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Zombie Fallout: A Michael Talbot Adventure Kindle Edition

by Mark Tufo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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It was a flu season like no other. With the H1N1 virus running rampant throughout the country, people lined up in droves to try and attain one of the coveted vaccines. What was not known was the effect this largely untested, rushed to market, inoculation was to have on the unsuspecting throngs.

Within days, feverish folk throughout the country convulsed, collapsed, and died, only to be reborn. With a taste for brains, blood, and bodies, these modern-day zombies scoured the lands for their next meal. Overnight the country became a killing ground for the hordes of zombies that ravaged the land.

This is the story of Michael Talbot, his family, and his friends: a band of ordinary people trying to get by in extraordinary times. When disaster strikes, Mike, a self-proclaimed survivalist, does his best to ensure the safety and security of those he cares for.

Book one of the Zombie Fallout Trilogy follows our lead character at his self-deprecating, sarcastic best. What he encounters along the way leads him down a long dark road, always skirting the edge of insanity. Can he keep his family safe? Can he discover the secret behind Tommy's powers? Can he save anyone from the zombie queen? Encircled in a seemingly safe haven called Little Turtle, Mike and his family, together with the remnants of a tattered community, must fight against a relentless, ruthless, unstoppable force. This last bastion of civilization has made its final stand. God help them all.

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The word lighthearted doesn’t usually come to mind when we think of the zombie apocalypse, but Sean Runnette does a skillful job balancing humor with horror in this audio edition, which makes for an entertaining stroll with the walking dead. When a new vaccine against the latest incarnation of the H1N1 turns the majority of the population into flesh-eating monsters, blue collar Colorado family man and survivalist Michael Talbot—along with his family and an eclectic group of neighbors from the small gated community of Little Turtle—is forced to fight for his life against an ever-growing hoard of the living dead. Runnette gives Talbot a dry, I-knew-this-was-going-to-happen-to-me-someday attitude that captures the wry spirit of Tufo’s prose. This provides a welcome departure from the doom and gloom of most zombie tales, and Runnette wrings plenty of chuckles from the material. Still, the narrator doesn’t forget that this is an apocalyptic horror story, making sure there are plenty of chills and thrills along the way. A CreateSpace paperback

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"Working as both straight up survival fiction and comedy, Mark Tufo's FALLOUT is a gory, laugh out loud tale of a community of heroes, cowards and misfits struggling against zombies. Tufo's unlikely hero is one of the funniest and most endearing characters I've seen in zombie fiction." - Craig DiLouie, author of TOOTH AND NAIL and THE INFECTION

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003A022YO
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DevilDog Press LLC; 3rd edition (January 16, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 16, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4028 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B09WCQ1FX3

Best Sellers Rank: #23,856 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #64 in U.S. Horror Fiction
- #257 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #287 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Mark Tufo was born in Boston Massachusetts. He attended UMASS Amherst where he obtained a BA and later joined the US Marine Corp. He was stationed in Parris Island SC, Twenty Nine Palms CA and Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. After his tour he went into the Human Resources field with a worldwide financial institution and has gone back to college at CTU to complete his masters.

He has written the Indian Hill trilogy with the first Indian Hill - Encounters being published for the Amazon Kindle in July 2009. He has since written the Zombie Fallout series and is working on a new zombie book.

He lives in Maine with his wife, three kids and two English bulldogs. Visit him at marktufo.com or http://zombiefallout.blogspot.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Tufo/133954330009843 for news on his next two installments of the Indian Hill trilogy and upcoming installments of the Zombie Fallout series.

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Ronda Swolley

First zombie book I enjoyed in my life!

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017

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I loved this book! Well written, good plot, great characters, terrific dialogue. Cliffhanger... but not excessively so. You could read just this one book in the series (which I am happy to see is a series of several books), and let it go. Or you could be interested in finding out what happens after and why the weirdness is going on, and want to read more...
Anyway, I have been reading some free and inexpensive books for fun, to see what is available out there besides the authors I usually buy. A lot of box sets of first in a series books, a few full series sets, a few single books that are first of a series - in several genres including mystery, paranormal romance, science fiction, fantasy. Most have been a let down, but not this one. My husband loves everything zombie, so even though I am not much for the zombie apocalypse genre, I thought I would give this book a try. Turned out to be the funniest thing I have read in a while that involved gore and destruction, and was better than most of the 50 some other books I have read so far this year. That may be partly because it is also one of the books with the least editing errors I have read this year, so I didn't have to struggle with my mind trying to fix mistakes in spelling and grammar. I am not sure. I just know it was a great read.
Not just the main plot of surviving a zombie apocalypse, and all that entails, the subplots of the relationships between the main character and his wife/kids/dog was great. This book was well executed, well written, and enjoyable. The only thing I disliked was that there seemed to be an expectation that women would not be able to handle firearms, though that could be laid at the feet of the main character, who redeemed himself from that error by admitting several times that his wife scared him more than the zombies did.
This book was written in a pseudo-journal format, and there was enough internal dialogue to give a strong glimpse into the main character's mental landscape (which was amusing as all get out to read), and enough action to keep it moving forward. The main character's mistakes are actually some of the best parts. Well done!
(note, I waver between some violence and graphic violence, and err on the side of caution - the violence is much less than one would expect from a zombie book, but it is pretty well-described, so is pretty graphic; I wouldn't let a little kid read it, but if you have a teen who plays video games with violent content it may seem mild to them)

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Kristin @Blood,Sweat and Books

Looking forward to the next book in this series!

