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(More customer reviews)The Infection by Craig DiLouie tells the story of six survivors traveling in an armored vehicle, while trying to find a safe refuge, after a mysterious virus infects millions of humans. The infected people collapse into comas; when they wake up, three days later, they attack all the non-infected. After just a couple of weeks, some of the survivors discover that the Infected are mutating into something much worse than zombies. The main theme that is woven throughout the storyline is the violent transformation of humans into monsters.
"There were things in the garage, Sarge. [censored] monsters. Dark shapes that flitted around the cars, always just out of sight. Then we saw one..."
This novel made me think, "This is what happened to the rest of the world, while everyone was reading about what happened in the grocery store in The Mist by Stephen King." I know I'm not the only one who has made this comparison; some other reviewers have even mentioned The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I understand why, but I think DiLouie goes into far more detail with his characters' suffering than King or McCarthy. The story is told with third-person narration in the present tense; flashbacks provide the personal backgrounds of each of the six survivors. Their reasoning and motivation for their current behavior becomes quite understandable, after only a few chapters.
"They have all done the things one had to do to survive. They have all killed people or they would not be here."
I usually try to imagine myself in the world that I am reading about, but I wanted no part of this setting. Living infected hordes are one thing, but DiLouie describes abominations that would rival HP Lovecraft's leviathans. He goes to nightmarish extremes when pairing the brutal twists of the viral outbreak with the amorality of various people that the survivors encounter. Of course, even though I felt mentality assaulted by the end, I loved reading very moment of this traumatic horror novel.
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Five ordinary people must pay the price of survival at the end of the world.A mysterious virus suddenly strikes down millions. Three days later, itsvictims awake with a single purpose: spread the Infection. As the worldlurches toward the apocalypse, some of the Infected continue to change,transforming into horrific monsters. In one American city, asmall group struggles to survive. Sarge, a tank commander hardened byyears of fighting in Afghanistan. Wendy, a cop still fighting for lawand order in a lawless land. Ethan, a teacher searching for his lostfamily. Todd, a high school student who sees second chances in the endof the world. Paul, a minister who wonders why God has forsaken hischildren. And Anne, their mysterious leader, who holds an almostfanatical hatred for the Infected.Together, they fight theirway to a massive refugee camp where thousands have made a stand. There,what's left of the government will ask them to accept a mission thatwill determine the survival of them all--a dangerous journey back ontothe open road and into the very heart of Infection.
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