Book, Fantasy, Post Apocolyptic, series

Lambs, World Gone Down by Benton Ford

Karen J. Mossman

I’ve only read one other book about dinosaurs, and that was set on a lost continent. When I came across this one, I thought—why not?

It’s a twist on the usual post-apocalyptic novels I tend to read. A fast-paced, character- and dialogue-driven tale of beasts invading the city. Invading? Annihilating, more like. I won’t lie—it’s gory, and there are a few interesting pencil-drawn graphics at the beginning of some chapters, which I really liked.

What keeps the story moving is the different narratives unfolding. These characters have no connection to each other, and as always, I’m hoping they’ll eventually be drawn together as survivors fighting side by side. We’ll see—this is just the start of the series.

The first book is free, and I’d hoped the rest might be in Kindle Unlimited, but sadly not. I’d rather not buy more just yet, but with my birthday coming up, I’ve added them to my Amazon wish list and am hoping someone might gift me the next one. 😁

Thankfully, the story doesn’t end on a cliffhanger—am I the only one who hates those?—but it’s still very much incomplete.

A great start to a series if you enjoy this kind of story.

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Book Blurb and Link

Lambs: World Gone Down (Survivors: Volume 1): the thrilling debut novel from Benton Ford, the hottest new name in post-apocalyptic science fiction, a masterful tale of a civilisation on the verge of collapse.

On a warm summer’s afternoon, something goes wrong. The power goes down, bombs falls from the sky, and monstrous creatures begin stalking the streets.

As the people turn against each other, the survivors must come to terms with this new world and their own place within it. Teenagers Emily and Kenny battle to cross the wasteland that London has become. Unassuming nurse Alan Graf must battle to protect his dying father as the world collapses around them. And escaped convict Mark Raine faces a race against time to get back to the family he loves.

Nothing for any of them will ever be the same again. All they know is that the world they had known is gone, and that in this new world, they are no longer top of the food chain. No longer the predators, now they are nothing more than lambs…

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A Six Book Series

9 thoughts on “Lambs, World Gone Down by Benton Ford”

  1. You’re not the only one who hates cliffhangers. I do, too. I refuse to read a book that has them.

    Do you have any idea how long this series is going to be? I took a look on Amazon, and Book 6 is on pre-order.

    As an aside, I wish Amazon would open KU to all authors but understand why they don’t. Since starting wide back in 2009, I feel trapped to stay wide. As a reader, I am a huge fan of KU.

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    1. I would hope by the time I came to book 6, it may have been written.

      Funny that you mention KU. I had a notification from Amazon that your new book was out, then your newsletter arrived. I took a look at it and was already wondering why your books aren’t on there. I’d certainly read a lot more of yours if they were.
      KU is supposed to be open to everyone. I even asked Google –

      Yes, any author with a Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account can enroll their books in Kindle Unlimited (KU) by selecting KDP Select. This program is not restricted by location but requires that the ebook be exclusive to Amazon for 90-day periods.

      Doesn’t KDP Select show on your Amazon Dashboard? If not, I’d definitely contact Amazon.

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      1. I would have to publish my ebooks exclusively on Amazon to be in KU. I started publishing back in 2009. I have some readers I met before KU came along, and they are still buying my books from Barnes & Noble and Apple to this day. A couple even asked me to stay wide because they will not buy on Amazon. For their sake, I stay wide. If I had started after KU came out, I would be in KU. It’s all about the timing. If Amazon ever opens KU to authors on other retailers, I’ll join it.

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      2. It won’t. It has to be exclusive. You could select some series to go in. You don’t have to put them all in, and you can also take them out after 90 days.

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      3. I have considered that, but there are three reasons that have made me decide not to do it.

        1. I don’t know when a person on any of the wide retailers will find my books and want to buy more of them. Sometimes a person will download my Book 1 in a series since it’s free and then wait for months to read it. At that time, they may decide they like my book enough to buy the others in the series. If that series isn’t available to them, I have lost someone who might want to buy all of my books.
        2. I have yet to hear any author who said they rotated their series in and out of KU and found success doing that. Usually, they say they have pissed off KU readers who just discovered them, or they have pissed off wide readers who did the same. It seems that if an author were to do some series in KU and some not, they would be better off keeping those series there. Though, they will risk still upsetting some readers who can’t get the entire backlist on their preferred retailer. I am the kind of reader who is willing to buy a book in KU, but I have been told by enough KU readers that they will never read any of my books until they’re in KU. So I am aware that I’ve lost readers this way. This one is a double-edged sword.
        3. Amazon has removed author books and even deleted accounts. Sometimes it’s a glitch. Sometimes there’s a valid reason. It’s the glitches that bother me. I had a couple of books on the Australian Amazon store that were removed from sale, and there was nothing I could do to get them back on their store. I ended up emailing the Australian reader the books so she could read them. (I did verify she had purchased other books and wasn’t just looking for some free ones.) Right now, over half of my income comes from wide retailers. The wide income has historically been stable compared to Amazon’s up-and-down income. I like that stability. It makes me sleep better at night. For my sanity, I put everything wide.

        I am more than happy to send you my books via email if you would like to read them. My intention is not to create hardship on someone by charging for my books, and you have been very kind to me. Let me know if you would like a certain book(s). Since we are on Facebook, I will send you my email address. I get so much spam that I hesitate to post it in this comment.

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      4. It is a minefield, and you much follow what works for you, so I quite understand.

        Thank you, that is a really lovely offer. In exchange, as I normally do anyway, I review them on my blog, Amazon, Instagram, and my FB author page, so it’s a little promotion for the books too. Will I find the universal link on web pages, best for me to share that, rather exclusively Amazon.

        Next time I come to read yours again, I’ll ask – again, thank you, I really appreciate that.

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      5. I got a chance to go to FB the other day. I left my email there. I just read back through this comment and see you asked about links. I know there’s a place to make a universal one. Let me look into that. It’s very nice of you to help promote my work, but I hope you know that I don’t expect it. I have fun sharing my work with others. By the way, I just finished up the Cassidy series and am going to review Books 1 and 2. I don’t think there’s anything after Book 3 right now, is there? I’ll go check when I’m on Amazon later today. I have to make supper first. 🙂

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      6. When you said your books are available on other platforms, I presumed you must have a universal link. This is where you have one link and the reader can choose where they want to purchase from. For example this is one of mine – https://books2read.com/KJM-The-Seance

        The series you mention – thanks for reading them by the way, has two accompanying short stories. Both are free. They are on Amazon, and not in KU, therefore I have them on draft2digital.com, where they distribute to all the other retailers.
        I can’t offer them free on Amazon as there is no option. The other is called No Ghosts Here.

        I’ve also seen that you have some free books on Amazon, I don’t know how you did that, but I’m looking through them now to choose one. 😊

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      7. I’m familiar with the universal book link. I can always put my book in there to give to you.

        I got No Ghosts Here and The Seance. I just bought them from Amazon. It’s easier for me to stick to one place where your other books are. Amazon price matched my books automatically. I put them at $0.99 and then put them free everywhere else. Sometimes Amazon will price match, and sometimes they won’t. I have never had trouble with this, but I know other authors have. I’m not sure why.

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