Dark Recollections: Adrian's Undead Diary Book One

by Chris Philbrook

Overview

Welcome to the Second Edition of the post apocalyptic epic. Beheading a zombie isn't easy in a world where you're more afraid of the living than the dead. Adrian Ring's simple life is thrown into chaos when the world is ripped apart by a plague of undead and legions of desperate survivors. Retreating to Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy, Adrian attempts to rescue friends and family on the way while dancing around his impending insanity over who and what he left behind, and evading maniac survivors. He saves his cat Otis, but shoots his mom. Pretty successful, all things considered. Of course, his sanity takes a hit as a result. Real, flawed, and raw, Dark Recollections is the first part of Adrian's own story of how he survived after "That Day." Told through his eyes as he talks to his laptop, affectionately named 'Mr. Journal," and through short stories that entwine with his tales that bring forth dark visions of a world being eaten alive by an unimaginable evil. Adrian's Undead Diary is an eight part epic about a solitary, guilt stricken man that didn't think he deserved to live, but realizes very soon that he survived, and suffered for a reason. Dark Recollections is the first book in the AUD series. It covers Adrian's journal entries from September 21st 2010, to December 1st, 2010. Intermingled with his personal diary entries, book one also contains the short stories Phil's Story, McGreevy's Report, and Soccer Mom. The second edition of the book contains slight revisions to the table of contents, a new foreword by the author, and some editorial revisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493568710
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/23/2013
Series:	Adrian's Undead Diary , #1
Pages:	286
Sales rank:	872,894
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Chris Philbrook is the creator and author of the best-selling literary worlds of A Dragon Among Us, Elmoryn and Adrian's Undead Diary. Chris has a Business degree as well as a Psychology degree, and attended the full program at the school of hard knocks. He has been a printing press operator, bouncer, purchasing agent, bodyguard, customer service representative, mental health counselor, and more. He calls the wonderful state of New Hampshire his home, but loves to travel. He is an avid reader, writer, play role playing game aficionado, miniatures game player, video gamer, and Magic: The Gathering card slinger. He is engaged to his lovely fiance Leah and they share their home with Gilbert the cat, Abby the dog, and they welcomed their first child in April of 2016. Sign up for his email newsletter at http: //www.thechrisphilbrook.com Find the rest of his titles here on Amazon: http: //www.amazon.com/Chris-Philbrook/e/B00FC2H02W/

Editorial Reviews

2014-03-06
Facing a zombie apocalypse, a man journals about his survival in this first book of Philbrook's (The Failed Coward, 2014, etc.) eight-part saga. Narrator Adrian Ring describes himself as "moderately successful" at life: He had a job, a condo, a girlfriend, a cat. But by the time readers meet him after the zombie apocalypse, Adrian has lost almost all of his old life. Now, instead of his girlfriend, he's facing dangerous zombies; instead of his condo, he has a fortified school campus; instead of his job, he has a collection of weapons; and instead of his cat—well, good news, he still has his cat. Through it all, Adrian writes in a casual, humorous style that doesn't spare the expletives: "I know, this shit is grody, but I'm recording history for posterity, so fuck you if you're sensitive and offended." Interspersed throughout the diary are occasional stories from other characters' points of view, e.g., the clerk who sold Adrian his guns and who loses his will to live. Though not as humorous or personal as Adrian's diary, these related stories broaden the view of the apocalypse. Adrian is an amusing and realistic protagonist in some ways, as when he expresses a desire to update his Facebook status; at the same time, he's heroic yet likably nerdy enough to survive a zombie apocalypse. He's the book's most compelling part: The zombies are rather typical, the plot is somewhat episodic, and the end of the book doesn't feel like any kind of grand resolution. But for readers who like zombie fiction, it's nonetheless an amusing ride thanks to Adrian's being the tour guide. Occasionally, he even drops the humor and gives a glimpse of real feeling; while anti-zombie preparation is fun, Adrian is more engaging when he mourns over the loss of childhood wonder and innocence. Gory fun thanks to the narrator's appealing voice.

Kirkus Reviews