Pandemic

A Novel

By: Scott Sigler

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Scott Sigler's Infected shocked listeners with a visceral, up-close account of physical metamorphosis and one man's desperate fight for sanity and survival, as "Scary" Perry Dawsey suffered the impact of an alien pathogen's early attempts at mass extinction. In the sequel Contagious, Sigler pulled back the camera and let the listener experience the frantic national response to this growing cataclysm.

And now in Pandemic, the entire human race balances on the razor's edge of annihilation, beset by an enemy that turns our own bodies against us, that changes normal people into psychopaths or transforms them into nightmares.

To some, Doctor Margaret Montoya is a hero-a brilliant scientist who saved the human race from an alien intelligence determined to exterminate all of humanity. To others, she's a monster - a mass murderer single-handedly responsible for the worst atrocity ever to take place on American soil.

All Margaret knows is that she's broken. The blood of a million deaths is on her hands. Guilt and nightmares have turned her into a shut-in, too mired in self-hatred even to salvage her marriage, let alone be the warrior she once was.

But she is about to be called into action again. Because before the murderous intelligence was destroyed, it launched one last payload - a soda can-sized container filled with deadly microorganisms that make humans feed upon their own kind.

That harmless-looking container has languished a thousand feet below the surface of Lake Michigan, undisturbed and impotent...until now.

Part Cthulhu epic, part zombie apocalypse and part blockbuster alien-invasion tale, Pandemic completes the Infected trilogy and sets a new high-water mark in the world of horror fiction.

©2014 Scott Sigler (P)2014 Gigantic Productions, LLC

PUT YOUR PITY PARY TO BED

SPANK MY A SS AND CALL ME SALLY
All books by Scott Sigler are entertaining. This is my fifth, I have yet to be disappointed. This third book in the trilogy was written five years after the first two. The first two were written before the Zombie craze and have no Zombies. This book has sort of Zombies and is a lot better than book 1 and 2, of which both, were good. Reading book one and two is not necessary to enjoying this book.

THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO CHANGE
The Infected, remember their pasts when they were human. Some are very smart, some are strong, some are fast and none are rotting. They do eat humans. This is closer to Invasion of The Body Snatchers than a zombie thriller. Sigler must not like the Midwest, as he nuked Detroit in the last book and destroyed Chicago in this one. This book has science and explains how and why, more than other books of this type. It also has a little character development and some nasty twists and some gory stuff.

I AM MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN, I HAVEN'T SEEN MY BALLS IN YEARS.

hard to stomach, but very well told

The whole trilogy is very entertaining. At times it's quite foul, disgusting, disturbing, stomach turning, vomitous…but overall entertaining and well paced.
I do cringe at the sight of a sign post.
Scott Sigler ruined BBQ for me as soundly as Training Day put me off chunky peanut butter for life.

Great series, but don't change the narrator

Love this series, but switching to a different narrator on book 3 threw me off. Phil Gigante did a great job, but I do wish Scott Sigler would have completed the set.

Scott Sigler brings it home!

The end of an amazing trilogy. I wish it was longer or maybe that there was another book, because Scott Sigler knows how to write. I've read all three books and they are all amazing reads. I must say I was a bit weirded out to hear a new voice actor reading this novel, but Phil really did a fantastic job! I would (and have) recommend this book to everyone I know! Keep up the great work, Scott and Phil, and thank you for an amazing almost 20 hours of awesomeness!

Awesome story

Took a little while to get into this one, but once he got my attention he kept it. Perfect ending for the infected series. This story definitely finishes the series strong.

Awesome listen

Loved this series! If you like a little medical jargon to make it seem plausible then you will love this.

awesome series! should be a trilogy or tv series!

Scott Sigler is awesome! If you've not read one of his books do it now!

A FANDEMIC SIGLER WONDER

What did you love best about Pandemic?

I loved absolutely everything. What a fantastic piece of work. This book follows the two previous novels that had us all quietly promising ourselves that blue triangles and the odd but suddenly appearing thread stuck to our elbow or foot is for a nanosecond not going to kill us. "PANDEMIC" by Scott Sigler is one of the most intricately, deep, and superbly written novels I have listened too in a very very long time. Character development was superb, deep and absolutely mesmerizing. What you think at the beginning of the book changes, surprises, infuriates and terrifies you as we learn more and more about each character, whether old and familiar or new and unfamiliar. The story becomes more intricate, and has some of the best unexpected twists and turns I've experienced in a book in a very long time. And I loved everyone of them. This novel is long. Some may say too long. But for the story to unfold and truly and accurately tell the "PANDEMIC" story so grippingly, the length is an absolute necessity.

What other book might you compare Pandemic to and why?

There is only one book that ever gave me this kind of a literary ride."PANDEMIC"by Scott Sigler, for me, can only be compared to "THE STAND" by Stephen King. And believe me it does more than hold it's own in such a comparison. This novel is a journey that scoopes you up and takes you on a terrific, and at many a time, a terrifying literary ride. Simply, this novel was a great surprise. Hang on, be patient, and let one of the best narrators in business, Phil Gigante, bring Scott Sigler's "PANDEMIC" to literary life. And when your done you'll be hiding your child's blue crayons, paint, markers and coloured pencils until he or she graduates from high school. It' a great ride that you won't soon forget so ENJOY!!!

great trilogy

I thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy the last book was a little cliché though. I highly recommend

Loved the series... just not this narrator.

If you could sum up Pandemic in three words, what would they be?

fun, tied things together well. Voice actor was lacking the passion I was expecting though.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Clarence

What about Phil Gigante’s performance did you like?

He did the different voices for characters.

If you could rename Pandemic, what would you call it?

Wouldn't rename it at all.

Any additional comments?

It was just lacking the touch the FDO had put into his previous audio versions of his books. There is just a special flare that makes his books so much better when he is doing the voice acting for them. It kind of spoiled me to expect that every time since he puts a lot of passion into the stories. I'm hoping his future books will be performed by him.