Contagion

By: Erin Bowman

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, Jonathan Maberry, and horror films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, this pulse-pounding, hair-raising, utterly terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the Taken trilogy.

After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.

When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project - including its members’ dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried - and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.

©2018 Erin Bowman (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

“Gripping, thrilling and terrifying in equal measures, Contagion is the perfect intersection of science fiction and horror - I couldn’t look away.” (Amie Kaufman, New York Times best-selling author of Illuminae and Unearthed)

“Few understand the true horror that lies in the empty unknown of space, but Erin Bowman nails it in Contagion. Read this one with the lights on!” (Beth Revis, New York Times best-selling author of the Across the Universe series and Star Wars: Rebel Rising)

“Erin Bowman’s Contagion is everything I want in my science fiction: a cast of smart characters on a desperate rescue mission forced to confront an elusive and unstoppable enemy. I absolutely loved this layered and thrilling adventure and can’t wait to dive back into this world again.” (Veronica Rossi, New York Times best-selling author of the Under the Never Sky series)

The characters aren’t like able but the story slaps

Nova and Dylan are annoying as hell. The story itself is interesting. Very similar to alien covenant or Prometheus. The zombie aspect is interesting too.

Listenable

The story was ok, with some good descriptive visuals at times. unfortunately, the voicing given to the commander was like nails on a chalkboard. Which is a shame, The narrator is obviously talented, lending different voicings to the characters so that they are all instantly identifiable...but where she wanted the commander to sound forceful and authoritative, she instead came off as sounding whiny and petulant. Same with the protagonist, and to a lesser extent, some of the other characters...it has to do with the natural inflections of the narrator.

Fun story

I enjoyed this book. Bought the 2d one. Excited to listen to the next book.

definitely something to listen too while working

Story overall was great, narration was great, overall I am happy with being able to listen in

space zombies

Was a little disappointed there weren't real monsters/aliens just zombies and the plot is basically the 2005 doom movie just a little different and better done but overall it's a ok sci-fi horror book.

More please.

I'm not gonna lie, I went through a quite a range of different emotions while listening. Mostly annoyance at a lot of their decisions. Still considering the different personalities and their given situation, it never felt implausible. I really enjoyed the experience and look forward to the next book.

As usual I have nothing much to say about the performance. Amy never disappoints. I'd say she's one of the best narrators on here which is saying a lot because there are quite a lot of talented individuals.

good story

Loved the twists. it was like Alien meets Walking Dead meets Divergent meets The Thing. I'll be looking for the next book.

Suspense

Overall, this book was very good. It really kept me glued.......Writing was good, narrator did good job on different.voices. Plot was believable and intense.
Had witty banter between friends. Good world and environment building.

It’s a decent sci-fi story.

This is a decent story. The characters have depth. The narrator’s performance was very good at creating the atmosphere and tone of the story.

Great

The story was full of twists and turns. Characters I thought would make it didn’t. Gave me the feels. Left me hanging. Looking forward to hearing the next book.