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Chronicles of the Apocalypse: Species (Chronicles of the Apocalypse)

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I will start by saying that this book truly creeped me out. It had me hooked from the first page. Michael Mcbride knows how to write horror. I still cant believe how good this book really was. I read a lot of horror novels but very rarely do I ever get the creeps. Species gave them to me from start to finish.

The story is original and the characters are as well developed as any story as I have ever read. The suspense was the best part though. It was unbelievable. It will grab you by your throat and wont let go.

To whoever is reading this; if you like horror or sci-fi novels don't waste anymore time. BUY THIS BOOK NOW. I can promise you that you will not be sorry.


Species II The Hive is the second installment in Michael McBride's apocalyptic series. I was blown away by Species so my expectations were very high when I started this story. Michael did not disappoint me in the least. The Hive takes off early and never lets up.

The story picks up exactly where the first book finished. The survivors are holed up in the town of Sanctuary. The snow and brutal cold have them in a miserable state. Some of the group are starting to feel like the situation is hopeless. That is until one of the members discovers a way to destroy the Alien Organisms that infect the bodies of the dead. There is only one catch. They will have to return to Denver to get what they need to fight the creatures, and the city is infested with millions of them. The creatures are also starting to evolve to their environment and are becoming more dangerous than ever.

I found myself staying up to the crack of dawn immersed in the world Michael created. He has a way of making the words jump right off the page. You feel like your right there experiencing everything the characters are going through. I was completely absorbed in this story, and hated to see it come to an end. I am really looking forward to seeing how he is going to conclude it all.

Michael also turns the intensity up a notch in The Hive. There is more suspense, carnage, and a lot more gore in this installment. There were scenes that had my heart pounding, and stomach churning. The Hive is not for anyone with a weak heart or stomach. Michael pulls no punches this go around.

To sum it all up I think The Hive is Michael's best effort yet. Its fast, and very furious. He is really starting to perfect a writing style all his own. He is one of the most promising new Horror Authors out there, and I look forward to seeing what he gives us in the future.

This book was okay on suspense but there were aspects of the plot that didn't make sense. Basically a meteor falls out of the sky and impacts near Denver, the blast effect destroying much of the city. Soon thereafter, the dust and debris swirling in the sky turns the weather freezing and some kind of alien microbe reanimates and mutates all the dead.

Okay, fine.

But the author never addresses the one nagging question that kept occurring to me all throughout the story-- namely, is this something localized to the Denver/central Colorado region or is it worldwide? From the description of the impact event, there's no reason to believe cities on the other side of the planet would even be affected. And even if the alien microbe rained down everywhere, only Denver had millions of dead bodies for it to reanimate because only Denver actually got hit by the meteor.

And what's more, it never occurs to any of the characters in the story to even wonder if what's happening to them is happening everywhere. They never think to try and get in a car and just drive east until they find other people. They never think that maybe the National Guard or the Army from outside the blast zone might show up at some point. They never speculate amongst themselves about any of it. It's like they just all assumed that since Denver was destroyed, they must be the last seven people left alive on the planet.

It was a very frustrating read because it seemed like the author was intentionally ignoring a key plot point, perhaps because he didn't have a way of adequately explaining or resolving it and figured that if he didn't mention it (through his characters), the reader hopefully wouldn't notice.

I don't understand the bad reviews- this is a good book! I've read most of the books out there in the post-apocalyptic and/or zombie genres, and Mr. McBride has offered up a new twist on the subject. I'm eagerly awaiting a sequel.

Since I love the zombie apocalypse genre and have basically read everything that Amazon has to offer, this book was bad, no-just plain awful. The first chapter it took me awhile to get through, just could not hold my attention, for a week I would sit down and tell myself I am gonna read this, it is gonna get better, it didn't. I did manage to make it to the second chapter and realized this book I can not finish. Just trying to read the book gave me headache and left me feeling dissapointed.
Giving it a 1 star is generous. Out of all the zombie genre books I have bought, this is the first one that tanked!

If you want an outstanding end-of-the-world novel that's got excellent characters, good pacing (don't listen to the one & two star reviews) and the ability to hook you almost immediately, this is it.

This was a great book. It caught my interest from the first page and I could'nt put it down after that. I really felt like I got to know the characters and could feel for their situation. I can't wait for the sequel!

I could just not finish this book. It was god awful. It had a new cause for the UNDEAD that was interesting. But the author seems to be in love with his own words but lacks creativity. Chapter after chapter is basicly the same. The kid tells everone that the zombies are back again and they need to run away again. They don't listen again, and have to escape (miraculously) again...and again and again. I just could not finish this book.

Not very good, takes a long time to go nowhere, very little shock value,