The Infected [Paperback]

Michael McBride (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2009

They're breeding in the darkness, underground, feasting on blood and carrion. For centuries they've been sustained by offerings of ritualistic sacrifice, propagating the contagions to be unleashed on the world through savage stingers, when the day of destiny finally arrives. Millions of sand flies, swarming through caverns riddled with human and animal remains, awaiting the vernal equinox when the serpent god Kukulcán will descend from the heavens to release them and deliver his vengeance upon those who drove his worshippers from their sacred land. The pandemic is at hand, for contained within each of the insects is a deadly combination of microorganisms capable of laying waste to the human immune system and ravaging the flesh, killing the cerebrum and leaving the victim at the mercy of the primitive hindbrain. Those contaminated become enraged creatures functioning on instinct alone, capable only of killing and spreading the disease. The sick now hunt the dwindling bands of survivors, who will soon learn that the only thing worse than dying, is becoming one of The Infected.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Delirium Books (April 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934546151
• ISBN-13: 978-1934546154
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,459,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael McBride was born in Colorado and still resides in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. He hates the snow, but loves the Avalanche. He works with medical radiation, yet somehow managed to produce five children, none of whom, miraculously, have tails, third eyes, or other random mutations. He writes fiction that runs the gamut from thriller to horror to science fiction...and loves every minute of it.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stage set for futher continuations?, June 4, 2009

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This review is from: The Infected (Paperback)

It was a very entertaining story but there are some loose ends which would suggest that there are more volume(s) to come, which would be great as the story begs to be continued.