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vikingwolf's review against another edition
2.0
A group of starving survivors leave the safety of a warehouse to fight through a zombie horde to get to a helicopter that is catching zombie specimens to be studied in a lab out at sea. Not everyone can fit on the helicopter and the lucky ones discover that the ship might not be the safest place to be after all, when the zombie virus gets loose there.
The ship captain seems quite unstable and is worried about the experiments that the scientists are doing on the zombies. He has already lost soldiers on these capture missions and is determined to keep his people safe. The scientists are suddenly on the brink of a vaccine which Cutler decides needs immediate human testing. The rescued civilians are caught in the middle of military v science but can they all work together when the zombies are loose?
To be honest I didn't really like many of the characters. Bates is a bit of a moron at the start, Nathan is a whining idiot who gets more immature as the book goes on, the senior officers are all psychos, the scientists are insane, Sarah never listens to anything that is said to her...Angel and Jennifer are the only two that I liked! Jennifer may be young but she is without doubt the most observant and sensible in the group and if they paid more attention to her, they would be a lot safer.
The science stuff was far from convincing. The big biochemical info dumps as they ate dinner was boring and I had forgotten it all by the time I turned the page anyway so I questioned the point of going into all the deatail. The difference in treatment between two infected characters verged on the bizarre and I did not find myself believing the bite solution used by Sarah in the lab. It was crazy stuff. I found it easier to believe the stupidity that led to the outbreak on the ship as you could see that a mile off. I was also not impressed by the decision to introduce the damn ista-luv which was out of place and really dumb as they run about on the ship evading zombies. I hate it in YA novels-I despise it in zombie novels as it is just not needed and adds nothing to the story.
It was an ok story, maybe 2.5 rather than just 2. If it had less instaluv and been a little less science fiction and a bit more zombie horror, it had real potential.
The ship captain seems quite unstable and is worried about the experiments that the scientists are doing on the zombies. He has already lost soldiers on these capture missions and is determined to keep his people safe. The scientists are suddenly on the brink of a vaccine which Cutler decides needs immediate human testing. The rescued civilians are caught in the middle of military v science but can they all work together when the zombies are loose?
To be honest I didn't really like many of the characters. Bates is a bit of a moron at the start, Nathan is a whining idiot who gets more immature as the book goes on, the senior officers are all psychos, the scientists are insane, Sarah never listens to anything that is said to her...Angel and Jennifer are the only two that I liked! Jennifer may be young but she is without doubt the most observant and sensible in the group and if they paid more attention to her, they would be a lot safer.
The science stuff was far from convincing. The big biochemical info dumps as they ate dinner was boring and I had forgotten it all by the time I turned the page anyway so I questioned the point of going into all the deatail. The difference in treatment between two infected characters verged on the bizarre and I did not find myself believing the bite solution used by Sarah in the lab. It was crazy stuff. I found it easier to believe the stupidity that led to the outbreak on the ship as you could see that a mile off. I was also not impressed by the decision to introduce the damn ista-luv which was out of place and really dumb as they run about on the ship evading zombies. I hate it in YA novels-I despise it in zombie novels as it is just not needed and adds nothing to the story.
It was an ok story, maybe 2.5 rather than just 2. If it had less instaluv and been a little less science fiction and a bit more zombie horror, it had real potential.
shan198025's review against another edition
3.0
It ended very abruptly. Hopefully the next book continues the ending.
tnerbc's review against another edition
4.0
I've been on a zombie kick. This was another well written, fun novel.
rovertoak's review against another edition
4.0
Another overall good book from Permuted Press -- just there's some things like simple typos and other syntax issues that could have been prevented with a couple proofreads. But still it's a cool book more about survivors (?) than zombies.
stinkerbellen's review against another edition
3.0
HNGRHHH!!!! I want resolutions! Happy or sad, resolutions PLEASE! Or a third book (read spoilers, that the second book won't give anything away either..) ASAP! kthxbye.
ogrezed's review
4.0
This book had everything I normally look for -- good writing, good story, good characters, and lots of zombie action. However, it was just missing something for me, and I'm not sure what. It just didn't engage me the way some zombie books do, where I'll be up into the wee hours of the morning because I just can't put it down. With this book, I found myself putting the book down quite often, getting distracted by other things.
xterminal's review
3.0
Ian McKinnon, Domain of the Dead (Permuted Press, 2009)
Whil I can't say that Domain of the Dead does anything new with the zombie genre, existing fans will not be disappointed by McKinnon's novel; after a couple of quick opening chapters that set up the main characters, the book takes off, and it's chock-full of hot zombie action. The majority of it is also set on a boat, which means said hot zombie action is taking place in cramped spaces that are mostly dim, if not dark, which ramps up the excitement factor nicely. If that's what you're looking for, Domain of the Dead is right up your alley. That's what I was looking for when I read it, and it satisfied. My only real beef with the book is that it didn't do anything new, and when you're playing to such an oversaturated market as zombie lit is these days, doing something new is a necessity if you want your book to stand out from the crowd. This one doesn't, but again, that does not in any way make it not worth your time; this is a good, solid, if unexceptional, novel. ***
Whil I can't say that Domain of the Dead does anything new with the zombie genre, existing fans will not be disappointed by McKinnon's novel; after a couple of quick opening chapters that set up the main characters, the book takes off, and it's chock-full of hot zombie action. The majority of it is also set on a boat, which means said hot zombie action is taking place in cramped spaces that are mostly dim, if not dark, which ramps up the excitement factor nicely. If that's what you're looking for, Domain of the Dead is right up your alley. That's what I was looking for when I read it, and it satisfied. My only real beef with the book is that it didn't do anything new, and when you're playing to such an oversaturated market as zombie lit is these days, doing something new is a necessity if you want your book to stand out from the crowd. This one doesn't, but again, that does not in any way make it not worth your time; this is a good, solid, if unexceptional, novel. ***
rovertoak's review
4.0
Another overall good book from Permuted Press -- just there's some things like simple typos and other syntax issues that could have been prevented with a couple proofreads. But still it's a cool book more about survivors (?) than zombies.
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