Infected
Scott Sigler
Hodder and Stoughton 2008
Scott Sigler is
an internet phenomenon, he shot to fame with his podcast downloads of his novels
EarthCore and Ancestor with downloads reaching over three million. Infected,
billed as "new horror" is
really a science fiction thriller is his first UK novel, also released in
Australia.
Imagine the War
of the Worlds as interpreted in the 21st century. Sigler has packed
some amazing ideas and concepts into this fast paced science fiction cum thriller
novel. It offers us what we fear so much today but with a twist – an exploration
of what a biological attack may be like, but not from terrorists but from
somewhere else…
The seeds
dropped from the sky like snow, billions of them, smaller than specks of dust
but deadly. It began with itchy, blue triangular growths on their
skin—that eventually result in the carriers becoming deranged and violent.
Three people
face a race against time.
Perry Dawsey,
an ex-footballer, washed up and in a dead-end job, must race to find a cure for
the rash that has appeared on his arm and is spreading fast. The voices in his
head have started and he knows something is very wrong.
Dew Phillips,
an agent with a classified unit of the CIA with a chip on his soldier over the
death of a young colleague in the line of duty, and Margaret Montoya, a
government biologist, must try to stop a modern plague that drives its victims
to insanity, murder and suicide.
This is a powerful
science fiction thriller, told from multiple perspectives through the mouths of
its various characters with cliff hanging chapter headings and packed with
intrigue.
Infected has
film rights already sold to Rogue Pictures.