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The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor

By: Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga
Narrated by: Fred Berman
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Following in the footsteps of the New York Times bestselling graphic novels and the record-breaking new television show, this debut novel in a trilogy of original Walking Dead books chronicles the back story of the comic book series greatest villain, The Governor.

In The Walking Dead universe, there is no greater villain than The Governor. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury, he has his own sick sense of justice: whether it's forcing prisoners to battle zombies in an arena for the townspeople's amusement, or chopping off the appendages of those who cross him. The Governor was voted "Villain of the Year" by Wizard Magazine the year he debuted, and his story arc was the most controversial arc in the history of The Walking Dead comic book series. Now, for the first time, fans of The Walking Dead will discover how The Governor became the man he is, and what drove him to such extremes.

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Critic Reviews

“Fred Berman's narration is smooth and keeps listeners engaged throughout this audio version. He develops solid, authentic-sounding voices for most of the book's characters, particularly the authoritative Phillip and Brian, whose voice is soft with a hint of weakness…As the narrative moves into more pitched moments, Berman chooses pauses and projection with a great deliberateness, adding to the suspense and making the prose all the more impactful” —Publishers Weekly

“There's a lot of grisly uncomfortable stuff here, and I can't imagine another narrator handling it better. I look forward to hearing [Fred Berman] again soon.” —SFFaudio

“The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor is the perfect Halloween listen full of zombie action, a touch of gore, and some intriguing characters trying to survive in a changed world” —The Guilded Earlobe
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Rise of the Governor follows the Blake Bros with Philip’s daughter Penny, and school buddies Nick and Bobby as they fight for survival and search for sanctuary as the end of days begins.

For anyone that enjoys The Walking Dead comic or tv series. It has the same panic-inducing feel as the rest of the series with plenty of characters to never get attached to.
It’s not really a prequel to the tv series as there’s a few chapters the show used a bit differently later on. It’s still enjoyable to have it to compare and find the Easter eggs but you could definitely use it to go with the comics and lead up to the next book.

Great backstory for the Governor

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The narrator is awesome great voice and voice acting. I just bought the next books in the series because of him.

great narrator

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This is focused on the comic books and NOT the tv show so keep that in mind. It's not the best writing and at times it's a little painful with a fairly slow story but the narrator helps make it a more enjoyable listen. Definitely recommend for TWD fans.

Not too bad

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A hard listen at times - unforgiving Well its been a long time since I had to turn a audio book off a few times due to the raw horror of the narrated story. A very hard take on the Zombie world of the walking dead. Full on and not for the average listener. Great performance by Fred Berman delivering this rock hard audio story.

HARD AND UNRELENTING

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