BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Bad Timing by Nicky Peacock

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BAD TIMING here!

Bad Timing

(Battle of the Undead #2)

by Nicky Peacock

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“You know now that monsters are real. Whether they have recently risen to reach for your flesh, or have chosen now to step from the shadows; you are surrounded by them. You also know that I am one too, but I’m all you’ve got and time is running out…”

There’s no rest for the wicked, especially in a zombie apocalypse. Britannia has used every vampire skill at her disposal to keep those she cares for safe, but with old enemies and unseen adversaries moving against her, she will have to push herself to both her physical and ethical limits to survive. Britannia is changing, but will it be for the better?

14+ due to violence and adult situations

Excerpt: Bad Blood by Nicky Peacock

BAD BLOOD
by Nicky Peacock

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“I am Britannia. I am your protector. I will fend off the hungry hordes of undead hands that reach toward you. I am your steadfast defender. I will stand between you and the zombie masses as they try to taste your flesh. I am strong, unyielding, and dedicated to your survival. All I ask from you… is your blood.”

A five-hundred-year-old bloody game of vengeance will need to be put on hold if vampires are to survive the zombie uprising. Britannia and Nicholas, bitter enemies and the only two surviving vampires left in London, have to work together to save un-infected humans and deliver them safely to a vampire stronghold in the Scottish Highlands. Unable to drink the zombie ‘bad blood’, the remaining vampires need the humans to stay alive. But will the vampires tell the survivors who they are and what they want from them? Will Britannia be able to hold back her vengeance for the greater good? Is survivor Josh the reincarnation of Britannia’s murdered true love? And can she bring herself to deliver him to the ‘safe’ hold? Survival instincts run deep, but bad blood can run deeper.

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Bad Blood EXCERPT

We ran to the hospital. On the way, we encountered hardly anyone, alive or dead. Where were they all? When we arrived at the hospital car park, I understood. Zombies were pack animals. A massive crowd of them were crammed in and around the main building like they were waiting for a concert to start, all barely paying attention to their surroundings and seemingly swaying against the force of gravity. The other thing was the smell. When watching horror films filled with shuffling zombies, the horror came from their ghastly looks—the reminder that death has a tight grip on us all, well, most of us. But what the filmmakers should focus on—if they could—was the acidic rank odor zombies gave off. They had been dead barely twenty-four hours. It took a normal human body at least thirty-six hours to really start to smell, and that was with a vampire’s heightened senses. These guys smelled like they’d been out in the sun for three weeks covered in rubbish and besieged by wily maggots. They were mostly intact, though. Maybe this hospital had been Zombie Ground Zero. Most had turned so quickly their comrades hadn’t had time to feed.

Why are zombies so scary? Guest Post by Nicky Peacock

Why are zombies so scary?

There are obvious answers to this question - however, as it's the season to delve deeper into horror and all it's gory glory, let's examine the reasons a little more closely...

They are dangerous - goes without saying really, apart from the odd zombie with a heart (their own, not one they've ripped out from the rib cage of an unfortunate victim) they are going to kill you. They have to, to survive. Their hunger is constant and well there's a lot of them and not many of you to go round! They'll fight to get their jaws wrapped around your sweet bones. Then of course, if you survive such an attack, odds on you'll end up just like them.

They hunt in packs - one zombie is bad enough, but hundreds? Slow or fast that's going to a be a nasty thing to see; a wave of undead clawing their way toward you, the sheer body weight could cripple your car, break down your doors, smash your windows and envelope you before you can even count them.

You can't reason with them - they are kind of one track - they only want your flesh or brains - that's it, they won't take a bribe, or be seduced into submission. Violence is all this monster knows - either you kill it, or it will kill you.

They are us - they are not from another planet - they are already here, because they are us. There are billions of people in the world - how long would it take for the majority to be infected once an infection starts? The Black Death killed over 4 million people in 2 years and that had an incubation period of 2-6 days. By the Spring 1349 it had killed six out of every ten people living in London! If a zombie bite turns a victim in less than 60 seconds, well that could be some truly terrifying math!

It's a nasty way to die - being eaten alive. Forgetting the Hollywood scenes of undead feasts, you only have to read the harrowing stories of of people who have survived animal attacks to imagine what it would be like, and to make you wonder what you would do yourself, in such a situation.