The Fall of the Governor: Part Two
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Ratings35
Average rating4.1
The fourth book and epic finale to Robert Kirkman's New York Times bestselling series: The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor – Part Two! The Walking Dead original novel series, set in the universe of Robert Kirkman's iconic comic book, comes to a shattering conclusion with The Fall of the Governor – Part Two. From co-authors Kirkman, creator of the Eisner Award-winning comic as well as executive producer of AMC's blockbuster TV series, and Jay Bonansinga, Stoker Award-finalist and internationally acclaimed author, comes this stunning finale to their ambitious chronicle of human survival amid the plague of undead, which began with The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor. In Rise of the Governor, uber-villain Philip Blake journeyed from his humble beginnings directly into the dark heart of the zombie apocalypse, and became the self-proclaimed leader of a small town called Woodbury. In The Road to Woodbury, an innocent traveler named Lilly Caul wound up in the terrifying thrall of Phillip Blake's twisted, violent dictatorship within Woodbury's ever tightening barricades. In The Fall of the Governor – Part One, Philip Blake finally revealed himself to be the true monster that he is, and the battle lines were drawn between the Governor and the desperate, beleaguered inhabitants of a nearby prison. Now, in The Fall of the Governor Part Two, the Governor's dark journey reaches its shocking, heartrending conclusion. In a roller coaster finale, war breaks out, all of the plot lines from the previous three novels converge, tensions boil over into unthinkable mayhem, and the dark destinies of those few left standing are sealed in a series of stunning twists.
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6 primary booksThe Walking Dead: Novels is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Jay Bonansinga, Robert Kirkman, and Joana Faro.
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Now I LOVE these first volumes. Really everything up to Alexandra is some of my favorite comic stuff out there. But I have to knock this volume in a minor way and that's purely because of how it rushes to close out the Prisoner storyline, the rushed way it handles a love triangle, but overall the fight between Tyreese and Rick is great, and of course this volume ends with the titular "WE are the Walking Dead" line from Rick, so it's an important set of issues going forward, it's just not many of my favorite.
Volume 4 of Kirkman's zombie series watches the characters slider further into despair and moral ambiguity as they attempt to re-build their lives inside the prison that they started to occupy in volume three.[return]The zombies are featured much less in this volume, allowing our human characters a little bit of ‘down time'. In that time, though, we see Kirkman engage in discussions on the sanctity of life, one's place in society, the possibility for redemption, and the role of laws within society. If he keeps up the quality of writing displayed with this book and the last, I think this might end up being the greatest piece of zombie fiction ever created.
The inconsistencies with the continuing story and random actions of the characters have made me decide to quit reading the series. I enjoyed the first season of the TV series and for now will continue to watch it. It diverged quite a bit from the comic books.
