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The Rage Plague
by Anthony Giangregorio
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Publisher: Permuted Press
ISBN13: 9781934861196
Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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An unknown virus spreads across the globe, turning ordinary people into ravenous killers. Only a small population proves to be immune, but most quickly fall prey to the infected. Isolated on the rooftop of a school near the outskirts of Chicago, Bill Thompson and a small band of survivors come to the frightening realization that, without food or water, they will perish quickly under the hot sun. Some wish to migrate to a safer, more plentiful refuge, but the school is surrounded by rampaging murderers. Without a plan, Bill and his group don't stand a chance. Their only hope lies in their one advantage over the infected: their ability to think. Not far away, a leader rises amongst the psychos, a man stricken by the virus yet still intelligent and in control. His need to destroy humankind becomes an obsession, and he rallies an army of killers to seek out and destroy all who remain unchanged. Now Bill and his fellow survivors not only need a safe haven, they must also escape legions of hungry infected. But the virus and its hosts will find them, no matter where they hide, because even sanctuary has its perils.
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| Fast Paced Infected = Quick Read |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I have to say that I will pretty much read anything zombie/infected themed out there. It doesnt matter if the dead have risen from up out of the earth, or come from a test tube, its fair game to me. The Rage Plague is a book that starts us off after humans have been infected by something, and turned them all into raging lunatics out to kill us. A group of survivors is on a roof of a school and they know they cannot stay there for long. These survivors are immune to this virus/infection, although they dont know how or why.
Bill, an older man, quickly becomes the groups leader. Mike, the young angry man in the group quickly becomes an outsider heck bent on making Bill and his group pay. the rest of the bunch is made up over older and younger women, teenagers, middle age men and some kids. They need to find a place to finally be safe, while avoiding be torn to pieces. The characters are your typical "whats left of society" hodge podge. I wasnt to impressed by their character development throughout.
Amoung the Infected is a man, Dean, who has the virus but has maintained his intellegence. Which reminded me of the book Monster Island: A Zombie Novel where a man named Gary figures out a way to retain his brain functions even after he is of the undead.
Insert into the story the military, holing up in a giant laboratory, conspiracy theories about where the virus came from, and lots of blowing up of things and that pretty much sums this book up. Was I entertained?, Yes, did it introduce a new level of zombie/infected fiction? Not really. I enjoyed it for what it was, a quick story about some survivors and a smelly hoard of creatures trying to get at them.
I recommend it to any lover of horror short stories, but not to anyone looking for the next Brian Keene or Kim Paffenroth novel.
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| Lots of rage in this book! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This was my first Giangregorio book and I loved it! Fast moving novel that I could not put down. Great character development, gore and survival of the fittest.
This novel was not only about plagued people but how humans would react in the middle of a crisis. Some people would band together, and others were as evil as the mindless Rage Victims. Good insight on how humans would prevail. I highly recommend!
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| Quite Underwhelming |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I was somewhat...disappointed by this book. First, I have about 15 books by this author on my BookMooch wishlist that I have never purchased. One, because they are expensive and two, because there are so many, apparently they are a series, and I don't know what order they are supposed to be in. Hardly anyone gives up zombie books on BookMooch, so I sit and wait.
When this book became available, I mooched it right away, VERY eager to read it. I mean, after all, there's zombies, right? Not exactly. These were not shambling zombies, they are more of the 28 Days, mad, driven variety....not my favorite type of zombie.
I found the story stilted, not full, and rather juvenile. There is an interesting take on the "zombie" situation that I will not ruin for anyone else, but I do prefer my zombies stupid and shambling.
In addition, the plot reads nearly EXACLTY like both Hater by David Moody and 28 Days Later. There is nothing new here, and both Hater and 28 Days were WAY better.
Second, I don't think I would pay cold hard cash for his other books if they are like this one. I would definitely READ them if I got them on BookMooch (book swapping site), but I wouldn't purchase them.
I gave this three stars only because it sort of had zombies in it.
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| Buy a Hammer Instead |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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This book was a major waste of time and money, rather than getting this book, buy a decent hammer and give yourself a good whack on the head. You will feel much less pain from the latter action. This read has shocked me out of my zombie phase.
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| Solidly entertaining |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Don't usually write reviews but some of you one star people bugged me. Particularly Bradd M. Quinn.
This is a solidly entertaining book, that delivers plenty of post apocalyptic action. The main character comes across flawed, and believably written. Some of the support characters are hard to identify at times, and for me this was the book's weakest point. No, it's not going to win any awards. But if you want something in the vein of 28 Days Later, set in the US, this is a good page turner.
As for Bradd M. Quinn's comments about plagerism - obviously he's not a fan of this type of book, or he'd be more knowledgeable about this particular sub-genre. Before Moody's Hater and Garland/Boyle's 28 Day's Later, there were a slew of books and movies that used this concept. These include: George Romero's The Crazies, James Herbert's book The Fog, Narcisco Ibanez Serrador's Who Can Kill A Child (ripped off by King for Children of the Corn - who in his time has also ripped off many a Twilight Zone episode for plot ideas), Simon Clark's brilliant Blood Crazy, Christpher Fowler's novella Breathe, Stephen King's Cell, The Signal, Pontypool, Rec/Quarantine and I'd also include Cronenberg's Rabid and Shivers.
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