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It's like the author went screaming through the zombie genre with a baton in one hand and a blowtorch in the other. Check this one out. You won't be disappointed. --Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead
Reminiscent of the early style of James Herbert; this book doesn't pull any punches or release its teeth. --Paul Huggins, ZombieJunky.com
There's more to fear than the Undead in Porter's horrific vision; Dead Beat is a welcomed addition to the genre. --Gregory Solis, Author of Rise and Walk
Volatility, gore, twists and ghoulishly pleasurable. --Lori Bowland, LivingDeadMedia.com
Heartbeat versus Dawn of the Dead! Porter has delivered a barn-storming horror debut where the flesh-eating, walking dead aren't necessarily the worst monsters you could meet. Fantastic stuff. --Matt Hilton, author of the Joe Hunter thriller series
Reminiscent of the early style of James Herbert; this book doesn't pull any punches or release its teeth. --Paul Huggins, ZombieJunky.com
There's more to fear than the Undead in Porter's horrific vision; Dead Beat is a welcomed addition to the genre. --Gregory Solis, Author of Rise and Walk
Volatility, gore, twists and ghoulishly pleasurable. --Lori Bowland, LivingDeadMedia.com
Heartbeat versus Dawn of the Dead! Porter has delivered a barn-storming horror debut where the flesh-eating, walking dead aren't necessarily the worst monsters you could meet. Fantastic stuff. --Matt Hilton, author of the Joe Hunter thriller series
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Haven, Population: 2000. A place where Johnny sleepwalks the beat, counting down the hours to the end of another police shift. Burying the secret deeper. But this is the day the world ends. The infection has spread unchecked, and now the dead have domain. Johnny is thrown into a fight to survive. The shattered community around him willing to do anything to stay alive. But as putrefacted bodies close in, it's the villager's rotten hearts he begins to fear the most ... And beyond them the puppetmasters who started it all. With a foreword written by award-winning author of Domain of the Dead.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This novel starts with an excellent foreword by Iain McKinnon and grabs you straight away with the wonderful first line.Three short chapters reel you straight into a zombie outbreak from hell where in an instant someone has changed your day to day existence and rewritten the rules....elements of "Shaun of the Dead"..you have questions straight away for the author and I found myself flicking back into the book and rereading sections to look for answers..not often a novel of the zombie genre makes me think!!!
Dead Beat smoothly introduces elements of George Orwells "1984" or "lord of the flies" which add to the neverending horror build up...note to self do not read certain sections when eating breakfast! Nothing in "Dead Beat" is obvious least of all the final quarter of the book where each page I turned expecting it to be the last and a bit of an obvious climax..where instead there was more,opening new questions,throwing the reader a curveball whilst maintaining the novels fast pace and keeping your heart rate racing to the end.
ps I think some of the characters are definitely local!!
I look forward to devouring Remy Porters next novel with pleasure!
Dead Beat smoothly introduces elements of George Orwells "1984" or "lord of the flies" which add to the neverending horror build up...note to self do not read certain sections when eating breakfast! Nothing in "Dead Beat" is obvious least of all the final quarter of the book where each page I turned expecting it to be the last and a bit of an obvious climax..where instead there was more,opening new questions,throwing the reader a curveball whilst maintaining the novels fast pace and keeping your heart rate racing to the end.
ps I think some of the characters are definitely local!!
I look forward to devouring Remy Porters next novel with pleasure!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Brilliant take on the Zombie genre; set in a small village somewhere near YOU !
Very atmospheric, lead character is believable and well rounded, really good plot and characters actions exactly how you would imagine - we all have a dark side don't we ? and Mr Porter exploits them to the full .....so good to see a zombie novel that A) isn't centred somewhere in the US B) had overly macho characters with big guns and C) deals with the frailty of the human psyche.
10/10
You must buy this book, cover art is brilliant, if you are a novice zombie reader this is a great introduction to the genre.
Very atmospheric, lead character is believable and well rounded, really good plot and characters actions exactly how you would imagine - we all have a dark side don't we ? and Mr Porter exploits them to the full .....so good to see a zombie novel that A) isn't centred somewhere in the US B) had overly macho characters with big guns and C) deals with the frailty of the human psyche.
10/10
You must buy this book, cover art is brilliant, if you are a novice zombie reader this is a great introduction to the genre.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book. It mixes droll humour with gore and realistic and repugnant characters. In the style of horror greats like James Herbert, it dives straight into the blood and guts, setting up characters to be slaughtered mercilessly. The true horror is in the hearts of some of the characters, and an isolated police officer has to battle with them and with the mauling undead. It rattles along at quite a pace as well. Buy this book, if you like zombies or horror.
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Good and bad points
I have mixed feelings about this book. It has some things going for it, but I didn't personally enjoy it too much as there are also a few negative points. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dr. Andrew Phillips
A high end Zombie yarn
This was definitely a higher end zombie novel, and being that this was the Authors début book, it says a lot about what Mr Porter has to come. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. J. Rayner
Dead Beat
I bought this book after seeing some good reviews. I was not dissapointed. The storyline is strong and the various characters don't vanish unlike other books. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. Julie Alderson
Dead Good
I think there maybe a few typos in this book judging by other reviews, but to be honest I managed to look past them, nearly every one of these books seem to have typos and for the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. Yarnell
Dead Beat
Page one starts with a grisly killing, and the early section of the book treats the reader to an impressive variety of horror-movie style shambling zombie attacks, near misses,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by EmmaHunneyball
Geat Read
Several books that i have downloaded recently have left me wondering if i would ever find a book again that i cant put down and dont want to finish. Read more
Published 8 months ago by chochouse
Dark and Twisted
I really enjoyed this book from start to finish. The author has created a thoroughly disturbing story that gets started from the very beginning of the book. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr Dave Lightfoot
Huge Disappointment
I bought the book because it was highly rated and wish I hadn't.
Firstly the editing is appalling, missing words, spelling errors, switches from first to third person in the... Read more
Firstly the editing is appalling, missing words, spelling errors, switches from first to third person in the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jaq
Dead Beat
Dead Beat is a zombie book with a difference. Not only does it see the lead character Pc Johnny Silverman battle through a recent outbreak of Zombies in his small village, he has... Read more
Published 10 months ago by M. Hill
Good yarn but needs editing
This is another Kindle edition which suffers from that huge problem of bad editing. I will get this off my chest just now before reviewing the actual novel, but suffice to say the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Louise Dick
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