Zombie Fallout 3.5 ~ Dr. Hugh Mann (Zombie Fallout 3.5 Prequel) [Kindle Edition]

Mark Tufo (Author)

Book Description

Before there were zombies there was the virus....

Editorial Reviews

Review

Mark Tufo is a great storyteller. Scary, scary stuff - John Ramsey Miller author of the nationally bestselling THE LAST FAMILY

About the Author

Mark Tufo was born in Boston Massachusetts. He attended UMASS Amherst where he obtained a BA and later joined the US Marine Corp. He was stationed in Parris Island SC, Twenty Nine Palms CA and Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. After his tour he went into the Human Resources field with a worldwide financial institution and has gone back to college at CTU to complete his masters. He is the author of several books, including the Zombie Fallout Series, the Indian Hill Series, Timothy and The Spirit Clearing. Mark lives in Maine with his wife, three kids and two English bulldogs.  Visit him at marktufo.com for news on his upcoming releases.

Product Details

• File Size: 344 KB
• Print Length: 102 pages
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005710Q7O
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,783 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Fills in the Zombie Fallout backstory & introduces a great twist July 12, 2011

By C. M. Wilson

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Dr. Hugh Mann by Mark Tufo is a prequel to the The Zombie Fallout Series. If you have not yet read any books in this excellent series yet, I highly recommend that you start with Zombie Fallout, book 1, and do not read the prequel Dr. Hugh Mann until after the third book. It makes perfect sense then, but is a different story and style from the rest of the books. Zombie Fallout (book 1) sets the stage and is a better starting point.

The series thus far consists of Dr. Hugh Mann (this book, a prequel), Zombie Fallout, A Plague Upon Your Family, and The End.... Although distinct books, I am reviewing them together because that is the way that I read them. Once I finished each book, I was so wrapped up in the story that I immediately purchased the next. Cumulatively, they are an epic apocalyptic tale, which reminded me of Steven King's The Stand and Robert McCammon's Swan Song. Elements of horror, paranormal, supernatural, and dark humor elevate this series beyond your typical zombie fare. These elements, along with Mike's quirky personality & fierce, protective love of his companions, make this series poignant and worth reading. Highly recommended.

Now...on to the Dr. Hugh Mann prequel. The prequel is set years before the events in the rest of the books, and only one character from the other books appears in it. There are no zombies at this point, but there is a horrible epidemic, and this book sets the stage to explain how and why the zombie apocalypse described in the rest of the books occurred. It also sheds light on several important characters in the series, and has a great, surprise, twist at the end which makes waiting for book four intolerable. The plot of this story revolves around Dr. Hugh Mann, a scientist, and the chain of events that is set off when he makes a startling discovery in the lab one day. For those engrossed in the Zombie Fallout series, it is required reading.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Skip this one. Read all his others September 16, 2011

By Frost

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This has to be the most terrible disappointment.

Whatever you do DO NOT read this book first.
DO NOT buy it without reading a sample first.

I strongly suggest books 1, 2 & 3. They are fantastic stories, worth much more than the asking price. This one, however, severely disappointed me. The characters were hazy and weak, the tie-in to the series was like a fan-fic story rather than a novel from the author.

Personally, my suggestion is to give this one a miss and await the next book in the series.

Go buy books 1 to 3 right now instead!!!!!!!

Zombie Fallout
Zombie Fallout 2: A Plague Upon Your Family
Zombie Fallout 3: The End

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars zf3.5 June 7, 2012

By Turtle Calliope Zombie

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I usually shy away from novella types of books. This would have been a poor choice and I would have missed this.

I could totally see Dr Mann struggling with his discovery. I sympathized when his discovery turned into a circus side show. I enjoyed how the story developed by jumping to other scenes of later generations toyed w the virus.

It may not have a lot of pages but it was more than made up for in story. Really fixed the gaps in the past and has key elements for the last 2 books

More About the Author

Mark Tufo was born in Boston Massachusetts. He attended UMASS Amherst where he obtained a BA and later joined the US Marine Corp. He was stationed in Parris Island SC, Twenty Nine Palms CA and Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. After his tour he went into the Human Resources field with a worldwide financial institution and has gone back to college at CTU to complete his masters.

He has written the Indian Hill trilogy with the first Indian Hill - Encounters being published for the Amazon Kindle in July 2009. He has since written the Zombie Fallout series and is working on a new zombie book.

He lives in Maine with his wife, three kids and two English bulldogs. Visit him at marktufo.com or http://zombiefallout.blogspot.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Tufo/133954330009843 for news on his next two installments of the Indian Hill trilogy and upcoming installments of the Zombie Fallout series.

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#33 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

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

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#33 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror

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

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

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