Scott Sigler. (2008). Contagious: A Novel. Crown.

Scott Sigler. 2008. Contagious: A Novel. Crown.

Scott Sigler, Contagious: A Novel. Crown, 2008.

Scott Sigler. Contagious: A Novel. Crown, 2008.

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   • bioText: SCOTT SIGLER’s fiction podcasts have drawn a huge and devoted following. His serialized stories have held the number one position in all the podcast indexes, including iTunes. Scott’s first hardcover release, Infected, was translated into a dozen languages and is being adapted for film by Random House Films/Rogue Pictures. Scott lives in San Francisco with his wife and their dog.
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From the acclaimed author of Infected comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanity’s secret battle against a horrific enemy.
Across America, a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda. The human race fights back, yet after every battle the disease responds, adapts, using sophisticated strategies and brilliant ruses to fool its pursuers. The only possible explanation: the epidemic is driven not by evolution but by some malevolent intelligence.
Standing against this unimaginable threat is a small group, assembled under the strictest secrecy. Their best weapon is hulking former football star Perry Dawsey, left psychologically shattered by his own struggles with this terrible enemy, who possesses an unexplainable ability to locate the disease’s hosts. Violent and unpredictable, Perry is both the nation’s best hope and a terrifying liability. Hardened CIA veteran Dew Phillips must somehow forge a connection with him if they’re going to stand a chance against this maddeningly adaptable opponent. Alongside them is Margaret Montoya, a brilliant epidemiologist who fights for a cure even as she reels under the weight of endless horrors.
These three and their team have kept humanity in the game, but that’s not good enough anymore, not when the disease turns contagious, triggering a fast countdown to Armageddon. Meanwhile, other enemies join the battle, and a new threat — one that comes from a most unexpected source — may ultimately prove the most dangerous of all.
Catapulting the reader into a world where humanity’s life span is measured in hours and the president’s finger hovers over the nuclear button, rising star Scott Sigler takes us on a breathtaking, hyper-adrenalized ride filled with terror and jaw-dropping action. Contagious is a truly grand work of suspense, science, and horror from a new master.

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   • source: Entertainment Weekly
   • content: "An inventive, amped-up yarn . . . full of pressure-cooker mind games."
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   • source: Rocky Mountain News
   • content: "Fraught with tension . . . Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Hot Zone."
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   • source: James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain
   • content: "Part Stephen King, part Chuck Palahniuk . . . a pulpy masterpiece of action, terror, and suspense."
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   • content: "Powerfully written . . . [with] an unforgettable central character. You'll never listen to Cole Porter's 'I've Got You Under My Skin' the same way again."
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   • source: Roanoke Times
   • content: "Once begun, not easily put down . . . leaves the reader's heart still racing whenthe last page is turned."
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   • source: Lincoln Child,New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm
   • content: "A marvel of gonzo, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute terror. Sigler is masterfulat grabbing the reader by the throat and refusing to let go."
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   • source: Publishers Weekly (starred review)
   • content: "Riveting . . . leads the reader from one startling detail to the next . . . a terrifying page-turner."
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     November 10, 2008
     Alien invaders threaten humanity in Sigler’s over-the-top thriller, the sequel to Infected
     . In the near future, U.S. president John Gutierrez goes straight from his inauguration to crisis management when his national security team informs him that he must focus his attention on Project Tangram, a secret government program to stave off an epidemic caused by alien parasites, which form itchy blue triangular patches on the skin. Victims eventually become paranoid and violent. As the infestation spreads, Gutierrez must decide whether the outbreak can be contained without the use of tactical nukes on American soil. Meanwhile, the creatures responsible for the parasites get a foothold in Michigan through a seven-year-old girl, who manifests possession by drawing blue triangles on her dolls. While lacking the psychological sophistication of Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers
     or David Gerrold’s War Against the Chtorr series, this page-turner builds inexorably to an explosive ending. 5-city author tour.
     

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     Starred review from November 15, 2008
     In Infected (2008), Sigler crafted an intense thriller in which an alien species infects humans, inflicts them with nasty triangular growths, and turns them into murderous creatures.Apparently that was just the beginning. In this sequel, which, thanks to some nifty backfilling can be read as a stand-alone, the aliens are changing their attack plans, sending down to Earth a new version of the infection, one that can be transmitted by humans from host to host. The heroes of the first novel return: epidemiologist Margaret Montoya, gung-ho CIA man Dew Phillips, and Perry Dawsey, who, in the previous novel, dealt with his alien infection in a unique and somewhat grisly manner. Now Perry is attuned to the aliens, able to overhear their chatter and lead pursuers to their centers of activity, where the aliens appear to be building portals designed to let the first wave of invaders come to our planet. This is a gutsy, ambitious, and completely seductive novel, B-movie horror of the highest order, told with conviction and gusto. The characters are appropriately larger than life (but still recognizable as real people), and the author is clearly a talented storyteller who knows how to write scenes that are graphic, frightening, and memorable.Many veteran horror writers will be grinding their teeth in envy. A definite must-read, whether youve read Infected or not.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)

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Across America, a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda. The human race fights back, yet after every battle the disease responds, adapts, using sophisticated strategies and brilliant ruses to fool its pursuers. The only possible explanation: the epidemic is driven not by evolution but by some malevolent intelligence.
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