Autumn

I will admit it's a little slow. If you can just keep on reading it won't disappoint you! I had read it when it first came out and I just found out that there is a whole series (I know I'm slow). If you are a zombie fan definitely give this one a read.

I bought this book just to have somethingto read, and was I suprised! I couldn't put it down, something great was always happening, new and different Characters in EVERY BOOK! Once I read this book I had to go and buy the others, I was one of the lucky ones that got all of the books before the price sky rocketed! if you goto [...] you can find them for a reasonible price, why you ask? because it's actually Mr. David Moody selling them! he's is a great Author. There are 4 released Autumn books, but he is working on a fifth. My faveorite author hands down.

David Moody's novel Autumn is a realistic account of the emotional upheaval and responses that might plague the people who survive a quick-acting pandemic, and who must then struggle for survival against those who have risen after having fallen dead. The dread from Moody's work is not the horror of blood and guts, but the slow, creeping psychological terror that must accompany being trapped within a structure while becoming increasingly surrounded on the outside by creatures that would like nothing more than to destroy you. The claustrophobia of the work is reminiscent of Romero's Day of the Dead and Matheson's I am Legend. Do not look to this novel for quick-paced action as this is not what this book is about, rather this is how the world ends for each person, individually.

One person begins to cough and hack. His airways swelling up and beginning to suffocate him before cracking and bleeding, causing his coughing a hacking to be filled with blood. Then death. Within twenty-four hours everyone suffers the same fate and the world becomes a silent graveyard. A few are lucky survivors who seem to be immune to this sickness. They think the worst is behind them, but they are wrong. Within a week the dead begin to stand and shuffle harmlessly around. Within two weeks the corpses are actively seeking human flesh. Autumn follows the struggle of three survivors as they search to find a new home and struggle for food and supplies. The zombies are the classical slow moving variety who singly are easily overcome, but in mass are unstoppable. The three survivors have completely different personalities and this adds to the tension of the book by not only having the people dealing with day-to-day survival, but also overcoming their different ideas and viewpoints. Autumn is a must have for anyone with a collection of zombie books.

I was reluctant to get Autumn at first and was drawn in after I couldn't stop reading the teaser downlaod on InfectedBooks' website. It is a refreshing change in the zombie genre of books to have a zombie story with a new way to bring about the end and cause the risings, combined with strong character development and plot. There are no in depth descriptions of the deaths and dismemberments where it seems that other zombie books get hung up. Instead it leaves these up to your imaginations. Plenty of twists and suprises to be had, and even the more "traditional" aspects of zombie-lore have a new wave of freshness breathed upon them. It accomplishes what any good story should do, it leaves you wanting more. David Moody certainly has a great imagination and firm grasp on how to write a good horror/suspense novel.

Look, I live here in the good old USA and have an incredible availablity of books to read. I read all the time, and have hundreds and hundreds of books boxed up, waiting for my formal library some day. David Moody is an incredible writer. You can plainly see that in the first Autumn book. But, if you can't, then continue on to the next one in the series. David's writing comes from an area deep within the characters. You don't just "see" what they are going through, you "understand" why they are doing what they do, and feel it like it's happening. The interaction between the characters is probably the closest thing I can imagine to what would happen in real life. Please give him credit where credit is due. This book is a classic.