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Death Got No Mercy: The Afterblight Chronicles

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2 AND ½ STARS

Although this books has the hands down best book cover in 2010, this is only just an average read. This is my first experience with Al Ewing and it is apparent that he has quite a vicious streak in him, describing some rather brutally shocking events. However, without those spontaneous explosions of raw violence, the story, in the end, was fairly standard in regards to a post apocalyptic tale that felt uneven in its pacing.

You have the redneck ambushes, the crazy priest with his growing cult, and the main character who must trudge through the violent chaos to retrieve medicine for his female love interest or she will inevitably die. Not exactly groundbreaking stuff here, but Ewing has a knack for penning credible action sequences and putting his protagonist through the very tunnels of a painful hell.

I was surprised at the number of typos the book had, especially since the last Abaddon title I read had only a couple, if that. I never understand why simple mistakes are left in a book - a short book at that - since all you need to do is read over the material once before it goes to the printer. The ranting of the main character's imaginary friend was grating on the nerves and the constant religious speeches by an equally annoying preacher made this a tough book to finish at times. The personality of Cade, the protagonist, is the only reason to keep reading. He's a layered, ultra-violent character that lives by his own harsh rules in a land of chaos. And although his actions are certainly barbaric, you begin to discover that there is a twisted, heroic method to his madness. While I can't quite give this a recommendation, apocalyptic fanatics should enjoy it.