Contagious

Need Better Copy

I had bought this ebook and after 180+ pages I realized that the entire book was out of order. I was reading part of the beginning then the end and then the middle. I was like what is going on? So I wish there had been a better copy instead of wasting $9.99.

8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Don't purchase if you use a Nook

I read his first book, "Infected". I liked it so I purchased this sequel which is over 500 pages long. After about a hundred pages things started making no sense as if I must have missed things in the reading. One character was at first a good guy then 20 pages later he was one of the bad guys. People who were main characters were suddenly dead with no explanation at all on how they died. I finally got to around page 200 and the dead people were now alive once more. I finally figured out that the chapters were not placed in the right order and that I wasn't a stupid as I thought. I really would like to get my money back for this book but I'm pretty sure I'm just out of luck.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

an action-packed thriller reminiscent of the INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

The transition of power is ending with the inauguration of the new American president, but not long after taking his oath of office, John Gutierrez is briefed by CIA Deputy Director Murray Longworth about his biggest issue: alien parasites. John initially believes Murray is telling a sick joke, but quickly realizes that the top secret Project Tangram is his most important program. An alien virus has infected Americans causing blue triangular lesions to erupt on the skin; these intrusions are sentient, causing their host to go insane before they break out from the body turning into pyramid creatures that share a singular strategic goal of building a path to somewhere that is assumed dangerous to humanity.

It is Six weeks since the infection began and there is only one known survivor. Using a scissor former football player "Scary" Perry Dawsey surgically removed the triangle, but has traces left that enable him to detect human carriers. When he finds them he kills them over the chagrin of CIA agent Dew Phillips who needs living specimen for Doctor Margaret Montoya to conduct research on, but cannot alienate the only human capable of finding them. However, Perry is scared as he feels something voodoo like is occurring in Michigan.

This exciting sequel to INFECTED is an action-packed thriller reminiscent of the INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. At a time of potential pandemic doom, the change in leadership is a refreshing spin as that adds vulnerability that seems eerily similar to the economic crisis although one would have thought the President elect would have been told several weeks earlier. Still this is a fast-paced horror thriller as the new PROTUS must decide what to do about the biggest terrorist threat to the nation.

Harriet Klausner

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Afraid to buy Nook Book

Although I would really like to read this, I'm not going to buy it until it gets put in order. I enjoyed Infected by Sigler, a shame can't check out this one of his....

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

DO NOT BUY--EBOOK IS BROKEN

My first clue that the book was horribly converted to ebook should have been in the Prologue, where one can immediately see that paragraph formatting was never added to the CSS of the book. I blame B&N for this, too, since there is obviously no quality control of what is being offered for sale. Only takes a minute to notice this problem.

But even worse, the book is out of order, something I would have found out if I had read other reviews. There's a jump in the plot--I just thought it was bad writing--and then at about pp. 124-125, the plot jumps back again. This ebook was put together OUT OF ORDER.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Out of order or page numbers jumping.

Question for those reviewers: are the pages really out of order, or does it actually jump back to earlier page numbers? I have encountered this before. While annoying, I change to a smaller font size and it fixes itself. Once I am past the problem area by a few pages, I switch back to the preferred font size. If the plot itself is actually ordered wrong rather than the page number problem, I will skip this purchase.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Do not buy - the ebook version is messed up

The chapters are out of order in the nook version. It's totally unreadable. B&N refused to refund the purchase.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Don't buy this ebook from B&N

The writing is very good. I have read some of his other books and they were very good. However this ebook is out of sequence. The end of the book takes place in the middle.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Too Much Junk

Short and sweet version: Way too much jumping around in the name of creating some apparent chaos, and way too much foul language that is not needed and does not help the story or the characters. Very poor writing.

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Sigler Rocks

Anyone who likes Horror, sci-fi action books is gonna love this. Start with Infected then get this part two of the series. You wont be dissapointed. The writing style keeps you on the edge of your seat and the science behind the sci-fiction is alarmingly accurate.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Grabs you, holds on, but don't you dare tell the ending!

This is the best book Scott Sigler has published. Very hard book to put down.
I found Scott by listening to his podcasts. He does such a great job, that even though I bought and read Contagious, I still listen to every episode of Contagious. His podcasts bring his stories to life.
Great Job, Scott!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Finally!

If you don't know Scott Sigler yet, then you haven't met the new face of modern scifi-horror-thills. Sigler, the self-proclaimed "Future Dark Overlord" of Earth is a true master of the grab-you-by-the-seat-of-your-pants literary amusement park ride. He weaves hard science, often straight out of today's headlines, into dark, twisted, and always surprising plots. We've all been to a horror movie or two that was so gut wrenching it made you want to puke. What Scott does to Perry Dawsey, the main character in "Infected" and "Contagious" is the written form of that movie experience at it's best. If you're a fan of science fiction, horror, or psychological thrillers, then do yourself a favor and make room on the bookshelf for anything he writes. I've read Infected, and Contagious, and listened to the "podiobook" audio productions of Earthcore, Ancestor, The Rookie, and Nocturnal. Scott Sigler rocks. "No bout adout it".

Kudos, from an original Junkie, Scott.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I Can't Wait!

I started listening to the Infected podcast by Scott Sigler and was hooked from the prologue. I had started around chapters 46-50, but starting at episode one it only took me a couple of days to catch up.I would laugh at the people having to wait for their "fix", but once I caught up I had a hard time being patient and waiting. Contagious is the sequel to Infected and I am hooked on the 4 podcast episodes so far just as I was for Infected. I am a junkie(sigler junkie not a real one...). I personally can not wait until Contagious comes out and I hope that the FDO never stops writing. Get it it's awesome!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Excellent

I'm not sure what some of the previous reviews were talking about when they said their e-books chapters were out of order. Mine was fine, excellent! I'm a new Sigler fan!

Had it all, suspense, action and great characters.

This was a fantastic sequel to "Infected". Had it all, suspense, action and great characters. The detail was really great. The author really did his homework on weapons system, medicine and geography. I was absolutely stunned by the action descriptions. The suspense was gripping. Character interaction played such an important part in the story. Characters continued to develop throughout the book. Some shocking surprises along the way. A definite must read if you have read the first book. Reading the first book is a prerequisite. I just could not like the ending. The ending was, to me, disappointing. As if all the hard work and sacrifice throughout the book was for nothing. But, getting there was a first rate thrill ride.

must have

A great book. I loved the podcast and the book was that much better.

Loved it

I read the hard cover. Couldn't put it down. Apocalyptic. Gore. Aliens. Disease. I wanted more.

A continuation to Robert Heinlein

Again, if you have read Robert Heinlein's The Puppet Masters you have read the main premise of Contagious. Scary Perry makes the book. It is fast paced and entertaining. Would have given it 5 stars were not for the parallels which makes it a bit unoriginal. However, kudos to Scott Sigler for pulling it off.

Nook book is fine

I was afraid to buy this for the longest time due to the comments about the book being out of order. I finally bit the bullet and can happily report that it has apparently been fixed. And I absolutely loved reading the further adventures of Scary Perry Dawsey.

Picked this one up for the cover and could not put it down till the last page.

I am a big fan of Zombie books but I needed a change of pace so I picked up this little gem. It was fast paced and I really liked how short most of the chapters were since every one left me wanting more. I did find myself focusing most of my attention on 3 of the main characters and being a little bored by many of the supporting characters. My only regret was that I did not find out that this book was a sequel until I was almost done with the story. This book had aliens, soldiers, a psychotic anti-hero, and plenty of well placed violence, definitely a fun read.