History Literature / BlackTideRising

* AuthorFilibuster: There is, at one point, a rant about how the pharmaceutical industry giants and the Bush administration may be responsible for the virus and/or delayed vaccination. It's delivered by an unreasonable strawman figure who doesn't believe in vaccination in general.

* Under a Graveyard Sky (2013)
* To Sail a Darkling Sea (2014)

* Stacey Smith: Steve wife and engineer extraordinaire.

* GroinAttack: In a discussion on how to deal with infected security people [[spoiler:aboard a cruise liner]] who are wearing body armor, Faith suggests a chainsaw. When Fontana points out the kevlar armor would jam the chain, she says "come up", and makes a motion of cutting up between the legs.

* HumanResources: The fastest way of collecting large amounts of antibodies for use in a vaccine against [=H7D3=] is to collect the fluids from the head and spine of its victims. The task is done under secret conditions by Thomas Smith and some associates due to the illegality of the act.

* LittleMissBadass: Faith, ''Faith'' FAITH! Sophia also though not as much.

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Faith goes a little into this after they board a yacht that was taken over by the mercenaries hired to protect it and they kill and rape everyone there. It becomes more serious when they're clearing the cruise ship. Oddly it's not fighting zombies that does it but the horror shows in the cabins, even the ones where they find survivors. She turns Trixie, a teddy bear they found on one ship into a CompanionCube as a coping mechanism.]]

* SyntheticPlague: [=H7D3=] is a purposefully designed, multi-stage agent that ultimately turns its victims into ''very'' aggressive humans with no real sapience, basically being little more than two-legged feral animals.
* [[spoiler: [[VestigialEmpire Vestigial Government]]: A bare remnant of the US government and military still remains]]
* TheVirus: [=H7D3=] also called [=The Pacific Virus=] is man-made. Also a has [[spoiler: dualistic expression meaning it has two viruses in one and you need to prevent [=both=]

* SanitySlippage: Faith goes a little into this after they board a yacht that was taken over by the mercenaries hired to protect it and they kill and rape everyone there. It becomes more serious when they're clearing the cruise ship. Oddly it's not fighting zombies that does it but the horror shows in the cabins, even the ones where they find survivors. She turns Trixie, a teddy bear they found on one ship into a CompanionCube as a coping mechanism.

** TechnicallyLivingZombie: The infected are still alive in the biological sense, and can starve to death if left without food for sufficiently long time, but in the mental and emotional sense no longer really qualify as human. They also hibernate to save energy

* YinYangSiblings: Sofia and Faith

* WouldHurtAChild: Many people comment on the fact they don't like the zombie children and while we don't see it happen the characters clean up the remains of children on occasion.

Not to be confused with IThoughtItWas DarkTide

* SyntheticPlague: [=H7D3=] is a purposefully designed, multi-stage agent that ultimately turns its victims into ''very'' aggressive humans with no real sapience, basically being little more than two-legged feral animals.

** Flesh-EatingZombies: Natch, although they also will often (but not always) eat other zombies if no humans are around.

* ZombieApocalypse: Yes

* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The infected are still alive in the biological sense, and can starve to death if left without food for sufficiently long time, but in the mental and emotional sense no longer really qualify as human.

* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI is mentioned several times as making it difficult to track down the virus, as the microbiology experts supposed to be assisting them are also the primary suspects, and the FBI's concern is more "find the guilty party" than "stop the virus". CDC staffers are particularly hostile to the FBI, thanks to how they reacted to previous events like the anthrax attack shortly after [[WarOnTerror the September 11, 2001 attack]].

* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI is mentioned several times as making it difficult to track down the virus, as the microbiology experts supposed to be assisting them are also the primary suspects, and the FBI's concern is more "find the guilty party" than "stop the virus". CDC staffers are particularly hostile to the FBI, thanks to how they previous events like the anthrax attack shortly after [[WarOnTerror the September 11, 2001 attack]].

* HatePlague: [=H7D3=] ultimately turns the infected into feral, non-sapient cannibalistic animals who are human only in a biological sense.

* TheGunslinger: Faith in particular is a regular GunPorn aficionado, in the first part of ''Under a Graveyard Sky'' quite frequently thwarted by UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity's strict gun control laws. Her sister Sofia is more intellectually oriented, but she's also quite comfortable with shooting, as a result of the training she and her sister received from their father.

* Steven John Smith: Australian born ex-soldier.

* GirlsWithGuns: Faith in particular is a regular GunPorn aficionado, in the first part of ''Under a Graveyard Sky'' quite frequently thwarted by UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity's strict gun control laws. Her sister Sofia is more intellectually oriented, but she's also quite comfortable with shooting, as a result of the training she and her sister received from their father.

Under a Graveyard Sky

* GirlsWithGuns

* TechnicallyLivingZombie

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''Black Tide Rising'' is a zombie apocalypse series by John Ringo, focusing on a CrazyPrepared family surviving the initial outbreak (attending the last concert in Manhattan in the progress) and taking refuge on a small boat in the Northern Atlantic. After a few months, they start scavenging other vessels, clearing them of zombies and rescuing survivors, finally establishing a small, well, nation of its own, charter and all.

Steven John Smith: Australian born ex-soldier.
Stacey Smith: Steve wife and engineer extraordinaire.
Sofia: 15 year-old daughter of Steve and Stacey, the [[SmartGuy Smart Chick]].
Faith: The ActionGirl. As in wearing 60 pounds of combat gear, fighting her way through entire hordes of zombies by hand, and doing all that while being 13 years old.

* SyntheticPlauge: [=H7D3=] is a purposefully designed, multi-stage agent that ultimately turns its victims into ''very'' aggressive humans with no real sapience, basically being little more than two-legged feral animals.

Black Tide rising is a zombie apocalypse series by Creator/JohnRingo, focusing on a crazy prepared family surviving the initial outbreak (attending the last concert in Manhattan in the progress) and taking refuge on a small boat in the Northern Atlantic. After a few months, they start scavenging other vessels, clearing them of zombies and rescuing survivors, finally establishing a small, well, nation of its own, charter and all.

* To Sail a Darkling Sea (2014)

Steven John Smith:

Sofia: 15 year-old daughter of Steve and Stacey, the SmartChick.

Under a Graveyard Sky (2013)
To Sail a Darkling Sea (2014)