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  • By: Devon C. Ford
  • Narrated by: John Lee
  • Length: 38 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (366 ratings)
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By: Devon C. Ford
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Summary

Apocalypse: Disorder and chaos ravage London when thousands are contaminated by the accidental discharge of an experimental bioweapon. The disease robs its hosts of rational thought, giving them a singular desire - find more living flesh to infect.

Aftermath: Peter, alone by choice and oddly thriving, finds himself suddenly responsible for the life of someone other than himself. Elsewhere, other survivors stake their own claims to land and resources, but the inexplicable swarms of undead threaten to gather and dissipate constantly.

Abandoned: The virus spreads to every corner of the country while the combined forces of the naval fleet set sail for deeper waters and leave the UK to its fate. The few groups that remain are separated after a fateful battle for England, left to their own devices.

Adversity: As if flesh-hungry zombies weren't enough, a harsh winter strikes.

Adaptation: The apocalypse continues in the penultimate chapter of the Toy Soldiers series. Will anybody make it out alive?

Annihilation: Fleeing the seemingly unstoppable enemy, the survivors pin their hopes on a final attempt for freedom, but that means they must turn their backs on their home forever.

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Reads like an uninspired furniture catalogue

Just after finishing his other series: 'After it happened', I saw the publishers pack for this series, and loving the AiH books, I bought it.

This series has no interesting characters, it is dull and reads like an ikea catalogue from the 80s. Where the AiH series shines with humor, lovable characters and interesting storytelling, these books bores you to the point where you wish the entire ensamble of characters are eaten by the infected (except Peter and Amber, the only characters in the book that had any potential of being remotely interesting, unfortunately even that is squandered). Actually at some point I wished for the limas to come and get me, so I wouldn't feel obligated to finish this series just because I payed for it.

I believe the narrator does a somewhat ok job, looking at what he has to work with, but in the end, it is far from enough to elevate the experience to anything remotely enjoyable.

Spend your money or credits on something else, that's my two cents, but your milage may vary.

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brilliant

absolutely brilliant. rollercoaster ride of action, made all the better for being set in the UK. I just can't speak highly enough of the author.

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Heads and shoulders better than the competition.

It is a guilty secret pleasure of mine to enjoy reading /listening to post apocalyptic fiction. But as I must not be alone in this there is a multitude to choose from.
I am very pleased to be able to say that Toy Soldiers is one of the better ones that I have came across in a while.
For me I suppose one of the attractions to post apocalyptic fiction is that the characters are peeled back to their basic core humanity, why do some thrive whilst others cannot cope. That is when you exclude the books written about super special forces soldiers who no matter what situations they find themselves in, they will overcome insurmountable odds and survive to face another challenge.
Yes this series contains soldiers from the SAS but there are enough soldiers from different units, and not forgetting the civilians to compare and contrast all of their different coping mechanisms that you can compare who is basically surviving and who is thriving. Of course post appocalypse fiction is a combination of fantasy and science fiction and for enjoyments sake as a reader you have to suspend realism so as the story develops.
The difficulties of suspending this realism depends on the success of the author in telling their tale.
Where Toy Soldiers succeeds is in its multitude of different characters who are introduced slowly enough to the plot so as it does not get confusing to remembers who is who. Meanwhile I am able to suspend my own stresses and worries from my own life and switch off and let the story to allow me to escape from my own reality and enjoy the story to take me to a different place but fundamentally similar to my own.

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Very good series of books

We've all worked with a Nevin, and luckily a Johnson and a few junior Palmers in our time. Just brilliant and great narration. Good technical knowledge from the author good homework on his behalf or ex-mob. Can't recommend enough and can't wait for the TV series as you can't shoehorn that into a movie..

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A must read

If you’re like me and a bit of geek for all things eighties, then you’ll absolutely love this book. I’m still shocked at all the historically accurate gear and equipment the characters use. The book itself is thrilling, chilling and exciting. I definitely recommend it.

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Way above the majority

There are some excellent characters in this story and action is paced perfectly. It's a personal thing but I think zombies in the UK just works.

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Brilliant

An absolutely fabulous series. The story is not only about the zombies, but also the characters. These are extremely well written and you can really get behind them (whether they're good or bad ones!). Setting this story in the 80's also gives it a real twist, so rather than having an informed, connected world, the characters deal with older traditional media sources, lack of instant communication and so on. Love the series!

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Truly sad when series came to an end

Realistic and endearing characters that I could empathise with and feel part of their journey.

Being British and listening to an end of the world type book set in Britain, with British culture with British narrator made me feel more connected to the story. Most genres hail from America and I sometimes struggle with the nuances and accents. Therefore this book was amazing as I loved the humour, the tempered down emotions and that not everything was a cliff hanger.

Showing my age, I grew up tin the 1980s for it was nostalgic revisiting the era and my formative memories. The author did well in recapturing that decade.

Toy Soldiers is brilliant and even if the zombie genre is not for you, this book may be for you. It’s much more than ‘see zombie, shoot, run and repeat’. It’s a story of survival, friendship, trust, relationships, leadership and fear.


If in doubt about reading this, there is no doubt, just buy it and enjoy the story.

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Brilliant

I’ve listened to many many audio books. And this one has been the best by far story brilliant. Narrator brilliant. 5 stars if I could I would give it ten.

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Great listen, really enjoy Devon C.Ford books

Great listen, narrator enjoyable with different accents and an exciting voice compared to others. Good purchase.

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