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Deadland Rising (Deadland Saga Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Rachel Aukes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 425 ratings
The exciting conclusion of the Deadland Saga is here!

Winter has arrived.

It has been nearly one year since the zombie hordes claimed the world. As the plague eats away at its victims' bodies, the Fox survivors search for a safe place to rebuild what they have lost. But a dangerous new threat has risen, hunting them from every direction. To survive, Cash, Clutch, and their small band of refugees must put their faith in a group of strangers and a new government with radical plans. It will take all of the Fox survivors' strength and courage to endure in this barren, hostile world. Even that might not be enough.

Deadland Rising is inspired by Dante Alighieri's final poem of the Divine Comedy...the seven virtues reimagined zombie apocalypse style!

The Deadland Saga (a trilogy)
Book 1: 100 Days in Deadland
Book 2: Deadland's Harvest
Book 3: Deadland Rising
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TIS27W4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Waypoint Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.1 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 324 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780989901826
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 3 of 3 ‏ : ‎ Deadland Saga
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 425 ratings

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Rachel Aukes

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Rachel Aukes is the bestselling author of over forty novels, including 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of the Year list. She's been listed as a "recommended read" by USA Today and was one of the first Wattpad Stars, with her stories having over eight million reads. She writes in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her series include Secondhand Spaceman, Waymaker Wars, Space Troopers (cowritten with Jamie McFarlane), Flight of the Javelin, Fringe, Deadland Saga, Colliding Worlds, Guardians of the Seven Seals, and the nonfiction Tidy Guides. Her books have been touted, "The best science fiction I've read in a long while" by SF Reader.

When not writing, Rachel can be found flying old airplanes with an incredibly spoiled fifty-pound lap dog across the Midwest countryside. She lives in Eastern Iowa.

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Customers find this book to be a fantastic conclusion to the Deadland Saga, with a surprising plot twist in the final installment. Moreover, the writing style is well-received, with one customer noting its highly descriptive nature, and they appreciate the characters and human interactions throughout the story. Additionally, the book holds their attention and provides a rich reading experience.

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55 customers mention "Storyline"49 positive6 negative

Customers enjoy the storyline of the book, particularly noting its surprising plot twists in the final installment and how it serves as a nice conclusion to the trilogy.

"...it, and then hope rises a little, and then she dashes it.... The action is non-stop, and I couldn't put this book down until I finished it at 1 a.m...." Read more

"I enjoyed this series. The characters were engaging and the plot line progressed nicely...." Read more

"We all loved this zombie apocalyptic series! Luckily for my teenage son there were only a couple of risqué scenes...." Read more

"...Very intense. The characters are well written and each chapter left me wanting more. Love the character interaction and story development...." Read more

33 customers mention "Readability"30 positive3 negative

Customers find the book thoroughly enjoyable, with one customer noting it surpasses The Walking Dead in quality.

"I enjoyed this series. The characters were engaging and the plot line progressed nicely...." Read more

"...He just skipped over... Or so he said! Lol We really enjoys reading these three books. I loved the Sarah Fleming ( I think!!!)..." Read more

"...Overall an excellent series and I'm a little sad to see it end...." Read more

"...Not a simplistic action novel, but a rich reading experience with powerful characters." Read more

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Customers love the characters in the book.

"I enjoyed this series. The characters were engaging and the plot line progressed nicely...." Read more

"...Very intense. The characters are well written and each chapter left me wanting more. Love the character interaction and story development...." Read more

"...I liked it so much I purchased the Audible versions. The depth of characters and seeing the worst and best fighting for survival brings out in..." Read more

"...a simplistic action novel, but a rich reading experience with powerful characters." Read more

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Customers praise the writing style of the book, finding it well-crafted and worth reading multiple times, with one customer noting its highly descriptive nature.

"...Deadland Rising is well-written, highly descriptive, tug-at-your-heartstrings emotional and thrillingly climactic...." Read more

"...So it's believable, yet disturbing nonetheless. All said and done, Aukes writes good fiction, no ifs ands or buts about it...." Read more

"...I hope to read more from this gifted author!" Read more

"Love these books — well written, not rushed, action packed, tragic and includes a slow burn romance to die for...." Read more

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Customers find the book emotionally engaging, with one customer describing it as thrillingly climactic and another noting how it tugs at the heartstrings.

