Stage 3
Ken Stark
Horror/Zombie
FREE READ
Blindness is just the beginning.
Once the virus strips away everything remotely human, all that’s left is a mindless, savage predator.
MASON NEVER CARED MUCH FOR HIS FELLOW MAN.
But now, he is all that stands between a blind little girl and a world gone mad.
Even as they fight their way from one horror to the next, through streets running red with blood, they both know that time is running out.
Stage 3 IS COMING… and things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Follow the journey of a group of survivors as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead and infected.
Are you ready for the end of the world?
Uncaged Review: Mason is an ordinary guy, working a nowhere job and on vacation and on a flight going home, when the disaster begins. A virus spreads through the plane, and blindness strikes everyone accept Mason, who helps the pilot set the plane to automatically land. But as they are debarking from the flight, some of the blind people begin attacking others – and Mason just gets home as fast as he can – getting away from whatever madness is at the airport. With a week left of vacation, Mason feels he can hibernate at home and not bother with the world. Until the power goes out….and he steps out of his home into a world of chaos. He does meet up with a young girl named Mack, who can’t see, but she isn’t turned and Mason has to keep her safe, so a partnership is struck between them.
This book had me thinking of The Walking Dead meets World War Z meets The Quiet Place all wrapped up into one. The first stage of the virus is blindness, followed by Stage 2 which are the wilders, the ones that are fast and vicious, and Stage 3 which are the creepers, which amble along slowly. All of them can’t see, so stealth is needed. I liked that Mason was not the normal hero you read about, just an average guy who probably drinks too much and is truly introverted. I think some of the fight scenes (and there are a lot of them) were a bit long winded, but this is a true zombie horror book, and the author doesn’t hold back. The partnership with young Mack is a revelation to Mason, and even though this doesn’t conclude the story, it doesn’t leave on a cliffhanger either.
Reviewed by Cyrene
4 Stars
