Alice in Deadland [Kindle Edition]

Mainak Dhar (Author)

Book Description

The sensational Amazon.com bestseller. #1 Science Fiction and Horror bestseller. More than 50,000 copies sold in less than three months.

NOW AVAILABLE- THROUGH THE KILLING GLASS: ALICE IN DEADLAND BOOK II.

Civilization as we know it ended more than fifteen years ago, leaving as it's legacy barren wastelands called the Deadland and a new terror for the humans who survived- hordes of undead Biters.

Fifteen year-old Alice has spent her entire life in the Deadland, her education consisting of how best to use guns and knives in the ongoing war for survival against the Biters. One day, Alice spots a Biter disappearing into a hole in the ground and follows it, in search of fabled underground Biter bases.

What Alice discovers there propels her into an action-packed adventure that changes her life and that of all humans in the Deadland forever. An adventure where she learns the terrible conspiracy behind the ruin of humanity, the truth behind the origin of the Biters, and the prophecy the mysterious Biter Queen believes Alice is destined to fulfill.

A prophecy based on the charred remains of the last book in the Deadland- a book called Alice in Wonderland.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Read all the books in the bestselling Alice in Deadland series:
- Alice in Deadland
- Through The Killing Glass (Alice in Deadland Book II)
- Off With Their Heads (The Prequel to Alice in Deadland)
- Hunting the Snark: An Alice in Deadland Adventure

Praise for Alice in Deadland:"ALICE IN DEADLAND is a fast paced, creative zombie tale." - Reads A Lot Book Reviews

"Alice in Deadland may be a 'zombie-like' story, but it is a metaphorical tale of how we tend to demonize that which we do not understand. It is obvious that there are socio-economic and geopolitical undercurrents in the story line and shadows of colonialism, post-colonialism, jingoism, and intolerance. If you can read between the lines and see the deeper meaning to the story, Alice in Deadland is a wonderfully entertaining ebook." - eNovel Reviews

"Words to live by: Eat all your vegetables. Exercise like a fiend. Sleep a solid seven to eight hours a day. Never, ever read Alice in Deadland before you sleep. Ever. Because if you do make the mistake of idly perusing the first page, you're going to want to finish the last and that, ladies and gentlemen, is a foul surprise to learn on a work day. An unusual blend of the zombie mythos, conspiracy theories and Lewis Caroll, Alice in Deadland is self-proclaimed 'cubicle worker by day, author by night' Mainak Dhar's most recent offering and one of the best reinterpretations of the childhood fable yet." - Kindlefu.com

About the Author

Mainak Dhar is a cubicle dweller by day and writer by night. He is the author of eleven books including the Amazon.com science fiction bestseller Vimana. Learn more about him and his writing at mainakdhar.com.

Product Details

• File Size: 305 KB
• Print Length: 232 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1468087797
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006AQYAA4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,446 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #50 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Science Fiction > Post-Apocalyptic

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

181 of 200 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Author needs a couple creative writing courses under his belt. January 30, 2012

By S. Estey

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Alice In Wonderland is my favourite story. Zombies are my new favourite genre. Naturally, I would choose this book, especially after seeing its 4 Star rating. All I can really say is, Yikes! Alice In Deadland is amateurish. The writing is SO repetitive. When I read a certain phrase or combination of words multiple times within a couple of pages, you've already lost me.

There is no intrigue in this story. I consider myself a trooper when it comes to books. I give them all a fair shake and rarely force myself to stop reading - in for a penny... - but this read is taxing. No plot or character development AT ALL. The phrasing is just weird, the grammar sucks, there are a ton of typos. And if you want your zombies to be sympathetic characters, give them at least one redeeming quality! Don't just tell your audience that everyone's equal, so there. Make us want to like them. Example: Hater, by David Moody. This story is told from the perspective of the changed and the unchanged. While not exactly a zombie story, you do find yourself having compassion for the "others".

All that being said, the one thing I find unforgivable in a published novel is lack of research. If you've taken the time to write a novel, do yourself a favor and have the story make sense. Check your facts, however minor to the plot they might seem. The story needs to be logical, not just convenient and easy.

162 of 186 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars You get what you paid for January 6, 2012

By A. Woodworth

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I wasn't honestly expecting much with a 99 cent book, and I wasn't wrong. I give the author credit for the idea; it's mostly original but its execution is, simply put, poor. There are several issues with this book but I'll address the main two here.

