A good start with room to grow

Dead Awake has a solid premise that places th zombie trope in a location few have chosen to explore as fully as this story does.

Using a school as the initial setting immediately rachets the stakes up to eleven and creates additional dread and complicated emotions especially once firearms enter he picture.

Speaking of picture, this is one of the places where I feel the prose let's the story down. I found myself unable to place the characters and action as clearly as I would have liked. The prose isn't quite as descriptive on environment as I think is needed for a horror tale and that could have rooted me more in the world than I was.

Overall, I think this is a solid start to a horror series that takes some familiar ideas and give them a tweak.