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Plague of the Dead
- Morningstar Strain
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
When a massive military operation fails to contain the plague of the living dead it escalates into a global pandemic. In one fell swoop, the necessities of life become much more basic. Gone are petty everyday concerns. Gone are the amenities of civilized life. Yet a single law of nature remains: Live, or die. Kill, or be killed. On one side of the world, a battle-hardened General surveys the remnants of his command: a young medic, a veteran photographer, a brash Private, and dozens of refugees, all are his responsibility-all thousands of miles from home. Back in the United States, an Army Colonel discovers the darker side of Morningstar virus and begins to collaborate with a well-known journalist to leak the information to the public...The Morningstar Saga has begun.
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- Smavlo
- 27-06-17
Great fun if familiar
Really enjoyed this book - it wasn't challenging and was familiar but I looked forward to listening to it. Recommended.
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- Simon
- 04-12-14
Original no. Good story nonetheless . . . Yes!
I really enjoyed this book. It was neither original nor ground-breaking but it does the most important thing a good zombie story should and keeps you interested by building decent characters and making you care about them . . . while of course putting them through various stages of hell one earth!
Even then it's not perfect, the early part uses e-mail exchanges to build the background which would be a neat idea if not for the long repetition of the e-mail addresses etc that accompanied each such interlude. I'd also believe that not all stressed American soldiers sound like Shaggy out of Scooby Doo either.
Those things aside though this is a fine audiobook, the narrator does do a good job with it such that characters are easily distinguished for the most part and the story moves long at a good pace.
If you like good stories with zombies then this is as good a book to spend your credits on as most in the genre.
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- dee
- 22-04-21
Repetitive and poorly edited.
The plot is quite interesting. However, character development is not good and the writer repeats whole sentences at regular intervals, which should have been edited out.
The behaviour of so-called experts like the general is not very convincing. The sections with Anna are better than those with the soldiers.
It had potential, but didn't really deliver.
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- Mark Hunter
- 29-02-20
Took me into their world
the narrator was so good I could close my eyes and feel like I was in a room with them talking around me.
the story has always been great, I've read and re read the books for years.
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- Peteworrall
- 03-12-12
Great zombie epic
This book (and the second and third books in the series (Thunder and Ashes, and Survivors)) is a really great zombie epic, charting the trials and tribulations of a various survivors with interlocking story-lines. Spanning the course of about six months after case 'zero' - the first recorded human infection - this story documents how the world fell apart, and how the survivors worked toward finding a cure. Well worth a listen. It is packed with action, emotion and, of course, zombies! This has a very real feel to it, and is not like others I have listened to which felt amateur. This is clearly written by a pro.
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- jimbo
- 10-07-17
great
read the hard copy and listened to the audiobook. unreal :) would recomend. easy 5 stars.
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- RUFUSD&B
- 07-01-12
Couldn't stop listening ! Action packed, !
This book kept me with earphone's on none stop, great zombie book, tense, nail biting but even funny,
Very sad to hear that the writer died in his earlie 20's, he did a book 2 which I'm looking forward to hearing but not sure of book 3?
I would recommend this audio release.
"O Haa !!" As soilders say
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- Jon D.
- 05-01-17
Wonderful nonsense
Would you consider the audio edition of Plague of the Dead to be better than the print version?
I love books like this because you can, work, excersise, have it on in the background and you do not have to listen too hard to follow the plot.
What other book might you compare Plague of the Dead to, and why?
Take your pick of any of the multitude of Zombie novels, this is similar to all but better than most.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
I love the opening scenes where the problem is beginning to escalate.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Not that sort of book, imagine a trashy American horror movie and your not far off this book.
Any additional comments?
To be fair, it does not offer anything different from most Zombie books but the flow of the story is great, the characters and dialogue are poached from Aliens and this somehow makes it more enjoyable. Switch off your brain and enjoy.
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- Andrew
- 16-04-12
Slow start but stick with it!
Well after the first 10 minuets it was driving me wild with the repeating of email addresses but after that it was worth the wait. As a fan of the walking dead, this runs on a similar path though with goverment agencies and the military.
Gripping stuff and you dont want it too end.
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- Carl
- 08-12-20
fantastic
it was slow to start but after a couple of chapters it was really good recommend it to anyone who likes zombies
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