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    Dark Days
    Dark Days
    Dark Days
    Audiobook7 hours

    Dark Days

    Written by Manel Loureiro

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

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    About this audiobook

    The electrifying sequel to international best seller Apocalypse Z

    The Russian-spawned virus that kills swiftly then ghoulishly resurrects its victims as ravenous cannibals has breached international borders.

    The infernal progression…

    From outbreak to epidemic and pandemic to sheer panic, the virus has shredded global civilization. Promised safe havens become deathtraps, lawlessness crumbles any remaining symbol of authority, and political violence in Spain threatens to erupt in civil war.

    Trapped…

    In the thick of the deadly madness, the young lawyer finds himself escaping to the Canary Islands in a stolen chopper with a motley crew made up of his Persian cat Lucullus, Ukrainian pilot Viktor “Prit” Pritchenko, 17-year-old beautiful distraction Lucia, and Sister Cecilia, who was trained as a nurse. The distant isle of Lanzarote is rumored to be the only refuge out of the virus’s reach. But with relentlessly multiplying hordes of the living dead—and equally fatal human treachery—blocking their every move, their quest for survival is quickly becoming a suicide mission.

    Dark Days

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorPamela Carmell
    Release dateOct 8, 2013
    ISBN9781480568563
    Dark Days
    Author

    Manel Loureiro

    Hailed as "the Spanish Stephen King," international bestselling author Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. After graduating, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Televisión de Galicia) and behind the scenes as a writer. His Apocalypse Z trilogy—The Beginning of the End, Dark Days, and The Wrath of the Just—catapulted him to the bestseller lists with a worldwide following. His historical thriller, The Last Passenger, was a Kindle bestseller. Loureiro continues to reside in his native Pontevedra.

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    • 1/5
      Couldn't do it got to chapter 6 n was done this man is 30sum and the girl he keeps sexualizing is 17 n on top of that he keeps calling her a kid or teen nun of this adds anything to the story so idk y put it in
    • 2/5
      I didn't think it was possible but this guy just keeps getting more and more annoying and becoming more of a man child as the books go on.....he's soooooo annoying
    • 4/5
      Better than the first book but again still little character development. They still don’t get the concept of melee weapons but the story is good.
    • 5/5
      Great audiobook! This author keeps you on your toes wanting to hear more. A must listen for any fan of the zombie genre.
    • 4/5
      I felt that this audiobook was a good one, but it didn’t really makes sense at first, where did they get a helicopter? When did they leave the ship? Feel free to tell me when the stuff in my review happened, I wasn’t listening fully as the book went on.
    • 3/5
      The reading was incredible! I absolutely love the development of Prit, however the romance between MC and Lucia feels a bit forced and uncomfortable due to the fact she's a child and he's an adult man.
    • 4/5
      Great book. The first book was the best so far. Can’t wait for the last book.
    • 5/5
      Great story and awesome narrator. I highly recommend this series.
    • 5/5
      Quite enjoyable. Narrator excellent. Loved the surprise ending. Looking forward to the final book of the trilogy.
    • 3/5
      Yo this guy is so creepy whenever he talks about the 17 year old. Its nkt even that she's 17, its how he talks about her like a fucking creep. Really hurt the book.

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    • 4/5
      Dark Days by Manel Loureiro is the second book in his zombie trilogy. This volume finds our small party arriving and establishing themselves at Tenerife on the Canary Island, a zombie free zone. Of course even though there are no zombies, there is still trouble as people are divided in their choice of government with one side living at Tenerife while the other side lives on a separate island at Gran Canaria. Valued as knowledgeable survivors, the young lawyer and the Russian pilot are pressed into service and sent on a mission to recover medicines and drugs from Madrid.This dangerous mission is made all the worst by the fact that it has been infiltrated by terrorists who want the medicines for themselves. After many harrowing adventures our twosome returns to Tenerife, only to find that one of their group is in terrible trouble and is being hunted. They eventually reunite and steal a sailboat and leave the Canary Islands, hopefully to find another safe place.While the book offers nothing new in the zombie genre, it is entertaining with plenty of action that requires the reader to stretch their imagination in just the right manner. The Canary Island civil war was an interesting angle as it is a replay on the Spanish Civil war with one side wanting to establish a republic while the other side is Royalist. As this book ends with a mystery, I am looking forward to the next volume and finding out how everything plays out.
    • 3/5
      I wanted to like this book more than I did. I enjoyed the first book in the series, primarily because it is different from most zombie books; the setting (Europe instead of the United States) and the main character (a cat-loving lawyer who refuses to leave his feline companion behind) both set it apart from many of the books in the same genre. And the zombie action was pretty decent, too.But this book spends way too much time on politics and too little time on zombies. Once the foursome (plus cat) reach the Canary Islands, they're thrown into a political situation that they don't quite understand for a while, with a civil war brewing. I can't say that this wouldn't happen in a zombie-induced post-apocalyptic scenario, but it just didn't keep me riveted to the pages. I found myself rather bored for much of the book.My second problem is the switch in format; I preferred the diary format used for most of the first book. I just couldn't connect with some of the characters, so when it was their turn to narrate the story, I really had to slog through some of those chapters to finish the book.My third problem is the lawyer's relationship with Lucia, a seventeen year old girl. It just makes me uncomfortable. Yeah, yeah, I know that society has disintegrated and the rules of being "underage" have likely been suspended, but still. No. I did order the third book in the series, and I will read it. Hopefully the author can punch out something better than Dark Days.

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    • 4/5
      A fast and entertaining read. I am also surprised that this book was translated from Spanish to English...nothing seems to be lost in the translation. The main characters seem to have the luck of the gods and barely escape the clutches of the zombie horde on several occasions in this story. When they finally do reach the Canary Islands, they are treated as heroes and it looks like they've finally found peace. However, after a quarantine period, they learn that not all is what it seems to be. There is also a civil war taking place and they find themselves caught up in this too, and soon, the heroes are labeled terrorists and everyone is looking for them; it's time to leave the Canary Islands. Dark Days could be a stand-alone book even with the ending the way it is. I'd like to find out where they disappeared to and will most likely get the last installment to find out what actually happened to the three remaining characters. Worth a read!
    • 2/5
      What worked as an episodic narrative in a blog's guise does not work as a novel. Whatever magic part one held is absent here. Completely plot driven with static characters. Meh.