! I think ‘Deadly Ground’ would make a great movie as well.
Teddy Rose
A great post apocalyptic

"No sooner had he screamed than the propane tank exploded. It shot like a rocket through the house all ablaze, setting everything in its path on fire."
A deadly virus has been discovered that is consuming the world and turning everyone to ashes. Best friends AB (a self-absorbed playboy) and Clayton, a family man, work for the CDC and are determined to stop it. Despite their best efforts, the virus moves too fast and wipes out all those in its path… or almost. AB stands in horror as everyone around him dies. However, his DNA is different. He is a chimera. His lab has kept a list of others with unusual DNA, and he has promised Clayton that he will look for them.
Soon, a run of bad luck, including a tornado, a landslide, and a house fire, leaves AB feeling completely despondent and in a drunken state of fury. It will take an alien woman whom he impregnates to get him back on track. When she leaves him and the planet shortly before his son is born, will AB return to anger, substance abuse, and depression?
The author offers a fast-paced, pandemic-related, post-apocalyptic novel. The writing is simple but the speed at which the novel moves will help maintain interest for those often bored with books that develop more slowly. The plot continues to throw new circumstances at the protagonist and the reader with almost every chapter. Although AB is not a very likable character at the beginning of the narrative, he becomes more human as the story builds. Those who want a high-speed read and are looking for a post-apocalyptic book with a unique plot twist or two will be rewarded with a quick-hitting and action-filled afternoon of entertainment.
A deadly virus has been discovered that is consuming the world and turning everyone to ashes. Best friends AB (a self-absorbed playboy) and Clayton, a family man, work for the CDC and are determined to stop it. Despite their best efforts, the virus moves too fast and wipes out all those in its path… or almost. AB stands in horror as everyone around him dies. However, his DNA is different. He is a chimera. His lab has kept a list of others with unusual DNA, and he has promised Clayton that he will look for them.
Soon, a run of bad luck, including a tornado, a landslide, and a house fire, leaves AB feeling completely despondent and in a drunken state of fury. It will take an alien woman whom he impregnates to get him back on track. When she leaves him and the planet shortly before his son is born, will AB return to anger, substance abuse, and depression?
The author offers a fast-paced, pandemic-related, post-apocalyptic novel. The writing is simple but the speed at which the novel moves will help maintain interest for those often bored with books that develop more slowly. The plot continues to throw new circumstances at the protagonist and the reader with almost every chapter. Although AB is not a very likable character at the beginning of the narrative, he becomes more human as the story builds. Those who want a high-speed read and are looking for a post-apocalyptic book with a unique plot twist or two will be rewarded with a quick-hitting and action-filled afternoon of entertainment.
book review by Mark Heisey