"...Deadland Rising is well-written, highly descriptive, tug-at-your-heartstrings emotional and thrillingly climactic...." Read more

"...Very intense. The characters are well written and each chapter left me wanting more. Love the character interaction and story development...." Read more

"This series immediately drew me in and held my attention until I had read all three books in a weekend...." Read more

"...Kept my attention and sated some of my curiosity so far what a zombie/post- zombie world would look like...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the human interaction in the book, with one mentioning they enjoyed following the characters' journey.

"...what not many are able to do with a zombie universe, she focuses on the human interaction...." Read more

"...Read the whole series. If you love a good read with good human interaction you'll enjoy" Read more

"...I loved the main cast of characters and enjoyed sharing their journey. I am almost sorry this is the end of the road." Read more

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet subtleties in this dystopian thriller
    Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015
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    Being a Midwest girl, Rachel Aukes's Deadland Saga sucked me in and spoke to me because I know the cities and landscapes. She has an amazing talent for turning innocuous, everyday places like big box retail stores into terrifying zed zones. I loved the adaptive reuse of the Perkins flag as a symbol of New Eden. The camp meal prepared on the altar table of an abandoned church is a pure literary gem of imagery. The description of bombed out bungalow neighborhoods in Des Moines struck a chord, too. And if you have ever been caught in a bad snowstorm on a rural Iowa interstate, compounded by no plows and no road salt, you know why Clutch & Crew were hustling to get to home base. Compared to Books 1 and 2 in the series, Book 3 was not so focused on the zombies, but the impact of the devastation of civilization on places and people.

    In true honor to the title, Aukes keeps hope alive throughout Deadland Rising. And then she dashes it, and then hope rises a little, and then she dashes it.... The action is non-stop, and I couldn't put this book down until I finished it at 1 a.m. There is a lot to be wary of in the new world - zeds, bandits, feral animals, illness, decreased resources and power-hungry politicians. You feel the exhaustion seeping out of the main characters.

    The romantic sucker in me really wanted Cash and Clutch, and their extended family of tag-alongs, to have a happy ending. But in typical horror fashion, Aukes isn't inclined to give everyone the HEA. I'm more of a romance reader, and never met a horror film where I didn't cover my eyes, so there has to be a hint of a happy ending for me to crack a dystopian genre book. The tender scenes between Cash and Clutch are sparse because who really has time for romance when you are fighting for your life and have no privacy? I hate books where the romantic leads somehow find time to canoodle in the midst of danger, and that becomes a pivotal plot point. Contrastingly, the very talented Aukes manages to keep Cash and Clutch the passionate center of the story through little looks and touches and displays of private devotion. She accelerates the romantic tension by raising the question as to whether hard-man Clutch will relent to any future with Cash. There is a sense of doom surrounding Clutch that is tangible throughout the trilogy.

    Deadland Rising is well-written, highly descriptive, tug-at-your-heartstrings emotional and thrillingly climactic. I think I am going to have to read it again so I can appreciate the subtlety of story now that the race to the ending is complete.
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  • CO Steve
    4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable series
    Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015
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    I enjoyed this series. The characters were engaging and the plot line progressed nicely. It was half-way between the character-centric focus of Sarah Lyon Fleming's "Until the End of the World" series and Dirk Patton's more militaristic "V Plague" series. If you liked either of those, you'll probably like this one as well.
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  • ryan
    5.0 out of 5 stars my sons loved this series!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2015
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    We all loved this zombie apocalyptic series!
    Luckily for my teenage son there were only a couple of risqué scenes. He just skipped over... Or so he said! Lol
    We really enjoys reading these three books. I loved the Sarah Fleming ( I think!!!) apocalyptic zombie books too! It's hard to find books my boys, husband and I enjoy and can read as a family! These fit the bill perfectly! I did edit out the couple of risqué scenes ( they were really short) while reading out loud to my youngest son... I do suggest the sarah Fleming books if you liked this series.. I know the last one is " So, long lollipops" . Lol
    Read these!!!!!!!
    And if Zombies stress you out but, you still love apocalyptic novels try the Ashfall series... I am terrible remembering the Authors names ( we read so many books around here!) but, I think it might be Mike Mullins.. We all loved those as well!
    Thanks Rachel for a great trilogy!!!
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  • The Bookie Monster
    5.0 out of 5 stars It's over?! Say it ain't so!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015
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    Okay, so here's the deal. I promised to have this book read and reviewed two weeks ago. Which, if we want to get technical...I did. But being that Deadland Rising is the final chapter in Aukes Deadland Saga I absolutely had to reread it before I could give my final thoughts. Honestly, I'm still not sure how to convey how I feel about the book in mere words.

