Gnash (Washington, Dead City, #1)

by Brian Parker

Grayson Donnelly, a former Army officer and his fiancé Emory must each fight for their own survival as the nation battles to end the zombie threat—before it becomes a global pandemic.

An ancient fundamentalist organization known as the Brotherhood of Niyyat executes several attacks simultaneously across the globe. Sleeper cells are awakened in North America, Europe and Asia. One of the cells infiltrates the Pentagon and unleashes a deadly viral compound. The airborne virus mutates in the lungs of the Pentagon’s population of twenty-five thousand, turning them into zombies and forcing the military to quarantine one of their most recognizable icons.

Across the country, a Secret Service agent, coerced by the terrorists to assassinate several heads of state at the annual G8 Summit, sends the world into chaos.

Grayson Donnelly, a former Army officer, is forced to fight for his life in the Midwest while his fiancé Emory is trapped in the Washington, DC quarantine zone.

 

• ISBN10: 1682610683
• ISBN13: 9781682610688
• Publish Date: 16 February 2016 (first published 1 May 2013)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Permuted Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[leahrosereads]

A secret, extremist organization sets off a series of attacks across the world, including one on the Pentagon that creates freaking zombies. GNASH follows the aftermath of that attack, including a nuke attack by France on DC. We meet several characters, including our hero - Grayson Donnelly and his fiance, Emory Perry, and we follow them on their journey in this new, deadly world.

I liked GNASH. It has zombies, which is always a huge plus for me, and they were smart zombies, which was awesome. I wish there was more on the zombies, and that I got to see a little bit more about them, but overall, this was more a human story on survival, than a zombie or apocalyptic world.

The human connection was pretty lackluster in the beginning half of GNASH. I didn’t care all that much about the characters, but I think it’s because of how often the story jumped around and all of the different situations that happened throughout the novel.

However, I felt for all of the main characters later on and wanted them to reconnect and thrive in this crazy world that Brian Parker created. I just wish there were more pages so that I could connect completely with the characters.

I really wanted Emory and Grayson to reunite and fall back in love. I know that this world changed them, and that they both moved on, but I wish they had held out for each other.

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing if Mr. Parker comes out with any other novels.