Search - Infected

Who doesn't remember Sinatra's song I've got you under my skin (I've got you deep in the heart of me.So deep in my heart, that you're really a part of me).
Something similar feels Perry Dawson when he develops first a rash and later triangle shaped growths with eyes. It gets worse when he hears voices in his head and these voices begin to communicate with him, demanding and wanting to be fed. Struggling with the voices that become a part of him he tries his best to withstand their demands but he gets weaker with each passing hour.

Dew Philipps has sworn revenge to the person responsible for the death of his much younger partner. The person who killed his partner is dead but was infected with something the CIA and the leading epidemiologist Margaret Montoya don't know much about. They know the infected humans have turned into paranoid killing machines but their dead bodies always decompose faster as the remains can be gathered or processed for further examination. They need a live example to learn the secret about this disease if it is one and feel their wishes fulfilled when Perry sends an email to a website set up by the CIA to find more infected humans.

No one knows yet that the seeds fell from heaven, and invaded human bodies across America. That these humans have become hosts to something so finely engineered that the seeds slowly overwrite the human DNA and create something foreign to make the bodies their own incubator.

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It took me a bit to get into the story and the writers style but I got largely excited how the story around Perry Dawson unfolded and how precise Scott Sigler described what happened to Perry and how he tried to get rid of the triangles on his body.
The reality of what happens in this novel is scary, the used science even more scarier.
I was able to put myself into Perry's character so easily, first for feeling sympathy when he began scratching himself (who hasn't had a rash in his life ?) and later acted to the voices demands in his head.

Sigler is a new author for me and I can't wait to read the continuation of Infected, named Contagious. Worthwhile when you enjoy science fiction and aren't afraid of developing a rash.

Also it needs to be mentioned that the title of certain chapters were just hilarious. :-)

Sigler offers his books as podcasts free on his website or you can also visit randomhouse and listen to the whole book online.

This book was okay. It started out really well, but became far-fetched, in my opinion. I also found it to be too gruesome in disgusting details for me. Certainly not for the squeamish, and I don't think I'll be reading this author again.

I had no idea that this book is set largely in Michigan! It was a little surreal having the writer describing places that I have seen, or been to. I made this book hit a little closer to home with..no pun intended.

I enjoyed this book as a one time read, however, it wasn't one that I would pick up and re-read. The storyline was decent, but I found that most of the characters were lacking depth.

This book has plenty of good writing, and for some reason, I loved the idea of the humorous, clever or otherwise just interesting chapter titles. I also liked the classic sci-fi horror feel of the story, and thought the Perry Dawsey character was nicely drawn, even if he was someone you'd hope never to meet. But I also have to say that many of the other characters--the demanding scientist, arrogant government agent, etc.--were just stereotypes, and that things became way too edgy and intense/violent/gory for me somewhere before the end. I also didn't care for the too obvious, "what else did you expect" ending, but won't rule out trying another of Sigler's books, sometime.