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3 | In a few short days, 37 year old Emma Rossi’s hard work will finally pay off. She will don her cap and gown and graduate with a degree in nursing, but not before she loses her first patient and is confronted with a new reality. In Cape Coral, Florida, a storm approaches. The dead are coming back to life. |
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5 | And they’re hungry. |
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7 | Infection ravages the Eastern Seaboard with alarming speed while attempts to contain the spread of infection fail. Within days, a small pocket of panicked survivors are all that remain of civilization. Fighting to survive the zombie apocalypse alongside her husband Jake and their dog Daphne, Emma comes face-to-face with her worst nightmare. |
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9 | Relying on snarky wit and sheer determination, she is forced to commit atrocious acts to protect her family and avoid joining the ranks of the undead. |
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11 | ''Time of Death: Induction'' is author Creator/ShanaFesta’s full-length novel debut. It is part of a larger series published by Creator/PermutedPress. Its sequel, ''Time of Death: Asylum'' was released on December 9, 2014. |
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14 | This series contains the following tropes: |
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16 | * ActionGirl: Not quite yet but Emma makes it a point of training in shooting as well as other survival techniques after arriving at the military base. |
17 | ** Becomes a full-blown, albeit subdued, one in ''Asylum.'' |
18 | * ActionSurvivor: Emma has an almost Sookie Stackhouse ability to survive situations untouched which kill everyone around her. [[spoiler: She survives no less than ''three'' separate city-sized settlements being destroyed by zombies.]] |
19 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: The residents of Asylum. Are all of them evil, just some, any of them whatsoever? |
20 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Happens a couple of times. [[spoiler: subverted with Jake.]] |
21 | * AnyoneCanDie: Seems to be the case. [[spoiler: Subverted when Jake is revealed to have survived.]] |
22 | ** Is racheted up in the sequel as no less than ''two'' groups of survivors are wiped out to the man. [[spoiler: Also, Jake's brother]]. |
23 | * AuthorAvatar: An unusual example in the main character's dog is based on the author's RL one. |
24 | * BadassArmy: Almost unprecedented in zombie fiction is the fact the United States Army is presented as completely competent, intelligent, concerned with civilians, and working together. [[spoiler: They still lose.]] |
25 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: A rather dark example as Emma Rossi is there in the emergency room when the first zombie attacks begin. She's also there for several major events in the ensuing zombie war. |
26 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Verges on a DownerEnding. Sanibel Island and its community is destroyed by an outbreak but Emma, her husband, her brother-in-law, her dog, and sister-in-law all escape.]] |
27 | * CrazyEnoughToWork: Emma karaoke-ing "Oops, I did it again" in order to distract the zombie horde. |
28 | ** Later, she finds and kills her brother-in-law's ex-girlfriend's zombie. |
29 | * DeathOfAChild: In the second book, much to Emma's distress. |
30 | * DiabolusExMachina: Happens more or less every time they find some place safe. The first time? ''A hurricane hits their well-fortified house.'' |
31 | ** To be fair, it ''is'' set in Florida. |
32 | *** [[spoiler: Happens again in the finale when a lone survivor away from the rest of the group triggers the zombie outbreak which destroys their otherwise secure island and forces them on the run again.]] |
33 | * DoomedHometown: Emma's hometown is where the zombie apocalypse begins. You do the math. |
34 | * EvilArmy: Subverted resoundingly. |
35 | * GoodLookingPrivates: Jake and many of the men at the military base, according to Emma. |
36 | * HappilyMarried: Jake and Emma. [[spoiler: Their marriage suffers strain as well as a brief period where the other is thought dead due to the zombie apocalypse.]] |
37 | ** Appears to be officially no longer the case come the end of ''Asylum.'' |
38 | * HazyFeelTurn: Jake joining the Asylum military. |
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40 | * TheHeart: Played with as Emma is definitely this in her group but is also the most intelligent and level-headed one. |
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42 | * HumansAreBastards: Subverted, again, for perhaps the first time in zombie fiction where the survivors all cooperate for the greater good. |
43 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Toting around a tiny little dog may not improve your chances for survival in a ZombieApocalypse. Try telling Emma that. |
44 | * KickTheDog: Jake thinks they should leave behind Daphne because she's a burden. Almost becomes his MoralEventHorizon for dog lovers [[spoiler: but he rescues her when she's in danger.]] |
45 | * HospitalHottie: Played with. Emma is a very attractive woman in her late thirties but otherwise normal. |
46 | * LighterAndSofter: Than most zombie novels. Emma never loses her boundless optimism and it's hard to be completely depressed when there's a cute dog accompanying her everywhere. |
47 | * MoodWhiplash: Has some genuinely hilarious laugh out-loud moments and a charmingly optimistic heroine, during the EndOfTheWorld. |
48 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Asylum has a number of rules designed to restrict women to cleaning, child-support, and other locations. As an educated and spunky nurse, Emma resents this. |
49 | * ThePollyanna: Emma is relentlessly cheery. |
50 | * PostApocalypticDog: Daphne. Played with as she's an adorable little Yorkie. |
51 | * SanitySlippage: Jake suffers from this. |
52 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Jake becomes increasingly controlling, nasty, and unpleasant as the books go on. {{Justified|Trope}} as he [[spoiler: just lost his brother.]] |
53 | * TooDumbToLive: Who goes out in the middle of the zombie apocalypse to get some stuff from their car? [[spoiler: A child who just lost her father and needed a keepsake, that's who.]] |
54 | * TownWithADarkSecret: Seems to be the case about Asylum. |
55 | * TheVirus: As with most zombie apocalypses lately. Subverted as it's actually caused by a type of gas. |
56 | * ZombieApocalypse: Caused by a mysterious gas in the ground. |
57 | * ZombieInfectee: They encounter a couple of them, one of whom hides their bite while insisting they weren't bitten. [[spoiler: it ends how you'd expect.]] |
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