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2013

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I've wanted to read Zombie Fallout for a few years now but for whatever reason I never managed to get around to it. So when I had the chance to buy Zombie Fallout on sale on Audible I jumped at the chance. Since this is an Audiobook review I feel I should hit on the technical aspects of the book before diving into the heart of the review. The main reason I took the plunge and bought Zombie fallout in Audiobook format was that it had the same narrator as another series I liked. This was important to me because I knew at the very least I would like the narration. Also I knew he wouldn't put me to sleep. Don't laugh but I've started some audiobooks and fallen asleep because the narrators voice had such a calming effect. Another thing I really like about this particular narrator is the way he can change his voice to convey whose talking. I never have to worry about whether I'll be able to distinguish if it is a male or female character. I know whose who each and every time. So as far as the narration goes I'd definitely recommend this book.

OK, now onto the details of the story. Zombie Fallout is the first in I believe a 6 book series. The story follows Mike Talbot, his family and friends as they try to survive a zombie apocalypse. As far as the Zombie aspect goes I actually really liked them. Tufo's Zombies weren't just your average shuffling undead. To be honest his zombies gave me the creeps. They weren't smart but they definitely had something going on upstairs. A Zombie who can realize his attempt at obtaining prey is futile and so figures out another way to get it is beyond scary. I'm also really curious about this female zombie who keeps popping up. In fact I definitely get the feeling she is stalking Mike. Why though, I only have theories.

Even though Zombie Fallout is an Audiobook, I really liked the journal format of the story. Yes it is a bit hard to tell when the story is Narrated but once I picked up that is how the chapters were written it became much easier to understand the flow of the story. While the majority of Zombie Fallout is told from Mikes POV I liked that Mikes wife or kids would come in to share their side of events going on in the journal as well. I wish more books would take the time to show alternate characters POV it certainly made things interesting. As for the pacing of Zombie Fallout it was great. The story flew by and it took me just two days to listen to the book. I can't recall any definite lull in narration which is most certainly due to the author being able to balance the suspense with action perfectly.

As for the characters, I enjoyed most of them. I wouldn't say I was in love with Mike and his family but by the end I definitely was hoping they at least made it out alive. One of the reasons I didn't feel completely connected to them or should I say Mike is his obvious gender bias. It's clear Mike loved his daughter and wife but he obviously didn't care enough to teach them gun basics or you know how to kill a zombie 101. His sons knew how to shoot and how to react in crisis situations but his wife and daughter were completely clueless. It's amazing they both weren't killed in all honesty. His daughter even mentions watching her brothers and dad at the range. I stress watch as it never seems he took the time to show her anything. Now while I can overlook him not teaching them before shtf I cannot understand why on this green Earth he wouldn't take the time to teach them after the Zombies rose. They didn't even know how to load the guns for Christs sake. Did he expect them to always rely on the men to keep them safe? That seems like a plan doomed to failure if so. Lastly I feel I should mention Tommy the Wal-Mart greeter. He is "adopted" by Mike and his family after being rescued from a Wal-Mart roof along with Mike's son. When it became obvious Tommy was "special" all I kept thinking about was how he was the Tom Cullen of this story. I was just waiting for him to bust out the phrase "M-O-O-N that's spells Moon". Although I did giggle that his inner voice was Ryan Seacrest. Out of all the people on the planet who'd have thought that would be the choice? I sure as hell didn't.

Character flaws aside, my biggest problem with Zombie Fallout was how under prepared everyone was. No bug out bags, no food and ammo stashes, no montage showing the characters learning many different weapons, no securing silencers for said weapons even though the characters know good and goddamn well the Zombies are attracted to noise, no commandeering vehicles to help support the wall. I could honestly just go on and on. When you combine these elements with under prepared characters there is very little surprise left in the story direction. More importantly it became quite obvious a breach was inevitable.

Overall, while I dug Zombie Fallout I was certainly left more than just a bit annoyed at the characters actions. I really hope for the stories sake that they smarten up. I guess this begs the question, Would I recommend Zombie Fallout? Oh yeah. I definitely feel the story is worth the read/listen. Since I own the E-book as well I will know doubt end up reading it at some point in the future to see if reading the book differs at all in how I perceive the characters. I'm definitely looking forward to starting the next book in the series that is for sure! With that being said, I will be rating Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo ★★★★.

