on the attack

On the attack starts off with a narrative about a fictional attack in Omarama. Brooks shows off his skill once again writing like a well researched reporter, even though the story is completely made up. he uses a very fast paced writing style to excite the reader. "He entered; screams, moans, shots were heard; then nothing." the semi colons in the quote keep the reader from pausing and makes them take in all this information very quickly. The last phrase "then nothing." really knocks it out of the ball park for me. Its really not what you would expect but but it is so dramatic.
The rest of the passage tells the story of an unorganized zombie assault that resulted in all members of the party being burned alive. It grabs the readers attention, kind of smacking them in the face and implying, this could be you.
After this passage, Brooks adds a little disclaimer that adds lots of authenticity to the writing. "this chapter is designed to help plasn a civillian search and destroy mission. As stated before various government agencies will have their own equipment and doctrine (hopefully) for dealing with such uncoventional war." Passage's like these really allow me to sit back and forget that this book is fictional.