Synopses & Reviews
Readers who enjoyed The Strain Trilogy, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, will find plenty to satisfy them here.”San Francisco Book Review When the end came, it came quickly. No one knew where or exactly when the Omega Virus started, but soon it was everywhere. And when the ones spreading it cant die, no one stands a chance of surviving.
San Francisco, California. Father Xavier Church has spent his life ministering to unfortunate souls, but he has never witnessed horror like this. After he forsakes his vows in the most heartrending of ways, he watches helplessly as a zombie nun takes a bite out of a fellow priests face
University of California, Berkeley. Skye Dennison is moving into her college dorm for the first time, simultaneously excited to be leaving the nest and terrified to be on her own. When her mother and father are eaten alive in front of her, she realizes the terror has just begun
Alameda, California. Angie West made millions off her familys reality gun show on the History Channel. But after she is cornered by the swarming undead, her knowledge of heavy artillery is called into play like never before
Within weeks, the world is overrun by the walking dead. Only the quick and the smart, the strong and the determined, will survivefor now.
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“When people ask me to recommend great zombie fiction one of the names I consistently mention is John L. Campbell. Nobody writes an urban battle scene quite like he does. The pace of his storytelling will leave you breathless, and his characters are so real and so likeable you will jump up and cheer for them.
Omega Days is, hands down, one of the shining stars of the zombie genre. Do yourself a favor and move this one to the top of your to-be-read pile right now. You can thank me later.”—Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of
The Savage Dead and
Dead City “Characters as diverse as a priest fallen from grace, to a prisoner who finds his heart, are all in this story of terror….Campbell is good with characters…Its stories like Omega Days, with a setting in a popular city that most people have heard about, that can take an average story and make it unique.”—Examiner.com
“An impressively convincing vision of a world suddenly gone insane…The maelstrom that Campbell creates is a somber portrayal of the human capacity for both selfishness and, more rarely, altruism. He effectively builds a mood of terror that sweeps the reader along in this powerful example of zombie thriller genre at its best.”—Publishers Weekly
"A highly entertaining read with a style that grabbed me from the very first page...There are creepy echoes…of masters like Koontz and King…If you want highly entertaining, escapist, zombie fiction with plenty of action peopled by rich and interesting characters, you couldn't do better than Omega Days."—SF Revu
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Praise for the Omega Days novels
“Absolutely a no-holds barred, teeth-gritting, white-knuckle experience.” —SF Revu
“Chilling.” —Publishers Weekly
“Plenty of mayhem and drama.” —Monsters and Critics
“Nobody writes an urban battle scene quite like [Campbell] does...Hands down, one of the shining stars of the zombie genre.” —Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Savage Dead and Dead City
Synopsis
and#147;Readers who enjoyed The Strain Trilogy, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, will find plenty to satisfy them here.and#8221;and#151;San Francisco Book Review on Omega Days In the weeks following the Omega Virus outbreak, survivors form desperate clusters, uniting to defend against hordes of the walking dead. But they can only hide for so longand#133;
Father Xavier Church never wanted to be a leader. Nonetheless, heand#8217;s grown attached to his fellow survivors, and he wonand#8217;t let anyone cause them harmand#151;though he may be the one who inadvertently leads them to destructionand#133;
Ex-con Bill Carnes may crave freedom, but he still prefers sticking with the group rather than fleeing to Mexico with his former cellmate TC. Maybe heand#8217;s changing. Or maybe the look in TCand#8217;s eyes is more dangerous than the undeadand#133;
EMT Rosa Escobedo gave up on hope after she watched the man she loved rise from the dead. But when a patient seems to start getting better, she canand#8217;t help but hope for a cure, even if it means risking her lifeand#133;
As the numbers of the dead swell, the living are running out of safe havensand#151;especially when the biggest threats lie within their own ranks.
Synopsis
The survivors of the Omega Virus make a desperate effort to find the living. But the walking dead arent done with them yet
Helicopter pilot Vladimir Yurish is a man of his word. The last thing he wants is to abandon the safety of the U.S.S. Nimitz and his newly adopted son Ben. Still, a promise is a promise, no matter how close to death it brings him
Angie West has fought hard to keep strangers alive, but now its time to tend to her own. Only, when she finds her family missing and their hideout burned and looted, she realizes the threat to her family isnt just the undeadthe living can do so much worse
Halsey has done well for himself, given the circumstances. Between his secluded ranch and precise shooting, the plague hasnt touched him. Until a Black Hawk crashes on his property, bringing the war to his front door
Amid the chaos of a destroyed civilization, the survivors encounter a new threat. And these new monsters cant be outrunor outwitted
Synopsis
Campbell returns to his impressively convincing vision” (Publishers Weekly) of the apocalypse, as humanitys last hopes struggle to outlive the end of the world
Leading the U.S.S. Nimitz survivors has forced Father Xavier Church to make some hard decisions, but hes protected his flock. Only, his fortress is about to fall, and, this time, he might not be able to save them all
Most people lost everyone they loved to the walking dead, but Evan Tucker didnt have anything to lose. The folks on the Nimitz are the closest family hes ever had. Hell fight to his last breath to make sure nothing comes between themno matter whether its the undead or the living
Coast Guard captain Elizabeth Kidd has always been a consummate professional, the opposite of her cruel pirate ancestor of the same name. But the Omega Virus didnt just change people into zombies; for some, the change was more subtle, and much more nefarious
As the safe-haven of the Nimitz is besieged by vicious marauders and terrifying Hobgoblins, they come up against the most deadly obstacle theyve faced yet, one they have no chance of defeatingthe cruel whims of nature itself
About the Author
John L. Campbell, author of the Omega Days novels, including Omega Days, Ship of the Dead, and Drifters, was born in Chicago and attended college in North Carolina and New York. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, literary magazines, and e-zines, as well as in two of the authors own collections. He lives with his family in the New York area, where he is at work on his next novel.