it is tacked on at the end, has no point or resolution and seems to be there to add some pages to this story, and, perhaps, because the author needs these characters 'in place' for book 4? No idea. Or with character development: we've already seen tons of pages about Mike, so why do we need this unrelated flashback?I also don't know why we're subjected to an unrelated thread where we start following Paul's journey. The only purpose I can see for this epilogue is so the author can use a short story he wrote about the same characters - because it certainly has nothing to do with these zombie books. And to top it off, the epilogue goes back into the past where we have to hear about Talbot using drugs (I thought he was a marine? drug use doesn't really fit that, does it?). It felt like the story should have ended after the battle at Camp Custer since that was the climax of the story, but then it goes on and on and on with dozens more scenes that had no real purpose (i.e. And a bit less complaining about women, so that is another plus. There is less rectal humor in this one, so that is a big plus.
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