    So here's the gist of it. Camp Fox is finito and the group heads for New Eden. Of course, along the way they're hit with a bunch of roadblocks--and I don't mean just traffic jams. By the time they arrived, even though it didn't take up too much time in the book, I felt as if it was a complete tale that could successfully stand alone as a novella. But Aukes trudged on; determined to get out every last drop of story to her readers. Then we're given a treat and hopes of a cure surface. Without giving away too much detail, by the time the group leaves the church I felt as if that hump of the story could have also stood alone as a successful novella...but wait, there's more! Aukes kept going, bringing us to the capitol and introducing a benevolent dictator with wildly misguided intentions. Here I found myself yelling at the characters, "don't you know never to take candy from strangers?!" Okay, so they didn't take any candy, but still, they had quite the duh moment and it bit them in the arse. That's all I'll share about the plot, even though there's much more in between and after. Some things you just have to experience for yourselves.

    Before I get down to the best bits, I want to share the one niggling thing that I can't totally get on board with. The story relays that the virus is even more virulent outside the host, and infection rates increase. Now, I know that a miniscule number viruses can live outside the host on nonporous fomites for up to a week, however after twenty-four hours, it's ability to spread degrades much like a medication's half-life. So, not that I couldn't get past the scientific liberties, because--after all--this is a work of fiction. I just found it pulled me out of the story whenever it came up because my clinical brain questioned it every time. No harm, no foul, though...and it's such a minor gripe that it had no bearing on my rating of the book. I just happen to be neurotic, and let's be honest, I'm no microbiologist, so there's always the chance that I'm misinformed.

    Now...on to what I really enjoyed about the book. I've been dying to see how Aukes dealt with the two creepy kids, and was elated to find not only them, but another tertiary character similarly afflicted, become their own little arc within the book. In fact I'd love to see a short story about the kids that goes further in-depth with the hows and whys, or maybe even gives a glimpse into their Z-addled brains.

    I'm happy Aukes didn't go heavy on the lovey-dovey stuff with Cash and Clutch. It would have detracted from the tone set in the previous books and I think she gave readers enough of a hint without making it gag-city.

    I'm totally a dog person, but let me be the first to say, I definitely do not want to hug any of the dogs in the Deadland Saga...well, maybe Diesel, but not the others (the feral, sickly strays). It stands to reason that domesticated animals would go feral if left to their own defenses, and that most of the small dogs would go the way of the dodo while large mongrels flourish. So it's believable, yet disturbing nonetheless.

    All said and done, Aukes writes good fiction, no ifs ands or buts about it. A true testament to her talent is that a year can pass and I'll still remember the finer details of her stories. That, ladies and gentleman, is nothing short of spectacular. Even though I received this book in return for an honest review, I purchased a copy because it was just that good and deserved it!
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  • Nash McGowan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great series finale
    Reviewed in Canada on September 1, 2016
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    If you've read this far you know what a great ensemble of characters we have here. While the ending felt a little rushed it still delivers an ending you can feel satisfied with. This is my second, but not last, read through of the series and it was just as good as the first time through. I'm going to miss Cash, Clutch, Jase et all.
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  • Madoap
    5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED THEM
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2015
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    I loved the Deadland saga, yes book one was the best but the following ones were absolute crackers as well. "SPOILER" At first I thought I wasn't going to like it as it followed the usual storyline of helpless female meets up with ex military superman who trains her into becoming a super zombie killer. However unlike other series that follow this format these books were so good that it all seemed plausible. There were many other aspects to the books and other characters that you come to love or hate. Overall a brilliant piece of fiction and if you like your zombie books with plenty of action and people you can relate to then purchase this trilogy, at something like 1200 pages you wont get a lot of sleep but you will get plenty of enjoyment.
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  • Robyn Reader
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to the Zombie Genre
    Reviewed in Australia on March 27, 2019
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    Brilliant series.
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  • ROBERT RAYMOND
    4.0 out of 5 stars Above average zom slash and burn
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2023
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    Fair enough way to wrap up the mini series. Nothing particularly original or ground breaking, but gets the job done.
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  • Fi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
    Reviewed in Australia on August 1, 2016
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    Fantastic. Excellent end to the series. Highly recommend
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