This was a free audiobook and worth what was paid. Basically, a generic medieval-reversion post apocalyptic world with a religious fetishization for inspecting females for physical deformities as signs of infection by a fungal/zombie plague. Yeah, it's that bad, but worse -- the entire book was essentially the take of a brief journey between locations, and it's clearly the first of a long series of horrible books. Not quite Gor, but completely worth avoiding. At least it was relatively short, at least at 3x. ( )

The Last Survivors by Bobby Adair and T. W. Piperbrook was not the book that I was expecting it to be. I was expecting a modern day ‘end-of-the world” story with zombies, but actually this was a book about a dystopian society many generations after the world as we know it changed. This is a backward society that is ruled by fear. There are zombie like creatures roaming outside the town walls, these are creatures that were once human until they were taken over by spores that changed their appearance and drove them mad. Although the book had aspects that I enjoyed, I am so tired of dystopian stories that have society regressed back to a Middle Ages setting. The strict morals and religion, the lack of technology, the fear of anything “new” seems to be a theme that is all too common. But for me, the worst is the appalling treatment of women as second class citizens.

The story follows a woman called Ella, she has already lost her husband when he became infected by the spores and now she sees evidence that her young son is infected as well. Knowing this means immediate death for him, she and her son escape the town but they are being hunted by soldiers led by an iron-fisted general. I enjoyed the adventure and survival aspect of this part of the story. However, there is a secondary story line that dealt more with the politics, religion and history of the society that I didn’t find very interesting. This book is the first volume of a trilogy so I expect the seeds are being planted for future story lines.

The book is well written but at this point I am not sure that I will be continuing with the trilogy even though this first one ended with a cliff-hanger. I may pick up the next books if the price is right – and by right, I mean a Kindle Daily Deal. ( )

This is a six-book series and if you are a fan of these kind of stories then you'll love "The Last Survivors". The story moves around and readers are introduced to different characters in just about every chapter; seems to settle down midway through as the story seems to focus on a lady, her son, and a monster killer. All we are led to believe in this first installment is that "spores" from the infected monsters get airborne twice a year and infect others living in settlements. These small communities examine their citizens during a "cleansing" festival and kill those who are infected.

The timeline is 300 yrs. into the future after an apocalypse and doesn't give any back story on what originally happened back then and how was the virus delivered to infect people. Many of the cities lie in ruins, Mother Nature had taken over and not much remains from the olden days. In fact, many of those items we used everyday are considered myths and magic to those living at the time...it was too incomprehensible for these villagers to understand; many couldn't even count.

These creatures outside of the settlements are ruthless and prey on normal people, ripping them apart - eating every morsel on their bones. Guards man the fenceline and gates, hunters track and kill these monsters - receiving bounties from the village leadership for each scalp presented. Other hunters also roam the forests for meat to supply the villagers.

The woman's son is infected and they manage to sneak out of the village during one of the cleansing ceramonies to save her son. Armed with only a small knife, they are attacked by guards soon after leaving the village. As they are preparing to rape her, the twosome kill their abductors and excape to the forest. They are soon attacked and overwhelmed by montsters but were rescued by a hunter who agreed to guide them to the next town. Meanwhile, after discovering the dead soldiers and discovered the identity of the missing citizens, armed guards were dispatched to track the family and return them to be burned at the pyre. The guards are also ruthless and would surely kill them if caught.

When finally reaching the next village, the threesome are not at all ready for what greets them. Interesting story - sort of reminds me of the bronze age during our own history and tales of knights and rebelling peasants. The first installment ends there and it's time for book two. Fortunately, the entire series is already available and readers won't have to wait months to find out what happens next. Slow moving in parts, but worth the read. ( )

The post apocalyptic novel [The Last Survivors] by [T.W.Piperbrook and Bobby Adair] was a good mix of many common themes. It was well written and very character driven. The story was well developed although slightly predictable but in such a wide genre they did a great job of mixing things up to add some new twists. ( )

Not up to Bobby Adair's best.. I did read it to the end but wouldn't want any more. When I get to the end of Bobby's books I am usually salivating for the next one :) WHERE IS BOOK 3 OF EBOLZA Z, BOBBY?????

This one just wasn't believable.. or very exciting. ( )