The Lash – Last Mayor 7

Mike Grist Books, Writing, Zombie Ocean 4 Comments

The Lash is Book 7 in the chilling Last Mayor series. 7 billion dead. 1 war. Twelve years after the apocalypse ravaged the world, Amo’s dream lies in ruins, obliterated by the great white eye. New LA is forever gone, and with it any hope of peace. All that remains is the lash. Every drop of blood drawn shall be repaid tenfold. Every atrocity meted out shall be answered in kind. The vengeance will be epic, and brutal, and good. What kind of world will survive? The Lash, Book 7 of the Zombie Ocean, is available from these sellers: – …

Zombie Ocean Box Set 2: Books 4-6

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Zombie Ocean Box Set 2 comprises ebooks 4-6 in the Zombie Ocean series, The Loss, The List and The Laws, and tells a zombie apocalypse aftermath story with a twist: only a few hundred in 7 billion people survive. It has over 900 pages (270,000 words) of unique and thrilling post-apocalyptic survival adventure. The Loss 7 billion zombies. 1 man. Ten years after the zombie apocalypse destroyed civilization, ‘Last Mayor of America’ Amo faces the loss of everything he’s built. He wants to be a good man. He wants to save his people. But what is good, and who are …

The Laws – Last Mayor 6

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The Laws is Book 6 in the thrilling Last Mayor series. 7 billion dead. 1 law. Twelve years after the apocalypse, New LA is finally at peace. 3 bunkers have signed the treaty, the demons are gone, and Amo’s people think they’re finally safe. They’re wrong. Lara falls sick, hit by destructive hallucinations that threaten her life, just as The Laws arrive in New LA, fellow survivors with a very different idea of what survival is. Nothing will be the same again. Whose law will stand? The Laws, Book 6 of the Zombie Ocean, is available from these sellers: – …

Zombie Ocean Box Set 1: Books 1-3

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Zombie Ocean Box Set comprises ebooks 1-3 in the Zombie Ocean series, The Last, The Lost and The Least, and tells a zombie apocalypse story with a twist: only one in 10 million people survive. It has over 750 pages (250,000 words) of unique and thrilling post-apocalyptic survival adventure. The Last 7 billion zombies. 1 man. When the zombie apocalypse hits America, not a soul is left alive. Except Amo. He’s a comic book artist. He’s a video game world builder. He’s just a regular guy living in New York city, with only his wits, creativity and basic decency to …

The List – Zombie Ocean 5

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The List is Book 5 in the Zombie Ocean series, and a zombie apocalypse story with a twist: there are 30,000 non-immune survivors who want our heroes dead. 7 billion zombies. 1 sheriff. At five years old Anna survived the first zombie apocalypse, but lost her father. At fifteen she survived the second, but lost even more. She can’t allow a third. She has a list of all the bunkers. She has the skills to take them down. But the bunkers won’t go down without a fight that will change the world. Who will survive? Revenge thriller meets the zombie …

3-book promotion

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This evening I set up a three book (I should say ‘product’) promotion- The Last free, The Loss (book 4) free, and the box set books 1-3 99cents, starting on April 18-22. It took two hours to get it all done, and in total if all promotion sites accept me, it’ll cost $510. It looks like a lot. It is a lot. But the last time I did this I spent $630 and ultimately got more than double that back. Plus- Mark Dawson, King of book facebook ads, spends about $20,000 a month on advertising, and gets more than that …

Why I write.

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Every time I finish writing a book and take a few weeks off, I start thinking about how ‘thin’ life is. I check my ads and my book sales more. I eagerly await feedback from ARC readers. I read more political news than usual, until I get sick of it, and start casting around for other things to do. I do the cover and editing. I update my website and marketing. I play Civ 4. I check in with family and friends, until everyone I know is accounted for. I watch everything I want to watch, read everything I want …

Facebook ad results for The Last, The Lost, The Least box set

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For the past week I’ve been experimenting with Facebook advertising to push my box set, books 1-3 of the Zombie Ocean: The Last, The Lost, The Least. http://www.amazon.com/Last-Lost-Least-Box-Books-ebook/dp/B01CDK32PO It’s not my first time to run facebook ads, but my first time to make some effort. On previous occasions I didn’t design the ad image or pay much attention to the ad copy. It failed. It seems to have failed this time too :(. Despite this lovely ad I made: You can’t have much text on Facebook ads, though book covers are exempt. There is text allowed around it, and I …

The Loss – Zombie Ocean 4

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The Loss is Book 4 in the thrilling Zombie Ocean series. 7 billion zombies. 1 mayor. Ten years after the zombie apocalypse destroyed civilization, ‘Last Mayor of America’ Amo faces the loss of everything he’s built. He wants to be a good man. He wants to save his people. But what is good, and who are his people any more? He will save or break the world. The zombie apocalypse like you’ve never seen it before, packed with gore, twists and severe moral hazard.   The Loss, Book 4 of the Zombie Ocean, is available in e-book format for $3.99: …