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“Haven” starts with our survivors on a boat floating down the river.
Waking up from a hangover Sampson sees that they are near a fabulous resort. The Emerald City. From the top of one of the buildings there is a flash of light and a figure is waving to them. Minutes later a man runs across the beach and starts a jet ski. He heads toward them and when close enough he calls out.

Gary, a business man from England, was stranded when the virus hit. His wife died after being bitten and so did all the others who were hiding in his building. He has been living in the Emerald City resort condo units ever since. Using a jet ski he goes out on the river to met them. He invites Sampson, Veronica, Andrew, Clyde, Juliette and Ben to join him on the 24th floor. He has plenty of supplies and safe rooms for everyone. They accept. Is Gary what he seems to be or does he have other plans for his new friends?

Lulu and Michelle worked at the Emerald Park shopping mall as hairdressers. After barely escaping their apartment and being chased by zombies, they make it to Emerald Park and their work place. Lulu is very high strung and can’t seen to keep it together. She knows the zombies are attracted to sound but she just can’t help screaming when scared. Michelle, on the other hand, is just the opposite. She is the strong one and will not hesitated to shoot to kill. The more she kills the more she likes it.

They were joined by the mall security guard, Francis. Lulu liked him but Michelle has never cared for him. They are also joined by Desmond and Catherine. Desmond and his wife Catherine are both Doctors who were trapped by their car until Michelle arrived. The five survivors secured the shop and the two adjoining ones. Searched for supplies and settled in.

Three different stories that will become one. The characters are all developing into someone else. None of them are what they were before the virus hit. Lulu is scared out of her mind most of the time. Michelle is the leader of her group but everything is not well. Gary has taken charge of his band, but he does listen to the others. When they merge in to one there will be conflicts and murder. Some will rise to hero status and others will sink to the black depths.

Scott Bernie is the reader for this series and he does a bang up job of it. I just love his Gary voice. He really nails the English accent. All his voices for this series are well done and he can really get into it. Well done Scott.

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Review copy

Book two in The Breadwinner Trilogy is an entertaining sequel to The Breadwinner released a month ago, by Permuted Press.

In Haven, the rag-tag group of survivors get off the boat and take up residence in The Emerald City, a resort located in the fictional town of Haven, Florida.

After clearing out the undead and making their new home defensible, they plan a supply run to a Haven shopping center to hopefully provide for their needs for the foreseeable future.

Of course there are the usual run-ins with the recently deceased and writer, Stevie Kopas, finds new ways to deal with the problem...

"She nodded, watching as Andrew took a slow-moving eater out with his golf club. The hideous thing's jaw went flying off following the upswing. Samson cracked it over the head with his shotgun, bringing it to its knees. Putrid, black blood poured from the eater's face where its jaw had just vacated, painting the once-perfect white sand the color of death. Juliette flinched as Andrew brought the golf club down one more time for good measure."

The writing is suitably gory and visceral at times...

"She straddled his body and raised the garden light with both arms. Zach's eyes shot open and locked with hers once more, but they were not the same eyes she had looked into moments before. His half-eaten face and neck made her stomach turn but she swallowed her bile. He growled demonically and his torso squirmed under her as she plunged the metal garden stake straight through the middle of his forehead. No more sound or movement came from Zach. No more sound or movement would ever come from Zach."

I liked the story in Haven more than the one in book 1 of The Breadwinner Trilogy. It had all the elements of your standard zombie fare, but this one was more about the relationships and by the story's end, there's a greater threat to the group from within that there is from without.

Haven is available now from Permuted Press in a variety of ebook formats and in print from Amazon.com. Book 3 in The Breadwinner Trilogy, All Good Things, will be released on May 12th, 2015.

Recommended, especially if your going through zombie withdrawal with The Walking Dead currently being on hiatus. ( )