The Remaining [Kindle Edition]

D.J. Molles (Author)

Book Description

In a steel-and-lead-encased bunker 20 feet below the basement level of his house, a soldier waits for his final orders. On the surface, a plague ravages the planet, infecting over 90% of the populace. The bacterium burrows through the brain, destroying all signs of humanity and leaving behind little more than base, prehistoric instincts. The infected turn into hyper-aggressive predators, with an insatiable desire to kill and feed. Some day soon, the soldier will have to open the hatch to his bunker, and step out into this new wasteland, to complete his mission: SUBVENIRE REFECTUS.

TO RESCUE AND REBUILD.

With over 10,000 copies sold, The Remaining is the first book in a gritty tale of survival, perseverance and fighting to get back what has been lost. Look for the sequel, "The Remaining: Aftermath" available on Amazon now.

Product Details

• File Size: 410 KB
• Print Length: 219 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0070B0JW6
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #19 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror
  • #23 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror
  • #38 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

134 of 139 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Remaining January 23, 2012

By RandiTS

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The Remaining is a story of a man (one of 48 "coordinators") who is placed is placed in a bunker every time there is a potential for a "Life as we know it" altering event. Lee and his dog Tango have been in the bunker before - after 9/11 and after the Japan earthquakes and nuclear meltdown... The bunker is a nice place - fully stocked with all the comforts of home and everything that he would need to survive.

Every day, his superior officer checks in and tells him what is going on "upstairs". If the check in is missed, after 48 hrs, then he is to open the "mission box" and follow the instructions after an additional 30 days in lock down.

The author really builds the tension in the first part of the book - I actually was feeling claustrophobic and stopped reading to take the dogs outside for a while because the walls were closing in after his officer missed the check in and Lee started feeling anxious as well.

Lee must now fulfill his mission of connecting with survivors to rebuild and restore the nation but of course, that never goes as planned. No more details because those would be spoiler alerts but I will say that Lee isn't the super solider that you would expect in this type of book - he makes mistakes, things do not go smoothly, and I am ready to see what happens in the next book of the series...

This is not a "zombie" book per say - living breathing running people who have been attacked by a virus that turns them crazy and violent and they can still use tools. And, of course, we have the raiders, the idiots, the rapists, and all the crazy "non infected" that come crawling out like cockroaches to add to the excitement.

Now if only Lee had followed the rules....

Get your book today - you won't regret it...

67 of 70 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprised at how good February 3, 2012

By 308bear

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The previous reviewer wrote a good synopsis of the story so I won't repeat the story line. But I want to add what I thought of this book.

The Remaining is an adrenaline pumping adventure that took me by surprise. I have read many books in the zombie genre that left me thinking that the story was just another rehashing of the same old tale. The Remaining is way more than just a zombie tale. In true classical adventure fashion The Remaining presents the reader with good and evil, disaster and the ability to overcome, and a hero in Captain Lee Harden. It reminds me of something that Louis L'Amour could have written had he ventured to tackle a TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) story. The book ends in a way that I am sure a second volume is planned also.

This is a story that has something for lovers or Post Apocalyptic fiction, Preppers, Survivalists, zombie aficionados, and those who just love a good adventure story. I had a great time reading The Remaining and highly recommend it.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good read April 16, 2012

By Charles F. Kartman

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Mr. Molles has some good ideas and conveys them with a pretty clean writing style. The Remaining is on the whole a fairly standard zombie story, wherein the hero is one of a number of trained military men salted around the country in bunkers to serve as seeds for the rebirth of the country. This of course requires a government that is remarkably far-sighted but so inept as to be unable to take any other effective steps to preserve itself against the spread of the infection. Lee, the man in the bunker, is equipped with all sorts of nifty equipment, all lovingly described, but as things play out he ends up relying more on his own training and grit to move his mission along. One of his most important tools is a canine companion, also highly trained, and I found the scenes involving "Tango" to be some of the most effective in the book.

The story follows a pretty predictable path but is entertaining nonetheless. Refreshingly, Lee is no superman and makes his share of mistakes. But he is dedicated to his mission and doesn't let the hordes of zombies stand in his way. It is not clear why the government chose to place single individuals into its bunkers, rather than teams or even families. Do such questions matter in a zombie tale? Mr. Molles has a habit of ending a chapter with a statement about what is to come next, and if he is really dedicated to such a device I recommend that he try subtler forms of foreshadowing in his future work. In sum, The Remaining is a good story that is worth a read.

More About the Author

D.J. Molles has two published short stories, "Darkness" and "Survive," which won a short fiction contest through Writer's Digest. The Remaining series (The Remaining, The Remaining: Aftermath, and The Remaining: Refugees) are his first novels and have been met with overwhelming success. He lives in the southeast with his wife and daughter.

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#8 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

#52 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure

#74 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Action & Adventure

#8 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

#52 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure

#74 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Action & Adventure