hello all! pretty much the title, i dont want cliche sigma alpha chad mowing down hordes of zombies, but rather normal people surviving some kind of “swarm” of monsters ya know. i’m a fan of dark, gritty stories so if its real sad or grim too thats even better. Thank you!
by iceyk111
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I can’t suggest these books enough, Surviving The Evacuation by Frank Tayell. There are 22 books so far (and a spin off series of the zombie apocalypse set in Australia, a spin off series of the apocalypse set in America and even a series of books set in the aftermath once a cure has been found).
‘The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked, infected and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead.
As anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalised. Martial law, curfews and rationing were implemented. It wasn’t enough. An evacuation was planned. The inland towns and cities of the UK would be evacuated to defensive enclaves being built around the coast, in the Scottish Highlands and in the Irish Republic.
Bill Wright broke his leg on the day of the outbreak. Unable to join the evacuation, he watched from his window as the streets filled with refugees, he watched as the streets emptied once more. He watched as they filled up again, this time with the undead.
He is trapped. He is alone. He is running out of food and water. He knows that to reach safety he will have to venture out into the wasteland that once was England. On that journey he will ultimately discover the horrific truth about the outbreak, a decades old conspiracy and his unwitting part in it.’
Newsflesh by Mira Grant. It’s set 20 years post zombie rising and the world has mostly adapted. It’s a look at security theater and social change as much as government conspiracy.