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crystal waldron

I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

Reviewed in Canada on February 9, 2022

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This is not the average zombie book but so much better, some parts have me laughing so hard I almost called my kids to tell them to read this book (it was after midnight) instead I just got weird looks from my dog. Is well thought of book very descriptive but not overly so and no spelling errors, which I am so thankful for... Will definitely be buying the rest of the series

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Steffi

Schöne Zombiereihe!

Reviewed in Germany on March 1, 2019

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Eigentlich befasst sich meine Bewertung vor allem auf die komplette Zombie Fallout Reihe. Mark Tufo schafft es, Spannung (vor allem ab den Nachfolgern) und Humor zu vereinen. Die Familie Talbot wächst einem ans Herz und man möchte wissen wie es weitergeht. Gerade das erste Buch in der Reihe erfindet nicht gerade das Rad neu. Jedoch ist es wert, seine Zeit zu investieren, wenn man auf postapokalyptische Zombie Stories steht. Während der erste Teil noch keine großen Überraschungen bringt, nimmt die Story an Fahrt auf mit jedem Teil.
Vielleicht ist Mark Tufos Humor nicht für Jedermann, aber meinen Geschmack hat er voll und ganz getroffen, ich liebe die Charaktere und die Story. Dafür volle 5 Sterne.

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Raúl Reyes

A hellava novel

Reviewed in Spain on February 12, 2015

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Hey! This book was a real surprise to me. I expected something which would give me the feeling of "been there, done that", but it broke all my expectations. Zombie novels have become an established genre with titles offering low quality stuff. However Mark Tufo manages to engage the reader in a fluent, action-packed narration combining scary events with very clever, hilarious moments. I couldn't put it down.
The only thing I found missing in this novel was the lack of editing (spelling mistakes, etc). I don't know if it was because it was a free non-edited version of the book (I got it here at amazon). Anyway these mistakes didn't spoil the fun!

Amethyst Moon

Exciting thrilling rollercoaster ride.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2013

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Ive read lots of zombie-esk books from some amazing authors this year and Mark Tufo is no exception what an incredible read. In fact I finished it in 2 sittings and Im already on book 2 as I couldn't stop reading. This is book #1 of the Zombie fallout series of 5 books and counting and I cant wait to blast through them.

Yet again another great idea to how it starts with the CDC releasing untested vaccines during a flu epidemic...under pressure from the government...of course....

Fast paced, extremely well written and composed, well balanced and so compelling you cant stop reading. I was oblivious to my surroundings for nearly 5 hours one night and 4 the next...good job nothing apocalyptic happened... ;-)

Mark has nailed his characters as I really have taken to Mike Talbot the main protagonist who is a lovable rogue, ex-marine and self confessed survivalist who has been collecting weapons for years...just incase...! He adores his a wife and kids and his gorgeous farting bulldog dog Henry.

The storyline has been written in the 1st person as a journal making it easy to just pickup and read when you have the time, but believe me your gonna need time as you wont want to put this down.

Mark has created Mike as a very down to earth relatable guy with a fantastic sense of humour, often mirroring my own thoughts. A funny side is that this ex-tough guy is a germophobe giving a fun edge to this new life. Im not keen on the wife who seems to treat him like crap alot of the time with snide remarks; but of course this can be quite realistic in some families. But certainly not a mirror on most modern women as I just want to slap her. Of course a sign of a good writer when its so believable.

This first book is gory, horrific and quite scary in places; as the family are holedup with other survivors who have formed their "safehaven" which they spend all their time protecting and scavenging for supplies. I love Mikes comical, caring and dog-loving side..yay finally someone who cant easily leave mans best friend to the fate of the zombies. But he also has a no nonsense way about him stemming from the marines which is quite endearing. Definitely the sort of guy you want around when the zombies arrive...note I said when....?

Mark has added some brilliant twists to this storyline by adding Tommy a great natured kid who is a little slow with an incredible gift of foresight saving their lives a few times with his strange warnings and his quirky chocoholic nature. Plus an unusual female zombie who he is naturally drawn to and is drawn to him who also seems to add her warnings...is she on his side or leading him into a death trap...see why I couldn't put this down.

Highly recomended apocalyptic paranormal horror for all of you who love their walking dead and zombie fiction and want a longer storyline, the books are full novels not short stories which I definitely prefer. I love to get immersed in a book and a longer ongoing storyline like this, knowing there are a few more books to get through. Im already on book 2 so look out for my review of that coming soon.

A Dead good read!

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Milie

une bonne fin du monde a la walking dead

Reviewed in France on July 9, 2012

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Des zombies, pas si bête que ça, du sang et un livre qui se lit bien en anglais. J'ai bien aimé les moments où l'on voit l'histoire d'un autre point de vue... par contre, j'ai moins aimé le fait que le tome suivant ne soit pas au même prix!

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