Alisse Lee Goldenberg
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Now Available with Pandamoon Publishing!

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About the Novel

The time is now, and a mysterious virus has infected much of the world's population, turning them into flesh-craving zombies. As people die from what the media call "drug-fuelled Bath Salts attacks" one young mother sees what is truly happening beneath the lies, and with her good friends An and Olivia, takes matters into her own hands to keep her family safe. 

Day by day, Bath Salts tells of their escape to the arctic tundra, and their desperate attempt to survive the elements, zombie attacks, and armed bandits with their humanity intact.


Soon to be rereleased by Pandamoon Publishing.

Preview Excerpt

October 11 

An is completely on board! Turns out  she’s been following the news just as  obsessively as I have. Thank G-d! I don’t know what I would have done if  she’d laughed at me.  Now  all we have to do is start work on our plan. I feel that we are on the verge of
an outbreak. I am talking about a real Romero type walking dead disaster.  I will not allow my family to be hurt  by this. So, after speaking with An, we have a plan for our survival. We are  going to pool our resources and get out before it all gets rough. 

We will begin stockpiling resources  now. An tells me she actually owns a rifle with a scope. I’m glad she couldn’t see my face over the phone when I  heard that. I never pegged her for a hunter, but apparently she used to hunt  with her father when she lived in Calgary, and kept her gun when she came to  Toronto. This is good. I don’t know if there’s time for me to get such a weapon.  The gun laws are very strict here. However, I can easily get a couple of  machetes as secondary weapons. Tomorrow I will head to the camping store and  pick up some more supplies. So far I have also bought the children snowsuits in  several sizes, as well as warm outfits. I hope we don’t stay up there long enough to actually need them all.

 I will write down our plan thus far,  at least so I can keep it all straight in my head: We will purchase a plot of  land as far north as we believe we can go. Once we have it, we found a company  that builds small houses on trailers. We will buy two of them and have them
delivered to our plot of land, and have them outfitted with solar panels. Around  this land we will have a ten foot tall chain link fence with a secure, locked  gate erected. This way, we are in the wilderness, with no people around. No  people means no dead walking around us. As it is very cold, it will deter people  from joining us, and in the winter, the dead will (hopefully) freeze. I  suggested we have a shed or two on this land that we can plug into our trailers,  and we can use these with windows on the roofs and space heaters as makeshift  greenhouses to grow food. She’s down with this plan. Now I need to get Brian on board.


Reviews

Amazon.com by Lynx

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There's a sameness to a lot of zombie novels, but not this one. This focuses as much on the human tragedy of a zombie apocalypse as on the fighting. Two very different women unite to escape from the horror. Preppers will like this, too: These families retreat to the wilderness where they create a defensible homestead. I love that the protagonists are strong, competent women to start with, and they become even more so as they do whatever it takes to keep their families and livestock safe.

It's a bit like King's The Stand -- though mercifully not as long! And with women taking lead roles instead of men. A great read.

Amazon.ca by Mrspwneta

Bath Salts is an extremely well-written book. I love reading about zombies and what people will do in order to survive them, and this book doesn't fail to deliver. The characters are all believably written and I felt for them on every page. There is gore and swearing, but it isn't off-putting or overdone. The use of diary entries to tell the story was a creative decision and I felt that having two different characters write them game a more complete picture of what was going on.

I don't want to give too much away about the plot, but the ideas presented on how to survive was very clever, and I can see this working if (and when) the zombie plague actually does hit. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read. Parts of it are chilling, yet the authors balance this well with humour and true-to-life characterizations. I really hope that this team continues to write in the Bath Salts universe. These characters have much more story to tell. More please!
Lindsay and Jane's Views and Reviews

Written as a diary chronicling the attacks the two main characters Ali & An each add their own p.o.v throughout describing the impending nightmare they are about to face.

Every aspect of their preparation is described perfectly, each tiny unique detail bringing the imagination to life.

I raised questions to myself, having never actually believed this could happen I asked myself throughout, what would I do? How would I handle each situation they faced?

New characters brought into this book midway gave a fresh outlook on the story. I felt it was important they were included as it changed the dynamic and stopped the story becoming monotonous.

I am now convinced that if I hadn’t have been given the opportunity to read this book I would have missed out on the gem this book truly is.


​Where to Purchase

Bath Salts ​is available on Amazon as an ebook and as a paperback.
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