Day By Day Armageddon: Grey Fox (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
As a devoted fan of Mr. Bourne's vision of the zombie apocalypse, I was delighted to see this latest offering! I loved every bit of it and can only hope that our intrepid journaler and zombie killer will be heard from again. It can't be stressed enough that if you haven't read Bourne's trilogy, this isn't going to make much sense to you. For those of us that have, it was nice to know our hero was still there, still amongst the living and doing what he does best: surviving! My only complaint, and a majority of fans will agree, is that it was too short! I wanted more!I, for one, will be on the look out for another installment (novel) or a dispatch (short story), from the DBDA universe. If you’ve yet to read the first three offerings in Bourne’s Day By Day Armageddon series, I’m sure to drop a spoiler or two, so there’s your warning shot. On the flipside, if you aren’t at all familiar with J.L. Bourne, then by all means take a walk with me here.No, Bourne hasn’t injected a Tardis into the DBDA universe and Kil isn’t charging after hordes of the undead with a sonic screwdriver. Instead, Grey Fox takes us nearly 30 years into the future (sans callbox) where we find our narrator in the Florida Keys, or better known as the southern border of the “inclusion zone” aboard his sailboat, the Solitude.Bourne returns to his powerful first-person journaling approach which we haven’t seen full on since “Beyond Exile”. I could’ve read Grey Fox, bypassing the first three altogether and most likely drawn the same conclusion. Perhaps it’s tamer than the other DBDA titles, but this one, for me, is about the character. “I’m going to take a piss off the fantail and then go inland to shoot some zombies. How’s that for a Facebook update?” See? Poetry.Although it lacks page after page of mangled carcasses hurtling through cordite scented air and meat-strewn deathscapes, Grey Fox is a great short story by one of the best writers in the genre.Visit bookie-monster.com to read the full review
What do You think about Day By Day Armageddon: Grey Fox (2013)?
I'm not a big zombie book fan but this shirt story persuaded me to start reading the series.
—winnielove12
This was a great short story, set 30 years after the initial outbreak. Good quick read
—Yecenia
A good primer to get you ready for the next book!
—anotherdillusion
