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Dead of Night

A Zombie Novel

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Dead of Night

By: Jonathan Maberry
Narrated by: William Dufris
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A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he can be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang… but a bite.

©2011 Jonathan Maberry (P)2011 Macmillan Audio Fantasy Fiction Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Zombie

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Great story, as expected from this author, but spoiled by the narration. This was a shame, but not everything on Audible can be read by Sean Barratt or Ray Porter!

Dreadful narration

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I loved the story but the narrator was terrible at times. He kept getting carried away thinking he was Vincent Price... Muahahar.

Great story, poor Narrator

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It's been a while since I bought this book and this will be my second time reading it but I am and will always be a fan of Mr mayberry and his books - this is a great introduction to a world that not only works with but compliments the original movies

A cracking story

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The plot sounded promising - a zombie outbreak. So much could be covered. But I felt that this book was very slow paced. And also, how many zombies do you need to see before you realize they're... uh... zombies? The writing style was also different to what I was used to. Having listened to a lot of Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan and so on, I was surprised at how different this was. I guess this was a little like getting a trashy novel out, ha ha! But I don't regret, it - I did listen to it all the way through.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I actually really liked the ending. That surprised me because I didn't really think I'd get to the end. But it kept my attention, and the ending actually made me think, 'I'd like to know what happens next'.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I wasn't keen on the narrator but I did listen to the whole book, so I guess he can't have been that bad.

Don't Expect Shakespeare, But It's OK To Pass Time

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So the story is about what you'd expect from a zombie novel. Don't get me wrong it's pretty ok as zombie stories go. However characters are overdramatic in their behavior although the obvious is staring them in the face.
Some are combat veterans but still find it hard to aim at short distances ?!
The "logic" of some characters is dumfounding,(in a bad way) although they are presented as rational beings.
The action is taking place in a time when smartphones exist, yet no one takes pictures or video of what is happening to post it on social media?!
And there are other inconsistencies that I will not spoil. Would recommend though that you also read/listen to the Joe Ledger series and you'll understand.

Entertaining

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Jonathan Maberry is on his way to becomming a grandmaster of terror fiction. bloody awesome bloody awesome bloody awesome bloody awesome bloody awesome bloody awsome bloody awsome bloody awsome bloody awesome bloody awesome bloody awesome.

dead of night

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Having been through every single Joe ledger story i thought I'd try one of his others. Liked it very much, strong female lead this time instead but I think it's maberry's overall style i like as this was easily as good as any of the ledger novels. Well read and most importantly, a different voice.

Different but similar to Joe ledger

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I loved the descriptions as the story unfolded with grizzly but not gratuitous terror. A triumph.

Outstanding

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