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Title: Into the Dark

Subtitle: Book Two of the Dark Trilogy

Author: Patrick D'Orazio

Narrator: Jim Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Six weeks ago, the mysterious virus came out of nowhere and engulfed the world. Everyone infected seemed to die...then rise again. Jeff Blaine did his best to hold his family together and to protect them from the horrors scratching at their door, but in the end, they were ripped away from him like everything else that ever mattered. Lost and alone, Jeff decided his only option was to destroy as many of the monsters that stole his life away before they destroy him as well. But when he discovers Megan, George, and Jason, three other survivors not interested in giving up just yet, he reluctantly accepts that there might still be a reason to fight and live to see another day.

Traveling through the blasted landscape their world has become, the quartet discovers that the living dead aren't the only danger with which they must cope. Even other survivors who promise safety and security from the hordes of ghouls roaming the wastelands will test loyalties and their faith in humankind. Jeff and his small band of newfound friends must forge a semblance of life in the newly blighted world. And they will have only the light of their own humanity by which to navigate as everything around them descends into the dark.

Editorial Reviews:

The second book of the Dark Trilogy finds Jeff and his band of survivors making their way through a dangerous wasteland mostly populated by the living dead. Narrator Jim Cooper gives a steady and expressive performance, capturing the fear, exhaustion, and resignation of the characters as they encounter other survivors and learn that safety and security are never guaranteed in this new world. Cooper's characters are precisely drawn, and his voices for his female characters are particularly superb. Cooper gives them a feminine inflection that is credible and never veers into camp.

Members Reviews:

tension filled inter-group conflict among zombies

Any additional comments?

book 2 picks up where book 1 ended- jeff, megan, george, and jason are held at gun point by another group of survivors. just as they think they're surrounded b rednecks, a calm, cool, and collected voice calls them off, and michael appears. he's the leader of another group of survivors. michael takes their guns, supplies, and munivan in one swoop and forces/invites them to join his group of survivors.

michael's compound is an interesting setup. i won't give it away, but i haven't seen that done before in any of the other zombie books. actually, it's a pretty good concept AND IF there's ever a real zombie outbreak, i'd consider employing that tactic. LOL

this book is mostly about group dynamics and interpersonal conflict. as such, it is well done!

michael's group is pretty small. he's got 2 redneck henchman, a psychopathic girlfriend, 2 teen boys who haven't seen any real action, lydia, an older yet wise woman, who looks after the 2 kids, and ben. ben is an interesting character. he doesn't speak much, but when he does, even michael listens. ben is michael's finder- the only one who lave the compound to find things.

the author does a good job building tension b/ween the 2 groups and then stretching it until it breaks.