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Infected (novel)

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
352

Originally published
  
2008

Followed by
  
Country
  
United States of America

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Publisher
  
Crown Publishing

ISBN
  
978-0-307-40610-1

Author
  
Page count
  
352

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Publication date
  
2008 (print),2006 (podcast)

Media type
  
Print (2008 novel and e-book),Podcast

Genres
  
Fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
Works by Scott Sigler, Fiction books

Infected is a science fiction novel by author Scott Sigler. The novel was initially released in 2006 in podcast format with a print release in 2008 by Crown Publishing, with Sigler continuing to offer the podcast version online. The book was initially titled Infested, with the name changing in order to distance itself from a movie releasing with a similar title.

Contents

Plot

The book follows several characters as they deal with an alien invasion on the microscopic level. The narration is primarily through the perspectives of Perry Dawsey, an ex-football player with an anger problem, and Margaret Montoya, an epidemiologist with the CDC who is investigating a strange disease that turns seemingly normal people into murderers.

Characters

  • Perry Dawsey
  • Dew Phillips
  • Margaret Montoya
  • Bill Miller
  • Reception

    Critical reception for Infected has been mixed, with Monsters and Critics praising the book's action and pacing. The San Francisco Chronicle panned the book, stating that the book's intensity "might work in a series of cliff-hanging audio episodes, but as a novel to be read in a few sittings, "Infected" can't rise above its overheated prose and rote characterizations. The Guardian also reviewed Infected, criticizing the book's "portentous cliff-hangers and one-dimensional characters".

    The Sacramento News's Bibliolatry praised Infected, calling it "imaginative, gross, frightening, suspenseful, funny, thought-provoking and sick in the "omigawd-I-wanna-barf" way". BookReporter and Publishers Weekly also positively reviewed the book, with BookReporter citing the character of Perry Dawsey as the "heart" of the book.

    Film

    Infected was formerly optioned by Rogue Pictures and Random House Films, with the option having lapsed in 2010.

    Graphic novel

    In 2010 work began on a graphic novel adaptation of Sigler's Infected, with the series to be published by IDW in the summer of 2012. The first issue was released August 1, 2012, but the series was put on hold indefinitely due to delays with subsequent issues.

    References

    Infected (novel) Wikipedia


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