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A Complete List of All Characters in Z-VIRUS Powers

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Here is a complete list of all Characters in my latest book Z-VIRUS Powers, listed in order of appearance:

  • Alexis, Female, the leader of the main group. Her supernatural power is stamina. She never gets tired and can keep going and going.
  • Vis (short for his supernatual power invisability), Male, his real name is Noah and he’s gay. He likes Luke, is a very private person and a little shy.
  • Chloe, Female, a twin who is telepathic.
  • Kyle, Male, a twin whi is telepathic.
  • Natalie, Female, is a very logical and matter of fact character. Unlike the others she doesn’t carry a weapon because she can move objects and people with her mind. She is also in a relationship with Grace.
  • Chan’s supernatural power is super speed. He can run very fast and makes an ideal scout for when the group go outside of the safety of their base.
  • Luke, Male, doesn’t have any powers and becomes close with Vis.
  • Grace, Female, doesn’t have any powers. In a relationship with Natalie.
  • Goliath, Male, is a big guy with supernatual super strength. He can pick up and throw cars with ease.
  • David, Male, is quite selffish and carries a machete.
  • Faye, Female, around 10 years old and can teleport.
  • Ellis, Male, leads the group that traps Alexis’ group.
  • Joan, Female, has no powers and is part of Ellis’ group.
  • Brad, Male, has no powers and is part of Ellis’ group.
  • Marc, Male, has no powers and is part of Ellis’ group.
  • Lucy, Female, ‘The Seer,’ her supernatural power is seeing the future of people trough touching them. Joins Alexis’ group and falls in love with Kyle.
  • Jack (also known as Jack the lad), Male a teleporter looking for his group.
  • Max, also known as Mad Max or MM can shoot fire from his fingers. But he is particularly troubled and uses this power to oppress others.
  • Naseem, Male, can manipulate metal with his hands.
  • Kevin, Male, can sense things through his feet.
  • Harry is the healer, using his supernatual power to do so. But he can’t heal anyone infected with the Z-Virus or Zombies.
  • Emma, Female, is a powerful telekinetic, like Natalie only more powerful.
  • Sophie, Female, is like a human battery/powerbank for people with powers.
  • Erin, Female, can illuminate her skin and also generate heat on it.
  • Linda, Female, has limited telepathic abilities.
  • Ryan, Male can generate electricity through his hands whilst exercising.
  • Dr Mark Robinson, Male was one of the Doctors working on a cure for the Z-VIRUS.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Monday 1 July 2024

Book Review: Cell by Stephen King

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 Cell by the remarkable Stephen King is an addictive read, which is a must read to anyone who likes disaster stories or zombie stories.

In Cell at 3:03pm on the 1st of October a Pulse is emitted that is transmitted to everyone with a mobile phone. They become zombie-like and start attacking those who didn’t have a mobile phone and therefore weren’t affected.

Clay is a young artist who has just made his big break. He is away from home and just out of an important meeting when the pulse strikes. Minutes after The Pulse, Clay meets Tom, a gay man. They join together to survive chaos and attacks.

Clay is adamant that he must get home to find out what has happened to his wife and son.

Clay’s son has a mobile phone, but it’s usually under his bed. He has to hope that this was the case when The Pulse struck and that somehow his wife survived the proceeding chaos and attacks. Tom joins him.

Clay and Tom are first joined by Alice, a 15 year old girl and later by Jordan, a scholarship student from a private school.

Clay and crew start to see changes in the zombie-like people’s behaviour. First they start to flock, all drawn together and moving in certain patterns. The zombie-like people come out during the day, but disappear at night.

Clay and crew destroy a flock resting at night. They later learn that the flocks have a shared intelligence and communicate through telepathy. The flocks know who Clay and his comrades are and what they did.

Can Clay reach home? And if so, what will be the fate of his wife and son?

