This is my first AwA book and damn, Percy knocked it out the park.

So remember world war z? Not the movie but the book. This is very similar. Take a bunch of different characters and give their prospective of the zombie outbreak.But that's not a brand new idea, we've seen that before. But this book does it where each two pages we switch to the other protagonist in this series. So this gives Percy a job to get me invested in characters in basically 4 pages per issue. Not easy, huh?

But somehow he makes it work.

We have the first few pages opening with how the virus began, or where it came from. A scientist explaining she was trying to get away from civilization but instead might have caused the end of it by finding a body in the ice. Of course this body leads to the first outbreak. We then get to know 4 very different stories. One about a boy trying to survive in the streets of Mexico while also getting his revenge from his parents being killed. An assassin losing someone close to him and trying to find peace. Another about woman who were abused and treated like shit their whole life not fighting back. And last but not least a crazy conspiracy theory guy who knew the zombie outbreak would be coming and prepared himself.

I believe almost all the stories are interesting. For me the least interesting if I'm being honest is the boy in Mexico. I just don't find him as compelling. And while I love the start of the woman in Afghanistan, I'm not sure where it's going. The assassin's story is fast paced and fun, the scientist is filled with dread, and then the best is the overweight conspiracy guy who just makes you laugh.

I'm excited to dive deeper into this world, this is a great first volume.