Urban fantasy. - The Forever Man - a post apocalyptic

An insightful, fantasy-based view of the aftermath of a natural disaster with origins outside of our control. It shows how much we have come to rely on machines, medicine and science and how far away from working with our planet we have gotten, and how far men will go to survive, along with how dangerous we are--especially the criminal elements.

Not the typical EMP apocalyptic regurgitation. No nukes here. But plenty of extremely confused civilians, orcs, trolls, fair folk, psychotic hive minded elves, druids....and one really pissed off marine.

I thought the concept was new and different.I Enjoyed this book. The author probably has a military background as it seemed technically correct. The book was free so the normal bad editing and spelling kept me from rating it higher.

This story will contain some spoilers to prove a point. The story is mixing our present world into a fantasy real. The Marine Gunnery Sergeant seems to be written good but has a couple of flaws in the development. When Gunny leaves his post to strike out on his own he violates everything that a Marine would do. His own troops disagree with him but salute him leaving. That is so abnormal it borders on insane. The Gunny was a patriot but despite 99% of the population not figuring out the lights were never coming back on decided that he knew everything changed. Instead of taking charge and leading the group out (and dragging the Ambassador) with him, he just up and left going AWOL. Seriously? What is this Sesame Street for 5 year olds?

Another factor is that the Gunny speaks in British lingo, “Bolocks, you must be taking the piss”, etc. A career American Gunny Sergeant would not be speaking like a Brit.
The story is pretty good strange. The Ambassador woman drapes an American flag onto herself and commits suicide. Who does that stuff? I mean Americans are stout patriots but that is insane!
I think Gunny should have unloaded his SAW onto the group that first killed him. Instead of going berserker, I would have just used the machine gun he held in his hand.
The writing was good but there were some flaws. I did like the alien influence when what his name found Earth and messed with peoples minds. The author even through in historical UFO abductee’s. That couple in real life ended up killing themselves later on due to insanity. It is a pretty good book but I won’t be following it myself.

I've found myself compelled to read all six books in the series. Couldn't wait for the next to start. One thing, Book 6 is formatted differently. On my Kindle for PC, all lines are double spaced instead of single spaced with a double between paragraphs like the previous 5 books. Will definitely read other books by Mr. Zerf.

This is a very well written dystopian fantasy. It left me hungry for more and I immediately bought the next two in the series. Mr. Zerf tells a great story. The story is fast paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Enjoyed it enough to buy the second book. Keeps your interest because it has unexpected elements. My only wish is for better editing. Whenever I'm reading, stopping to puzzle out brian for brain, etc. takes one outside the story for a second.

Very good book. It caught my interest immediately and kept it through the entire book. The only problem is it is a continued story and it is not available to purchase. I got the first one free and would gladly pay for it. Very very disappointed by this.

Fiction is never too far from fact, nor imminent reality. This could happen any day....and this fiction would be the new reality. Craig Zerf shows great insight by creating this mixture of possible earthly reality with a parallel universe of extra terrestrial fantasy....can't wait for the next edition!