REVIEW: www.reignofthedead.com
I recently read Len Barnhart’s newest book ‘Reign of the Dead Outbreak’. For me it had been a much anticipated read as I enjoyed his first two books “Reign of the Dead” and Reign of the Dead- Apocalypse End’ very much. When Len told me he was publishing his new book I was excited and could not wait to read it and I have to say he didn’t disappoint me.
The book was a page turner and lived up to every expectation I could have imagined as a zombie fanatic. His use of characters and the controversial relationships between them in the midst of his post apocalyptic landscape was very well done and made me like the characters even more. Some he made you love and some he made you hate and some you actually felt the emotion when they didn’t make it. (And you’ll know who I’m talking about when you read the book) The detail he goes into when he paints the picture for your imagination to fill in is inspiring and unmatched in my opinion and when he describes the zombies in his stories you can almost smell them.
Reading Len’s first novel was my introduction into the world of the zombie horror genre and after being a huge fan of the movies for years, I began to collect every zombie novel I could get my hands on and now I have a huge collection of both, but I have to say Len Barnhart’s work is the measure that all other zombie novels I read are measured against. When he told me he was going to write one more, my first thought was he can’t get it out fast enough for me. I loved the book and I would recommend it to not only zombie fans out there but anyone who appreciates a well written horror novel. I would give it three thumbs up if I had three thumbs.
Keith Carpenter
(Author of ‘Zombie Circus’ and ‘Freeze Dried the Awakening’)