The characters were likeable, had depth and the reader comes to care about them. The description was clear and concise, enabling the reader to imagine scenes perfectly – adding suspense. The thrilling plot was utterly riveting from the first word until the last.

I read this book in just a few days, despite being exceptionally busy. I just couldn’t put it down. It is without a doubt a King classic.

My only criticism of Cell was that it was too short. Cell is a total of 473 pages, meaning it is about the average size of a novel. But having read the mammoth-sized novels The Stand and Under The Dome both by King, I would have loved Cell to be of that length.

Cell is an absolutely excellent read. You can buy Cell on Amazon and at all good bookshops.

Review soon,

Antony

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Thursday 26 January 2017

Ebook Review: Killing The Dead by Richard Murray

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Killing-The-Dead-Book-Cover-Richard-Murray Ryan has just thanked the man he has murdered for the pleasure he got from taking his life, when an incessant banging comes from his front door. He opens the door to Lilly, a frightened woman who is being chased by zombies. She explains that the world is being taken over by the living dead.

Then Lilly discovers Ryan’s secret hobby – killing the living. We discover that Ryan is a serial killer from the North of England and that he believes his best chance of survival in this new world of The Undead is to be part of a group. Lilly agrees to be part of his group – but with rules and conditions.

Ryan and Lilly then set off on an action-packed adventure, being chased by zombies as they search for somewhere safe.

The concept in Killing The Dead is brilliant. A serial killer in a zombie apocalypse. It’s great to read a zombie apocalypse story set in Britain, written by a British Writer.

Ryan’s character was fascinating. Cold and logical but still likeable. The other characters felt two dimensional and lacked development – but this was probably due to the relative short length of the novella format. I think the story would have been better as a novel.

Ryan’s character was so captivating, that his perspective was enough to make the reader want to read on. The use of hooks would have benefited the story. As would the use shorter sentences for action scenes, which would have added to the readers sense of tension.

Killing The Dead had good description and perfect pacing, however the ending was a bit abrupt and left the reader with no sense of conclusion or satisfaction. I have since discovered that this novella is part of a series – it’s good to know that more of the story will be told.

A lack of editing let Killing The Dead down. There were sentences that didn’t make sense due to missed or wrong words, a few grammatical inaccuracies and similarities that just didn’t work.

Overall, you’ll enjoy Killing The Dead by Richard Murray, which is available to download for free (at time of writing this review) on Amazon.

Review soon,

Antony

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Sunday 1 February 2015

Book Review: World War Z – An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

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world-war-z-book-cover I bought World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War after watching the World War Z film. I loved the film and was looking forward to the book. But it’s taken me over a year to read it.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is written in an interview style, interviewing people from across the world, their memories unfolding what happened in the fictional zombie war. I had a huge problem with this style for two reasons.

Firstly, the reviews were set post World War Z. This meant that the reader knows from the outset that the characters being interviewed would survive, even if they be damaged physically or emotionally (which was usually apparent at the outset of the interview).

Secondly, there were so many different characters interviewed that I simply didn’t care for any of them. When the reader finds it difficult to connect with an ever-changing cast of characters it makes it difficult for you to care about their loss of family members, friends, colleagues, etc.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is well researched. Brooks has considered the politics, culture, society and economic operations of each country his interviewer visits. He demonstrates his exceptional knowledge of traditional warfare. The plot starts with the initial actions countries would likely take to a Zombie War. When these inital reactions don’t work Brooks moves the plot on to more extreme actions.

Brooks explores the entire globe (and beyond) through the interviews showing how the human race overcome the threat of extinction by coming together and working together. Humanity working together differently and creatively. The ending of the book is satisfactory; filled with hope for humanity, but is a little over sentimental for the genre.

Some people will love World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks; others will hate it. I neither loved or hated it. If anything it was mediocre and unexceptional.

We’ve all imagined what we’d do in a zombie apocalypse and for this reason alone I still want to read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks is available to buy on Amazon.

Review soon,

Antony

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