Infected by Bobby Adair
Books 2 in the Slow Burn series
Genre: post-apocalyptic zombie urban fantasy
Format: ebook
Books 2 in the Slow Burn series
Genre: post-apocalyptic zombie urban fantasy
Format: ebook
About Infected
Slow Burn: Infected picks up the story of Zed, Murphy, and Jerome where Slow Burn: Zero Day ended. All three have all been infected but have not succumbed to the most pernicious symptoms of the virus. They’re not the mindless cannibals that most infected are. Nevertheless, their band of survivors, fearful about the trio’s infections, have ostracized them. Now, back on the street, with weapons to defend themselves but little food in their packs, they embark on a search for Murphy’s family while following the rumor of a safe haven in the form of a doomsday bunker under a house in east Austin. But the world is more hazardous than they could have guessed. They expect violence from the voracious infected but they have harsh lessons to learn about the lethality of the uninfected. And without people to support the infrastructure of modern civilization, they find that danger comes in many forms.
Source: Info in the "About Infected" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18633103-infected on 07/04/2023.
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My Thoughts:
Infected started exactly where Zero Day left off. This book continues the saga of Zed and company's struggle for survival in a zombie post-apocalyptic world. The same tempo. The same fight. Different day. Still beautiful world building and masterful story telling quality though! But I am starting to worry that this is going to start getting "same old, same old"...
This book tackles old societal issues like prejudice of things and people who are not exactly like us. Who got features which is different and if we can't find one, we make up one. Othering. And the burning desire in a lot of us, to do good. To be good. Hero complex. Real issues played out in fiction setting.
The ending, of course, was a cliffhanger.
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 3.5
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 2
World building = 5
Cover art = 3
Pace = 3.5
Plot = 2
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 3.5
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 2
World building = 5
Cover art = 3
Pace = 3.5
Plot = 2
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Meet The Author
About Bobby Adair:
A bio is a weird thing to write.
Just trying to imagine presenting the highlights of ME sets off alarm bells in my head. Why would anybody want to know anything about me? What about me is remarkable enough to tell?
When I think about these questions, I recall lying on my bed back in high school, headphones muffed over my ears, heavy metal blasting through my head. As with most teens, music’s power seduced me, and as I listened, I found myself admiring the albums' cover art (yeah, I’m old enough that I used to by LP’s) and I found myself reading about the singers and guitar players and drummers in the liner notes. Why? Because those musicians had created something that was deeply personal, passionate, and wonderfully emotional, and they’d shared it with the world. They’d shared it with me.
It made me want to know them through more than just their music. So, I read.
Through the years, I found myself reading about writers I’d enjoyed, historical figures I’d admired, politicians who weren’t dipshits, and business leaders who’d built great companies. Again, why? Who the hell knows? We’re all just people. I think we find each other interesting. We like to feel connected.
And that was my answer, at least as to the WHY.
On the WHAT I can say about me, for those who feel moved by my work: I’ll give it a quick go.
I was born an Air Force brat and lived in a dozen states before I graduated high school. I’ve worked my way through a wide variety of jobs, left most on a whim, owned businesses, lived through times when I had more money than I knew what to do with, and worried my way through times when I wondered how I’d pay the rent.
Life has been boring at times, and it’s been plenty exciting, too. So far.
I’ve traveled to India, stood atop the tallest mountains around, swam with sharks, smarted-off to cops, and been arrested. I’ve tried beer and weed, but never made a thing of either one. I’ve been brushed too close by death a few times. Thankfully, doctors, EMT’s, and nurses were kind enough to put all the pieces together again. I've ridden my bike so deep into the mountains it felt like I was alone on the edge of heaven, and I've watched the red sun sinking on an evening so clear it looked like it was falling off the edge of the world.
I’ve always had a hard time being where I am, wherever that is. My daydreams forever call from just over the horizon.
I’ve been asked by a dozen bosses where I see myself in five years, and I've lied every time, always telling them what they wanted to hear. Because the only thing I knew for sure, was that I wanted to be anywhere but there.
FTC Disclosure:
The various copy(ies)/format(s) of this book were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The various copy(ies)/format(s) of this book were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
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