Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #199357 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

Synopsis
START INTERCEPT_ Sporadic news reports indicate chaos and violence spreading through U.S. cities. An unknown evil is sweeping the planet. The dead are rising to claim the Earth as the new dominant species in the food chain. INTERCEPT COMPLETE_ Survivor, In your hands is the handwritten journal depicting one man's struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them. Enter if you will into his world. -The world of the undead.

Customer Reviews

An indepth and powerful post-apocalyptic tale.
Originally started as an online fiction journal, ‘Day by Day Armageddon’ is written in a diary form from the perspective of a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world that is overrun by the living dead. The author, John Bourne has been writing this ongoing zombie saga in between serving as a U.S. Naval officer. His knowledge of tactical survival and weaponry is reflected perfectly within the pages of the novel. Sometimes quite clumsily written, the book gives off a realistic viewpoint of this harrowing and desperate situation.

The tale starts out with the epidemic first impacting on the world, as humanity quickly begins to crumble around the writer. With massive similarities at the start, to that of the cult online diary ‘Alpha_dog’, we see the panic and uncertainty of the situation slowly taking over. From the start, the reader finds out that the diary is being written by a lone military man who falls upon his training and knowledge to ensure his own survival. Soon we meet a few other survivors, as the diary takes the reader on a desperate trip from one location to another.

The small band of survivors end up hiding away, only to find that they have to defend themselves against more than just the decaying hordes of the undead. Drawing heavily from the ideas from within George A. Romero’s cult classic film ‘Dawn Of The Dead’, Bourne ends this first volume with a dramatic turn of events for the survivors. Unfortunetly, the ending does seem to come about all too quickly, but this leaves open the start of the next instalment perfectly.

Bourne opening admits that he is no ‘real’ writer, but his obvious passion for the subject brings out a flare of energy that is often clouded in other similar work. The novel is no masterpiece, but one hell of an adventure into the dangerous and uncertain post-apocalyptic world of the undead.

Like in David Moody’s fantastic ‘Autumn’ series, ‘Day by Day Armageddon’ turns more towards the harrowing mental stress of the survivors, rather than the simple blood & guts angle that could easily be followed with a zombie novel. The writing quickly submerges the reader into this sudden decaying world of our main survivor, allowing you to feel that you are also part of the events that take place within the unfolding tale.

This first volume ends with such a dramatic turn of events that you will be crying out for the release of the next volume. At the end of the book, you are treated to a seven page preview of Bourne’s next written project entitled “Dead Land” which looks to be written from a third person viewpoint.

The book runs for a total of 258 pages (including the “Dead Land” preview) and was published off the authors own back.

Great First Edition
Max Brook's two zombie books raised my standards for zombie reading, so I wasn't sure if Bourne could match my expectations...turned out to be better than anything I could have wished for in a zombie book.

I don't like discussing the plot because I don't want to ruin it for other readers, but I love the twist he alluded to in the last few entries of the "journal." I'm just disappointed he ended with such a wicked cliffhanger...if I had known the scond book wasn't out yet, I might have waited to read this...

Now I'll be wondering what has happened to the main characters - especially the little girl...(I liked that Bourne included a family trying to survive)...

there is also a new version available; Permuted Press picked up this author, and did a much better editing job.

compulsive reading
Hi this not what i would usually do, but as i have just finished reading Armageddon i thought i would give my opinion about it. I enjoy the Brian Keene and Travis Adkins style of zombie horror and have to say this one was excellent, hard to put down read, with a constant thread and story line, which was fast paced and action filled. I found myself lost wondering how i would solve the problems and situations, that the main character gets himself into. I had to fight with my son to read this book and it was well thumbed with turn down pages for both of us. I would heartly recomend this book and i enjoyed the way it was written in the past as a day by day diary. I hope this helps you make up your mind whether to buy or not.
Dermot