Deadland's Harvest

Deadland, Book 2

By: Rachel Aukes

Narrated by: Hollie Jackson

The Deadland Saga: Book 1: 100 Days in Deadland; Book 2: Deadland's Harvest; Book 3: Deadland Rising (coming late 2014)

The seven deadly sins with a shambling twist.

It has been 100 days since the zombies claimed the world. Cash, along with 42 survivors, have found safety in the secluded and well-guarded Fox National Park. The leaves are changing colors, a beautiful, brutal reminder that winter is coming. As the survivors prepare for freezing months without electricity and not enough food, they learn of massive zombie herds several hundred miles north… and headed their way.

To save the park, Cash must find a place for the survivors to hide from the migrating herds. If Cash and her small band of volunteers don't succeed by winter, the Fox survivors just may become Deadland's Harvest.

Deadland's Harvest is a journey through Dante Alighieri's classic tale on the seven deadly sins... zombie apocalypse style!

©2014 Rachel Aukes (P)2014 Hollie Jackson

and the story continues

the amount of twists and turns never nungled the story. Infacted added to the point the author was trying to project.

Great series!

The Deadland series is excellent so far! I'm looking forward to book 3! Clutch, Cash, and the rest of camp fox have to relocate to avoid massive hoards of zeds coming their way! Of course, the zeds aren't their only problem. Excellent narration by Hollie Jackson! She does a great job with all the characters and emotions throughout the story!

Solid Sequel

I have to say, I enjoyed the sequel more than part one, and I enjoyed part one a lot. What I really enjoyed about book two is that the story focuses on the survivors against the undead instead of following a more traditional heroes vs. villains story. While there are certainly bad people in Deadland's Harvest, the story isn't hinged upon a single struggle. Instead, the story focuses on a sequence of various events and encounters that occur and push the characters to their limits, and force them to commit or face one of the seven deadly sins. All the events and struggles of the characters seem to be pushed along by the growing horde of undead.

While the author does a fine job of approaching the seven deadly sins, you can enjoy just reading this book and disregarding any and all relation to Purgatorio. There is a lot of creative original storytelling to be found here. Without the literary references, Deadland's Harvest would still stand as a fine apocalyptic story. The main characters are well-rounded and relatable. They continue to grow and evolve as people throughout the series. The secondary character development could have been stronger for some characters. In one instance, a secondary character died but the character is mostly developed post-mortem, so the moment kind of fell a bit flat for me. Later in the story, another secondary character that was well-developed died, and that moment was intense and emotional.

Still, I'd call this series a must-read for any fan of zombie fiction. It's a well-polished story, with a great plot, and strong character development.

The Pitfalls of Humanity

I loved how this novel tackled the weakness of humans when we are trying to deal with a crisis.

Exciting second book

Wow, this second installment was definitely action packed from beginning to end. Camp Fox just can’t seem to catch a break. It was a relief to see Clutch improving from his devastating injuries but equally devastating at the loss of a couple of very well liked side characters.
This book, to me, had a few inconsistencies, for the life of me I don’t remember the introduction of Cash being the pilot scout. That was a Time jump. I missed.
Some other things in the story were very satisfying, very gratifying to see Doyle get what was coming to him .
I am definitely moving on quickly to the next book .