REVIEW: Dawn Patrol (Undead Ultra)

Dawn Patrol (Undead Ultra Prequel)
Author: Camille Picott

Niles is an extreme long distance runner. He's training for a 100-mile endurance race. Today's workout is 50 miles with a goal time of 11 hours to finish. He's barely halfway finished and behind his time when he notices something strange at the Liberty Glen campground.....

Screams.

Blood.

Zombies.

Niles can't bring himself to actually use the word zombie....but that's what the monsters are. Dead, but animate, former humans with horrific milky white blind eyes. Attacking. Killing.

Niles joins forces with a hunter and his teenage son as they run for the safety of Niles' car on the other side of Lake Sonoma. It's 20 miles....can they outrun the horde of undead? Niles uses his race mindset to help keep them moving. Run the flats and downhill....power walk the uphill....stay ahead of the horde that wants to eat you. Good advice!

Can they outrun the hungry undead?

I love a good zombie story! Camille Picott definitely delivers with this prequel to her Undead Ultra series. I have read a lot of zombie stories in my day....but this is the first time I've read one involving endurance runners. The story is like the Run, Zombies, Run running app on steroids! Fun! Niles uses his running experience to keep himself and two other survivors moving. It isn't just about fitness....it's a mindset, too. And in this case, it's about surviving.

Dawn Patrol is a prequel story to Undead Ultra....a story of two endurance runners trying to outpace the zombie apocalypse and save their son. 200 miles. Can they make it?

After reading this intro story, I'm definitely going to read Undead Ultra! The mix of endurance running and the zombie apocalypse is perfect!

**I received a free copy of this story from the author. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**