Deadrise is the fourth book in The Tide series, written by Anthony J. Melchiorri. It is an apocalyptic science fiction series, where a mysterious disease breaks out and quickly sweeps the planet. We quickly learn that this disease turns people into mindless and extremely agressive zombies. We follow a group of mercenaries for hire, named “The Hunters”, which are highly specialized in getting in and out of perilous situations, while armed with all the finest weapons and high-tech equipment one can need. The leader of these mercenaries, Dominic Holland, is a person who believes in the greater good, and thus he embarks on a race to find a cure for the disease.

This book is perhaps the most interesting so far in The Tide series. The plot is finally starting to progress outside of the endless non-stop action horror sequences against the Oni Outbreak zombies. Yes, there’s still plenty of them, and they are exactly as interesting as they were before (If that’s your thing), but we’re finally seeing how the rest of humanity has handled the ordeals, after the first weeks of the outbreak. The Hunters find new enemies, the settings and locales are changing, and plotwise the book is finally starting to open up. I just found it sad that we had to get to book 4 before that happened! The characters are still quite undeveloped, and uninteresting, but the book ends with an open story that could go in several directions. I hope the author thinks big for the follow up(s), and expand the scope of the story and include more factions.

I listened to the audiobook version, as narrated by Ryan Kennard Burke. Overall I wasn’t too fond of his narration. It was monotonous, and he didn’t seem very excited about the narration. That being said, his voice was clear, and I had no problem following the story.

I received this audiobook from the author for free, and wanted to return the favor with a review. I have no affiliation with the author, the narrator, the publisher, or their pets (Although I am sure the latter are quite nice!).