Official Review: Footsteps of the Undead by Jamie Horwath

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Official Review: Footsteps of the Undead by Jamie Horwath

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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Footsteps of the Undead" by Jamie Horwath.]
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Footsteps of the Undead is a good book. Jamie Horwath really knows how to make a zombie come to life. Horwath did a great job making a zombie book that wasn’t like all the other zombie books I have read. There is an arrangement of extremely interesting characters that keep the story most interesting.

It starts out with an ex hooker named Candice who making a video diary on when the zombies came, two weeks before the book began. The military was supposed to send in reinforcements but has decided to air strike in three days to take out the infected cities. So she sets out to try to get out of the city before the bombs fall.

The first zombie that Candice comes face to face with, before she is out of the hotel, is a boy that was eating the body of his mother. When the child come at her she was forced to remove his head with a sward she had found. The though of killing the child made her sick; but she had no other choice. Soon she is joined by Max, Joe, and Ralph. They set out together to see if they can make it out of the city alive. Not long after leaving the hotel Joe was dead and they had Donovan.

While they waited for sunrise to make there move, Donovan found a Youtube video made in front of the hotel they where at that looked like some kind of ritual someone preformed just after they left. They killed a woman to get a message from God than took a baby from another woman to receive their message. The next day after the ritual an “angel” came. Later Candice started to have dreams where she was sent after “her” and she felt that she needed to find “her”, whoever that maybe be, for some reason. I would love to tell you about the rest of the book but you have to read it yourself to get the full experience.

All in all Footsteps of the Undead was a great novel. I give it 4 out of 4 stars because it was well written. The book showed how people pull together in times of need and the twist at the end was great and unexpected. Horwath is a great writer and I would love to read more books by him. With his great imagination, he created a world that I enjoyed reading about. It was a quick but exciting read.

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Post by joshuabemartin »

You summarized this book very well, maybe i will give this book a read.
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Post by JenniferBoyce »

Your summary is incredibly informative. I will definitely have to check this book out as it sounds really interesting. :)

-- 10 Mar 2014, 09:18 --

Your summary of this book is very pleasant to read and informative! I might have to check this book out
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I recently reviewed a short story by this author that had a really good plot, but I wasn't the biggest fan of his style of writing. You said this was written really well, but we may just like difference styles so I figured I'd ask; when reading this book did you notice most of the sentences starting with names or words like "the", "he", "him", or "a"? I was okay with this style of writing for a short story, but I don't know that I could finish a whole book written this way. That's why I ask.
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Post by bacombs »

The review is very helpful. I have never heard of the book but after reading this review I will give it a try. Thanks :D

-- 05 Sep 2014, 08:46 --

The review by britt1125 of this book was very helpful. The book itself seems like it is going for a series, so it can be made into a tv show.
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Post by Bear »

Well, there are no plans to turn Footsteps of the Undead into a TV show. The novelette is very graphic in nature with the gore so it wouldn't translate well to TV. The work is kind of an origin story for Candice and I haven't ruled out continuing the story. The ending is left very open ended on purpose. There is some other stuff I want to work on before I continue Footsteps of the Undead. Thanks for the review though. Glad you liked it.
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Post by kamikazie78 »

I'm a lover of zombie books lol so I'm definitely going to check this book out. Thanks for the awesome summary
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Post by Femmeforce »

Love the summary. I think I will read this one next.
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Post by Bear »

Love the support. It means a ton for an independent author:)
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Post by akm10c »

Nice! I've been looking for a good zombie read, and this review gave me a clear idea of what to expect from Footsteps.
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Post by bacombs »

Sounds interesting. :animals-chickencatch:
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Such a great review. I must read this book!
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