Whispering Pines is a classic, quiet, private American subdivision on the edge of Asheville, NC, set in the pristine Blue Ridge Mountains. Which is good since the zombie apocalypse has come to Western North Carolina and really put suburban living to the test!
Surrounded by a sea of the undead, the residents of Whispering Pines have adapted their bucolic life of block parties to scavenging … scavenging parties, common area groundskeeping to immediate area warfare, neighborhood beautification to neighborhood fortification.
But, even in the best of times, suburban living has its ups and downs what with nosy neighbors, a strict Home Owners’ Association, and a property management company that believes the words “strict interpretation” are holy words when applied to the HOA covenants. Now with the zombie apocalypse upon them even those innocuous, daily irritations quickly become dramatic struggles for personal identity, family security, and straight up survival.
Welcome to normal life in Z-Burbia!
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This book is a hoot! Take the absolutely worst parts of suburban life and combine them with the zombie apocalypse, and you’ll get a fresh appreciation for the sentiment that people make their own hell. Very fun take on the end of the world.
They always say to write about what you know….well, Jake Bible actually lives here in Asheville so I guess he knows all about us if anyone does. It’s really a weird feeling the first time you see a location described in a novel and realize that you actually stood in that very spot or frequented that locale regularly. It’s fun driving down a …
A witty, fast paced, action packed story with unforgettable characters that I felt like I knew. Plenty of exciting and unexpected plot twist presented by a wonderful expressive narrator, this should not be missed. I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
I really enjoyed this first book in the Z-Burbia series. It is somewhat different from many other zombie books as it is centred on life and survival in a suburban compound many years after the zombie apocalypse occurred. I loved the unique ideas in this story and the political structure of the post-apocalyptic HOA was fascinating and brutal. I …
Just another day, living in Z-Burbia…
Z-Burbia by Jake Bible and narrated by Andrew B. Wehrlen turned into a good z-book. I initially thought crap, this is gonna suck, but it did a turn around not too far in and I’m already on to the second in the series. Recommend for all z-lovers. 4 stars for story, 5 stars for narration.
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The author styles himself as a modern pulp-writer, putting out about a dozen action-pack stories a year. Quick, strong, gory, exciting, explosive, non-stop action. The opening part of the book does warn there will be gore, which if you are reading a zombie apocalypse book should not be a shock. Mr. Bible delivers all these.
BUT he also delivers …