Turn

Humanity's Edge Trilogy, Book 1

By: Paul B Kohler

Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell

Clay Dobbs has an ideal life coupled with a remarkable job: Long-time sheriff of Carterville, and loyal husband of 19 years. Everything changes though when an egomaniacal military man storms in, barking orders for immediate evacuation.

Sheriff Clay is tasked with maintaining order in his utopian town, rounding up reluctant evacuees . . . and for killing the Crazed. His very moral fiber is challenged with every step of the way until they are all gone. In the end, will he make it out the same man he was before, or will he be Turned?

©2017 Paul B. Kohler (P)2018 Paul B. Kohler

The dome meet zombies!

Great start to what I hope is a series that continues to be as good as book one!
The residence of a small town are all getting the flu, an asteroid hits the farm that employees much of the town. All is lost on the farm. The local sheriff thinks he has the flu too.... or does he. Everyone is told to evacuate and that the government will put a barrier around the town to ‘fumigate’ it so that all can return in 30 days.
Town flirt may be patient zero....
How will the sheriff and his rag tag group of hold out survivors make it once they escape the ‘dome’ that has kept them from leaving? Is the sheriffs wife and daughter alive? How far have the zombies spread? Is the world already lost? Book two will have some answers! (I hope)

Narration was excellent.

I was voluntarily provided this review copy at no charge by the author, publisher and or narrator.

Different type of zombie outbreak.

This was a very different type of zombie outbreak story. I came to like a few of the characters. And I am curious to see how their story continues in the second book of this series. I am hoping for more zombie action. The narrator did a good job. I received this for free for an honest review.

Enjoyable take on the outbreak.

Clay Dobbs is longtime sheriff of Carterville. He loves his town and his job. But his job is about to get so much worse when people start attacking others. He realises that he can't contain what is happening and decides to ring the bigger town over for help, but he is informed that help was already dispatched. How did they know? As soon as the military arrive they evacuate the town. The sheriff, along with some helpers, stay behind to round up more stragglers. They have 2 days to get everyone out before the military bomb the place. But things are never easy and the sheriff will have his work cut out for him!

The blurb doesn't give too much away about this so I wasn't too sure what to expect when I started it. But I'm glad to say that I actually thoroughly enjoyed it!! The plot isn't really focused on the Crazed, but more on the town and the people left behind. We do see some zombie action, but it's not a lot, and usually I want zombie action if it's a zombie book, but I enjoyed this because of the mystery surrounding the virus and how it came to be!!

The characters were all well written and I sorta liked them all, though I did find it hard to connect with some of them and that's why it's a 4 star read. I liked Clay enough but didn't connect with him fully, and I can't pinpoint why! Still though, I can't wait to see what happens next!!

In all, a thoroughly enjoyable outbreak book! I enjoyed the twists the author threw in and how the town was contained. I'm hoping book 2 comes to audio soon because I need it!!

Wayne Mitchell read it well and was clear and easy to listen to. I did find some of his voices were too similar to fully follow who was talking at times, but other than that, a solid performance.

I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.

New Take on Zombie-like Outbreak

First off, I loved Wayne Michell’s narration. Each voice was unique and rich and made the story come alive. I was captivated by his performance of the varied characters.

The plot: A small town sheriff scrambles to save his constituents when a meteor strikes his community and is followed by a mysterious illness. With a government group initiating a city-wide evacuation, he must try to protect his citizens’ rights while feeling ill himself and still trying to get innocent people out—all the while trying to keep safe from the unknown plague. His family and neighbors look to him for protection, and mostly obey when he sends them to safety, but when the odds are overwhelmingly against him, survival of anyone is far from certain.

I enjoyed the unique twist on the outbreak idea and won’t spoil it.

Not everybody can be a writter

Not everyone has a story to tell . This one was riddled with inconsistancies and just didjumbled thinking.

Dr A