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The Scattered and the Dead (Book 1): Post Apocalyptic Fiction by Tim McBain

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The Scattered and the Dead (Book 1): Post Apocalyptic Fiction by Tim McBain and L.T. Vargus is a 634-pages-long post apocalyptic saga that warms your heart, chills your bones, makes your skin crawl and stomach churn.

Post apocalyptic might not be the totally-one-hundred-percent-and-absolutely right word, though, because the apocalypse happened, is happening and is going to happen, depending which story we read, which characters we follow, centered around the massive and ultimate doom of mankind.

What I love about McBain’s and Vargus’ writing is the poetry of transformation of the characters, events and their environment. “Action scenes” at the eve of destruction are nothing like low-rated action movies or books. Mitch, Erin, Travis, Baghead and others are not just scattered temporary survivors trying to outlive the infected teeth and stale breath of the new zombie era. Some of them touch us, some of them make us laugh, others annoy us as it should be in the real world. And that's how it is in their real world.

Although The Scattered and the Dead (Book 1) is a lengthy book, at times slow with not much going on, it keeps pulling you further and deeper into, simply demanding from a reader to cross the finish line. Except, there is no finish line.

Unavoidably, we part with some humans and humans-turned-zombies along the way into the uncertain future of the American Zombieland. However, some of them keep going, marching through the green, shabby or dead grass, driving through once crammed and then empty roads, scavenging or hiding in abandoned houses populated with occasional decaying or dried up bodies, or just leaving the nuked cities behind. Scattered but not yet dead.

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Huge thanks to S. S. Bazinet for interviewing me for her blog! I am flattered, honored and grateful to be featured there along with over 60 other authors!

S. S. Bazinet is the author of over 10 books which include The Vampire Reclamation Project series, the Sentenced to Heaven series, as well as the YA thriller My Brother’s Keeper, a dystopian novel Dying Takes It Out of You, and a love story Traces Of Home, book 1 in Open Wide My Heart series.

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I have a great honor and pleasure to be featured with my guest post on the blog of the author I highly respect, value, and love reading.

This Is My Truth Now is author James J. Cudney’s portal and stepping stone to tons of features and segments where he hopes to collaborate and communicate with as many people around the world as possible throughout the year. While this site primarily focuses on literature, writing, and marketing, there are many other types of posts and fun content.

In my guest post “Tips & Advice: Readers & Authors—What is Your Value?” I talk about a controversial topic, about the value we place on ourselves and our books.

Thank you; Jay, for this opportunity to express my thoughts!

Please read it here and give it a thumbs up! Even if you don’t like it, give it a thumbs up.

James J. Cudney is the author of contemporary and mystery fiction where family drama meets suspense: the cozy mystery series Braxton Campus Mysteries, and two stand-alone novels Father Figure and Watching Glass Shatter.

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My guest post “Tips & Advice: Readers & Authors—What is Your Value?”

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