The first novel in Jake Bible’s series Z Burbia hooked me. What appeared to be a jokey take on zombie fiction quickly develops some great characters and story.
Jason “Long Pork” Stanford and his family live in a small community outside Asheville, NC. They’ve used the local geography and their HOA to secure the housing complex and have spent several years keeping things together. Their insular policies and strict adherence to the CC&Rs of Whispering Pines, their home, have kept them alive in the face of bandits, cannibals and of course hordes of zombies. Sadly, things are about to fall apart.
I’ve enjoyed the characters, Bible has an ability to write little about folks, while not having them be cartoons. The plot, once you get past the condo association stuff, is rather standard Zombie fare, but I’m very much looking forward to the rest of his series. I got the first and second books via Kindle Unlimited.
Z-Burbia by Jake Bible via Amazon