Gnash (Washington, Dead City, #1)

by Brian Parker

An ancient fundamentalist organization chooses to lash out against its enemies by conducting several simultaneous attacks across the globe. One of these assaults unleashes a deadly virus within the Pentagon, which sets off a chain reaction of events that the United States may not overcome. When the virus mutates beyond anything the terrorists had expected the nation's capital is plunged into a violent zombie outbreak that threatens to infect everyone in the region. A desperate, misguided attempt to stop the potential global epidemic backfires as the undead survive the brutal pre-emptive strike and continue to wreak havoc on the human population when they reemerge from the bowels of the ruined city.

• ISBN10: 1490983449
• ISBN13: 9781490983448
• Publish Date: 1 May 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Createspace
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 360
• 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.