The story is about a girl, Alice, who was born after The Rising (when the undead took over the world). When Alice follows a "Biter" wearing rabbit ears, down a hole she finds herself in a violent world, run by flesh-eaters. A world where "Biters" think and act in a manner familiar to those still human. There she finds The Queen, a woman who communicates and, for lack of a better word, rules over the Biters. The Queen tells her a story that's considered prophesy and that Alice is a sort of savior. There's a huge conspiracy and this girl is the one to uncover it all- saving both humans and biters alike!

Now, I love YA, but I have to tell you, when the fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of a fifteen year old, I find issues. But I've gone off on such tangents before, so I'll not repeat myself. I can say that outside of said issue, I enjoyed this series, but grew frustrated. It carried a herky-jerky feel from time to time, like the repetitiveness of Alice's thoughts. She was constantly going over the same things- other characters too. It's like the author needed to excessively remind us what was going on. Or the story would speed to the point I was just told things instead of explained. The details disappeared and something would just happen- you know how that is. It just threw me off and I was left a tad confused.

There was also an unreal amount of grammatical errors. So much that I almost quit the books. Errors like these are hard to overlook, and can deter a reader from returning to the author. And the errors were in both the ebook and physical book...

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Good zombies. Bad zombies. Zombies that understand, follow orders, some live underground and others (made-made hybrids)on army bases...both hordes are ruled by "Queens". The Chinese are attempting to take over the world peacefully, promising safety from the zombies and food to those who join their ranks. Once signed up, these people are enslaved and forced to work unreasonable hours in the fields to grow and harvest crops that are sent to feed the Chinese population. Alice and her group of zombies team up with former special forces soldiers and other surviving humans in a fight to push out the Chinese in parts of India. Then upon successfully gaining their freedom, the humans and zombies begin living side by side in in one of the larger cities. The soldiers and Alice provide security for the city and its occupants; skirmishes continue with outsiders and Chinese soldiers who continue to conquer this group. Hell, I even became fond of certain zombies and felt a loss when they are killed for good.

It doesn't take long before the citizens become complacent during this "peacetime"; they soon elect a governing body and vote to exile Queen Alice and her zombies from the city. The new Prime Minister, a former politician before the apocalypse, accepts the Chinese proposal on behalf of his constituents - buying in to their guise of protection and food. Little do these people know that the Chinese had put a plan in motion months earlier and everything was now proceeding according to plan. Alice begins to uncover evidence that exposes this devious plan. The populace will soon be enslaved unless Alice and her zombie horde can return and convince them not to give in. The Chinese are moments away from a peaceful takeover. Will Alice and her followers arrive in time? Will there be another war?

The third book of the trilogy helps to fill in many of the blanks remaining from the first two books - many of the characters are fleshed out here - providing "AH HA" moments for readers having read the first two installments. Still, I would caution readers to not read that last installment until finishing the first two...more fun that way!

As I mentioned in my review of the first book, Alice in Deadland, the author should have taken time to get his work edited prior to publication as many typos, missing or misused words are used. I am disappointed to see these errors continue in the authors succeeding works...ratings could have been much higher.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed the story and recommend it to those of you who enjoy a different kind of zombie story, filled with twists and turns.

John Podlaski, author
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