The Durango Saga: SafeHaven
Self-Published
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Description
To David, a society before zombies is purely hypothetical. An extrapolation one could make from the ruins of shopping malls and suburban housing units, or tales told by the now-endangered elderly. The world he lives in now is dominated by ravenous hordes of undead, even inside SafeHaven's massive self-healing nano-metal walls. However, soon David is going to learn that the world before the apocalypse has lasting implications on everything around him.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2024
- Author
- tmack523
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Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.5/ 5.0
- Followers
- 1
- Views
- 1,090
Chapters(6 total)
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Community Reviews(1)
- anon398758476Royal Road★★★★★ 4.5I started reading this story the day the author started posting it here. A bunch of Redditors encouraged him to share his passion project and here we are. After reading the first five chapters, I think I've gotten a good enough feel for this work to give an introductory review. First of all, I'd like to say that the concept is enough of a variation from typical RR fare to interest anyone who's looking for something other than blue boxes and number-goes-up! It's a post-zombie apocalypse setting with at least two human factions. Our main character, David, is a super-soldier who has been heavily controlled by his "home" group. (This is a bit reminiscent of the main character in the old Kurt Russell movie "Soldier"; if you liked that movie, I think you'll like this story.) Anyway, the story is developing around David's separation from his "home" and perhaps his journey of self-discovery. Oh, and lots of very detailed, very violent combat. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, so you should give it a try. Now, for the point-by-point evaluation:
The style here varies from section to section in ways that support the overall plot. When David is in combat, the style shifts to more active, detailed, driving structure. When David is struggling with his conditioning, the writing style shifts to reflect that. The disjointed syntax can feel uncomfortable, which is appropriate for those parts. Overall, I think tmack523 is using style skillfully.
The grammar is consistently excellent. Those little typos that sneak through because some authors are hurrying to crank new chapters out just don't show up here. This novel was written as a personal labor of love and has been carefully revised by the author; we benefit from his hard work here.
On the other hand, the work isn't perfect, and there is one detail that I found annoying. The main character is emerging from some kind of brainwashed, controlled state. His lack of agency may be necessary at points of the story for the purpose of the entire