Day by Day Armageddon 1 & 2: Origin to Beyond Exile

by J. L. Bourne

Paperback, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Collection

Publication

Permuted Press (2011), Edition: First Edition, 528 pages

Description

Armies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe, there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering for human flesh. But in the heat of a Texas wasteland, a small band of survivors attempt to counter the millions closing in around them.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ViragoReads
The review is only for "Beyond Exile" as I have read and reviewed "Armageddon" separately.

This was an amazing follow-up to "Armageddon"! Our protagonist and group survive the incursion of hostiles, regroup and keep on keeping on. They do more reconnaissance and perform a fee rescue, one of which
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involves military personnel. This eventually leads to our protagonist returning to active military service and becoming the ranking officer on the ground, which put him in charge of many soldiers and civilians. There is a small contingent of military (on destroyer ships) still active and trying to do what they can to protect the remaining living and take out the threat of the dead.

After a search mission gone bad, our protagonist is separated from the group, on his own, injured and on foot, hundreds of miles from home. It's a harrowing experience and he almost dies several times. Then his luck changes and he gets help from an unknown group, with experimental tech. He picks up an ally along the way, and they work together to get back to safety.

He makes it back to the bunker after being gone for 45 days. Once back and rested they learn that the group that 'helped' him get back home, had ulterior motives, and the bunker comes under siege. They are able to escape and get evacuated to the war ships. There we learn that they are planning a mission to China to retrieve patient zero--because of course it always starts in China! And this all started because scientists found a non terrestrial vessel in a block of ice and just had to investigate it. They didn't follow protocol, this the outbreak of an unknown disease that brings the dead back. *sigh* That explanation was unexpected, but not necessarily a bad one. At least this series gives an actual explanation as to where this outbreak came from. Now our protagonist is commissioned to the mission to find patient zero and perhaps a cure, or vaccine. Can't wait to see what happens next!
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LibraryThing member Briars_Reviews
If you're looking to start a new book full of zombies, dystopian troubles and an apocalypse then this is a great book for you!

Origin to Exile includes the first two books in the Day by Day Armageddon series. The first book is so incredibly good - written in journal articles, following a vet trying
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to figure out what he's doing with zombies running around. The second book slows down a lot and didn't work as well for me, but I'm also not a big zombie apocalypse book fan.

The premise is unique and very cool. I think horror fans will love this book and eat it up (pun intended). There's lots going on in this book, but you'll need to finish the series to understand everything that's going on. Some wild plot twists happen that will leave you scratching your head.

Three out of five stars.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2011-09-27

Physical description

528 p.; 6 inches

ISBN

1451633033 / 9781451633030
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