★★★★★ “An Imaginative Depiction of Post-Apocalyptic Vampire/Zombie Dystopia.” In a world where vampires rule, zombies roam and humans are penned up like cattle, Hannah Jordan just wants to survive and keep her baby brother from becoming monster food. Falling for one of the monsters isn’t on the agenda. Nursing student Hannah Jordan expected to spend spring break welcoming her new brother into the … to spend spring break welcoming her new brother into the world. She didn’t expect to deliver him herself in her family’s backyard bunker as her mother lay dying from a bite wound. Newly orphaned with a baby to raise while the her neighbors tear each other apart outside, Hannah only knows one thing for certain: all the survival training her daddy put her through didn’t prepare her for this.
Months later, Hannah emerges from the safety of her shelter to find that zombies are the least of her problems. Hunted, abducted and separated from her brother, Hannah is thrown into a prison camp along with the last surviving remnants of humanity, lorded over by a race of power-hungry vampires hell-bent on preserving their only food supply. Proclaiming themselves the saviors of humanity, the vampires demand payment in labor and blood. For all their pretenses of being benevolent dictators, Hannah quickly learns the monsters inside the prison walls are far worse than the zombies roaming outside.
Desperate to find her brother and escape, Hannah’s only hope is Alek Konstantin – Dr. Creepy to her fellow inmates – who is rumored to conduct experiments on children. When he arranges to have Hannah and her brother transferred to his own camp, she has no choice but to go along.
She soon discovers the doctor’s agenda is drastically different from the rumors – or so he claims. If he’s telling the truth, his research could hold the key to saving the human race and restoring balance to the power struggle between humans and vampires. But everything Hannah knows about vampires wars against everything Hannah’s heart tells her about this brooding vampire doctor with the kind eyes and gentle demeanor. Can she truly trust him, or is it all an act? If she makes the wrong choice, the future of humanity could be at stake.
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I really enjoyed Dominion of the Damned. The universe it is set in was a nice spin on the usual monsters vs humans theme. The characters were well done. The backgrounds given made the characters actions in the story believable. The author’s short story “Scarcity” was my introduction to this universe. I hope she writes more in this setting; not only with the characters from Dominion but literally an entire world of possibilities.
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It is the worst of both zombies and vampires. The zombies roam free and have turned most of the humans. The remaining humans are the prisoners of the vampires. They are held as prisoners since humans are their only food supply. Hannah and her brother had been living in a bomb shelter since the start. When she ventures out she finds vampires held up in her home and she is quickly whisked away to a prison. The vampire doctor takes an interest in her and takes her and her baby brother to his much more humanitarian camp. The Doctor is working on a vaccine against the zombie virus and a cure for vampirism. While she is drawn to the doctor she finds it hard to trust him.
This is the first book in the Domination of the Damned series and it is one non stop ride of action. The characters are well crafted complete with strengths and weakness, humanity and barbarism. As the narrative shares the backgrounds, emotions, motivations of the characters, you get a good understanding of what makes them tick. The storyline expertly weaves, action scenes, unexpected surprises, precious human moments, cruelty and betrayal, danger, gory scenes and hope together to make a Interesting and intriguing suspenseful story. This book was engaging and held my interest, making me want to read more. If you like zombie apocalypse stories with a twist, you will enjoy this one.
Dominion of the Damned (Trilogy of the Damned, Book 1) by Jean Marie Bauhaus and narrated by Raquel Beattie is a difficult one to put down- a must listen for vampire and zombie fans. 4 ½ stars for story. 5 stars for narration.
What’s it about? During the zombie apocalypse, humans and vampires must work together to remain alive. Unfortunately, Hannah learns it isn’t that easy or safe. While caring for her newborn brother, they are taken by vampires who only want to use them as a food supply. While being held by vampires in a prison camp, Hannah meets Alek, a doctor who wants humans and vampires to live along side one another in peace, or as much as the apocalypse will allow. This is a fast-paced story with lots of action. The only real slow down is when Hannah first goes to Alek’s camp (this is the romance part as well). Without giving other spoilers away, there is quite a bit more to the story.
The narrator, Raquel Beattie, did a wonderful job. I enjoyed the voices and narration all around. I hope she is set to do the future books of this series.
I recommend- I will definitely be checking out the next books and look forward to how the story unfolds.
Parental guidance/trigger warnings: death, forced prostitution (remembering past experiences), loss of child and spouse, memories from WWII (Nazi references, Holocaust), sex, addiction (alcohol), memories of abuse from husband, animal experiments. Language used: sx3.
*I was given a free review copy of the audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Thank you for allowing me to listen and review the book!
This is a wonderfully written story set in a post-apocalyptic world where there are zombies but also vampires, they both want the human survivors. The vampires appear to be regular humans and that is just how they like it so they can protect their food source from the zombies. Great book and well worth the read!
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Dominion of the Damned
Trilogy of the Damned: Book One
Jean Marie Bauhaus
This was a great new take on a zombie story. Where there are vampires who have to step in as their food supply is being threatened. I loved the storyline of the book. It was full of twists, and great characters. I didn’t want to put it down once I started!