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Ex-Heroes

By: Peter Clines
Narrated by: Jay Snyder, Khristine Hvam
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Summary

Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes. Vigilantes. Crusaders for justice, using their superhuman abilites to make Los Angeles a better place. Then the plague of living death spread around the globe. Despite the best efforts of the superheroes, the police, and the military, the hungry corpses rose up and overwhelmed the country. The population was decimated, heroes fell, and the city of angels was left a desolate zombie wasteland like so many others. Now, a year later, the Mighty Dragon and his companions must overcome their differences and recover from their own scars to protect the thousands of survivors sheltered in their film studio-turned-fortress, the Mount. The heroes lead teams out to scavenge supplies, keep the peace within the walls of their home, and try to be the symbols the survivors so desperately need. For while the ex-humans walk the streets night and day, they are not the only threat left in the world, and the people of the Mount are not the only survivors left in Los Angeles. Across the city, another group has grown and gained power. And they are not heroes.

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Peter Clines is my new favourite author, after listening to 14 and now Ex-Heroes. This is the 1st book in a series, and I can't wait to get stuck into the next!

Not only has LA been taken over by zombies, but a while before, people started to discover superpowers. These new superheroes are now helping to protect a group of humans from the zombies, and a nasty gang.

The heroes are all brand new, and well thought out, and as the book progresses we get to know a lot more about them, as well as how the 'zombie invasion' came about.

The writing is clear and easy to follow, and it's so easy to picture this as a film or mini-series. In fact, I'm amazed it's not been snapped up already!

A note about the narration - some of the chapters give the backstory of a female character, and these are read by a female narrator. In other chapters though, the bulk is read by the male narrator, with the female speaking just female line. This is a little unusual at first, but soon sounds quite natural - if you find it off-putting, give it time.

Loved it!

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read this series a few years ago and absolutely loved it, I've read it three times since then and thought why not try the audible, so far so good, the narration is stellar and really brought the characters to life.
great job all involved

been a fan for ages

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surprisingly fun book which creates a new and impressive blend between two great genres

fun and different

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The female narration was so jarring I couldn't continue listening. Way over the top in trying to sound sexy and excited with every single sentence, even when the situation was far from appropriate to do so. Additionally it was blatantly obvious that the narrators recorded their lines separately and without hearing the other delivering their lines. This just left their deliveries sounding like a back and forth of stand alone statements rather than a flowing conversation.
I may try and finish the book in kindle format rather than the audiobook.

So disappointed in the audiobook

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didn't realise the zombie connection at first. And the first flashback threw a bit. But once i got my duck's together, off they went forming up in a row. Am sticking with it, as there's another 4 books to this story... lol

Zombieland with SUPERHEROES...

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