The Infected (Book 1 of The Infected series)

De: Scott Ganley

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The World is Dead. The Hunt Has Begun.

It started as a calculated attack—terrorist squads infected with a deadly virus unleashed on the U.S. and Europe. But no one predicted what came next. The virus mutated, spreading like wildfire, consuming entire nations. Millions died. The unlucky ones came back.

Mindless. Rabid. Driven by a single, relentless instinct—to hunt and kill the few who remain.

Hunter, a battle-hardened Iraq War veteran, was ready to leave violence behind. But when civilization collapses overnight, he finds himself back in the fight of his life. Teaming up with a band of desperate survivors, he flees the cities, searching for refuge in the countryside. But the infected aren’t the only threat.

As law and order crumble, ruthless survivors begin preying on the weak, turning the apocalypse into a brutal battleground. Now, Hunter must lead the few who still have something to fight for. Against the dead. Against the living. Against the end of the world itself.

The infection is spreading. The survivors are outnumbered. And the real nightmare has only just begun.

Didn’t really hold my attention

I don’t know if it was the AI narration, or the story itself. But this book didn’t hold my attention. The AI use of nine hundred eleven in place of 911 really irked me! Another glaring issue with AI voice narration is their failure to convey proper emotion. Stating that a character yelled, or screamed, or any type of emotion is lost. 

bringing all the people to a point of meeting

well written it runs smooth well thought out loved the story. it is believable hope it does not go this way.

not bad

it's not a bad book but it doesn't hold attention very well. I think if it was an actual person reading it would have been better. the monotonous tone had me spacing out a lot.

Virtual voice was awful

I tried to hang with this story but just couldn’t. The virtual voice has zero inflection and mispronounced so many words that I had to go back multiple times to figure out what was being said.
The story had promise but the narration killed it so I stopped mid book.
No more virtual voice narrators for me, it horrid.

Strong characters, good storyline

Not a fan of Virtual Voice AKA AI. The male voice itself is fine, however the endless mispronunciations and missing nuances to common phrases are annoying and take away from an otherwise great book. Will definitely continue the series.

Could of been different

Overall, the story was good. Where the story fell short was with the narrator. I think they should’ve spent a little extra money and had an actual real-life breathing human narrate. The story was too robotic and lacked motion. When it came down to crucial inflections of voice or scenes in the book was very mechanical, not realistic on how people would actually talk. That would have made it a 5 start bold for me.

Starts Off Strong

So the narration is what caused me to stop a few hours in. This is my first virtual narration book. The book is written in such a way that only one person is talking, acting, thinking, or focusing at a time. Good for setting up a story and character development. When having to interact with others is where the narration lacks. There is no change in pitch or cues to differentiate between characters. I think the story would be solid with a person or multiple virtual narration.

Stereotypical Zombie Fantasy That Unintentionally Satirizes Itself

The stereotypes in this novel are so overbearing that it's almost unintentional satire. We have the alpha-male former soldier/cop who is constantly thinking about honor who treats his female sidekick as mentally challenged, the Arab terrorists willing to kill the entire world in furtherance of their Jihad, the Black man with a unusual name which is commented on about 4 times, the female who is concerned with hooking up during the apocalypse after she reads "50 shades of gray", the team member who doesn't take orders and will be the foil to the main character because he wants to be team leader, the stereotypical pilot, and on and on. It's just non-stop basic. I did enjoy the detail that went into describing how the plague is released and the military brass' discussion regarding their plans to deal with it. The AI narration is awful, even mispronouncing the main characters names, but I got used to it.

starts slow but sucks you in before you know realize it

so far so go going to start the next one right now wish it has voice actor to make it even better but even with the computer generated voice it's still was able to suck me in to there world

excellent story, very enjoyable

I was surprised that a virtual reader sounded so good. if I hadn't been told I wouldn't have known. Only telltale was when reader said 9 hundred and eleven for 911.
As for the story, I enjoyed it very much and have already started Book 2 and have been enjoying this too. I've started looking for next in series when I finish Book 2.