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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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- Colin
- 19-07-10
Plague of the Dead
Excellent want to hear more
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- james
- 20-11-11
oh zombies
first 5 mins is proper boring but as soon as they get into it gripping cant wait till my next credit to get the next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Steven
- 09-07-17
good zombie novel
liked it but want to know what happens next! hope there is a new one soon.
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- 12-01-22
Could Imagine This on Netflix
Could Imagine This on Netflix
🧡 I highly recommend this for fans of the zombie genre. It has the slick feel of a zombie TV series, with multiple storylines and a large cast of characters. Everything moves at an exciting, break-neck speed, with tensions and stakes always high. One minute, it’s focused on a journalist in a Washington DC TV studio, the next it smash cuts to a medic in a refugee camp in Cairo.
💚 I liked the incorporation of various professional perspectives. There are soldiers, medics, journalists and government agents, each coming at things from their own specialist angles.
💜 It’s not deep or meaningful, the characters are not complex, but it is entertaining, Plus, if you enjoy it, it’s the first of a series that I thoroughly enjoyed.
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🎧 This is one that’ll keep you on your toes. It calls for a certain level of concentration if you want to keep track of what’s going on.
🎧 Staggeringly good performance by Oliver Wyman, who is the sole narrator in a story with so many voices. Somehow, he imbues every single one with distinct characteristics. What’s more, despite his delightfully deep voice, he takes on female roles as seamlessly as the male.
🎧 Wyman is backed by some serious production chops. There’s a whole team behind this and I could tell. It came through in the flawless transitions between voices and scenes. It’s even evident in the chapter listings, which provide a decent map of the book.
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SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO...
A cross between classic pandemic flick Outbreak and TV’s Walking Dead spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead.
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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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