1) Writing
The author is almost certainly one of those people who, since they write technical manuals for a living, think they can write fiction. His dialog is stilted, unrealistic and conveys no emotion. Perfect example: location 1847, where a soldier who has captured the protagonist says (in all its grammatical glory)" 'Talk to me! I'm in charge here and are you are my prisoner.' " Location 527-ish: "Alice could take it no longer and blurted out." Contractions seem to have disappeared as well as civilization in this book. In addition to distractingly putting commas in all the wrong places, any and all statements made by characters are ended with a period, nearly without exception. Anyone with rudimentary grammatical knowledge will actually have to read the sentences several times to figure out what the author intended to say. This is not a `Kindle ruined my formatting' issue, this is an `I have no idea how to properly form a sentence' issue.
To make matters worse, the author has no idea how to develop character or even allow the reader to construct the character mentally. His descriptions are dry and uninteresting, beating any possible dead horse they can find: (loc. 370-ish)" She opened it and took out her water bottle, draining it as she drank every last drop there. " Was that really necessary? There is no economy of words or joy in description that causes the reader to connect with the story; it's all the joyless and bland descriptions that you would expect to read if you were looking through a technical manual. To the reader with any sense of imagination at all, it's awful.

2) Logic and Flow
I'm more than willing to suspend belief for the sake of a good story; so that's not really my 'logic and flow' issue. It's simply that the author frequently loses track of what he was saying and makes terrible jumps. For example, at one point you're thrown from the protagonist being wounded & knocked unconscious to her having been rescued, washed, having her wounds treated and in the middle of the conversation. You know all this happened, not because of the flow of the story or because it was logical that it should be so, but because one character is telling another (who was also there) what they just did. It's like a terrible TV show where the audience is so stupid they don't realize the fourth wall has been broken. Earlier in the book, the protagonist empties her weapon and throws it away only to be firing it again literally moments later, without apparently reloading or needing to go and find it. One of the antagonists is having a conversation, outside, in the center of the town, when he pulls up a chair and sits down. Why there would be a chair in the middle of the street, where the conversation is clearly taking place, I have no idea. The protagonist is allegedly close to her father (not that we see this in their discourse or interactions, we know because the author makes a point of telling us, right before we need to know it) but is apparently motherless until after the (SPOILER ALERT) death of the father, when she grows another family member.

In short, this is a merely mediocre idea gone wrong. Its true tragedy is that isn't not the most horrible book ever; it's merely annoyingly bad. I fear that the Kindle, while reshaping our idea of what a book is and changing the way we read, has opened up the way to glut the market with self-proclaimed 'writers' who know neither the joy of writing something truly beautiful nor the ability to recognize that their own talents may lie elsewhere.

72 of 82 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars read review by "most helpful first" February 21, 2012

By otis

Format:Kindle Edition

I was VERY close to purchasing this book based on all of the wonderful 4 and 5 star reviews, until I read one review that urged readers to just read the preview pages on amazon. First, I must say, it's an enticing premise for a book! There even seemed to be a handful of possibly interesting characters, but the writing is HORRID. There were a few times when I could almost get into the story, but the repetitive, simple writing just wouldn't allow me to stay there.

If you are very young, or otherwise simple (no disrespect intended) you may actually like this book. That being said, PLEASE do yourself a favor and read the reviews sorted by "most helpful first" (you will notice it's all of the 1 and 2 star reviews) and if you're at all still interested read the sample pages! If, by the end of that, you are still interested, then by all means read the entire book and leave a positive review if you liked it!

All of that being said, after my own amateur investigation I have concluded that most all of the 4 and 5 star reviews are forged, or driven by something other than an honest review of the book. This book wouldn't get an A in a high-school writing class, despite the interesting premise.

Bottom line: Even though it's only a dollar, your time would be better spent elsewhere. Take 10 minutes to research it!

More About the Author

Mainak Dhar is a cubicle dweller by day and author by night. His first `published' work was a stapled collection of Maths solutions and poems (he figured nobody would pay for his poems alone) he sold to his classmates in Grade 7, and spent the proceeds on ice cream and comics. Mainak was a bestselling author in his native India with titles published by major houses like Penguin and Random House and with one of his novels (Herogiri) being made into a major motion picture. In early 2011, he began to use Amazon to reach international readers through his ebooks and became one of the leading independent authors in the world with more than 100,000 books sold in his first year. Mainak is one of the top selling horror authors on Amazon worldwide and in March 2013, became the #1 bestselling Horror author on Amazon, momentarily unseating Stephen King. He has thirteen books to his credit including the bestselling Alice in Deadland series. Learn more about him and contact him at mainakdhar.com.

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#9 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

#23 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Science Fiction

#28 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction

#75 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy

#9 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

#23 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Science Fiction

#28 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction

#75 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy