The character of The Governor was much more believable than the character in the book. So the whole character seemed a little weak and not someone you would even halfway hope to lead people, even as a bad guy. I was hoping that this book would tell more about his background and what was going on at the time that everyone 'turned' but it was set at about two weeks out and didn't give any more past details of who he really was, and in case you haven't read it (SPOILER) he wasn't even who he really was, but pretending to be his own brother. This review covers Rise of the Governor and The Road to Woodbury: I love the show The Walking Dead and I really loved the character The Governor. The Governor has disturbing ideas about law and order. But Lilly begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Best of all, a mysterious self-proclaimed leader called The Governor keeps the citizens in line.

Squatters barter services for food, people have roofs over their heads, and the barricade expands, growing stronger every day.

Dogged by their feral hunger for flesh and crippled by fear, Lilly relies on the protection of good Samaritans by seeking refuge in a walled-in town once known as Woodbury, Georgia.Īt first, Woodbury seems like a perfect sanctuary. While the zombie plague unleashes its horrors on the suburbs of Atlanta without warning, pitting the living against the dead, Lilly Caul struggles to survive in a series of ragtag encampments and improvised shelters. But where did he come from? For the first time, fans of The Walking Dead will discover how The Governor became the man he is, and what drove him to such extremes. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury, he has his own sick sense of whether it's forcing prisoners to battle in a zombie-infested arena for the townspeople's amusement or chopping off the appendages of those who cross him. In the Walking Dead universe, there is no greater villain than The Governor. Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga's thrilling New York Times bestsellers – Rise of the Governor and The Road to Woodbury – are combined to reveal the origin of the most ruthless villain in The Walking Dead Universe!

Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman