Review: London (Surviving the Evacuation #1) by Frank Tayell
I found London utterly gripping — a dark, intense journey into a world torn apart by the undead.
The story throws us into an apocalyptic version of London. Our narrator is stuck in his broken-down flat with a broken leg just as the city is being evacuated. Meanwhile, zombies are closing in, the government is collapsing, and survival feels more like a trap than a way forward.
What really got under my skin was how raw and relentless the tone is. It’s not just about running from monsters, but about what the collapse of society does to people — to trust, to hope, to humanity. The voice is intimate and urgent, the kind of perspective that makes your heart pound without ever resorting to flourishes or over-the-top heroics.
This isn’t fantasy—it’s grimly plausible. It made me think about what I’d do if everything I knew fell apart. And even amid the chaos, there are flickers of courage: struggling to stay alive, to help others, to keep a spark going when darkness threatens to extinguish it.
In short: blistering, haunting, and surprisingly human. I adored it.
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