The Digital Plague
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4.4 • 17 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Avery Cates is a very rich man. He's probably the richest criminal in New York City. But right now, Avery Cates is pissed. Because everyone around him has just started to die -- in a particularly gruesome way. With every moment bringing the human race closer to extinction, Cates finds himself in the role of both executioner and savior of the entire world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This intense sequel to 2007's The Electric Church is a strong techno-thriller, but it doesn't quite match its predecessor in originality. Avery Cates is a killer-for-hire who sold his services to the shadowy System of Federated Nations and destroyed the Electric Church's plans to turn people into cyborg Monks. Now mysterious assailants have infected Cates with a plague of nanobots that kills anyone he encounters and then reanimates the corpses. His condition draws the attention of the System authorities, who wonder why Cates himself has not fallen victim to the disease; they keep him alive in an effort to identify a cure. Amid sometimes flat scenes of gunfighting, betrayal and nanotech zombie uprisings, Cates's noirish narrative voice stands out as the book's real strength. Somers's compelling writing separates this from similar works and offers hope that future volumes will come closer to the quality of the original.
Customer Reviews
A great addition
I read this a couple years ago, and recently reread it. It is a great addition to your library. It takes place in the future, and will feel right at home to sci-fi and action fans alike. The fast paced and vivid descriptions transport you to the the dark and gritty world of Avert Cates, a notorious criminal, as he tries to solve the gruesome digital plague, which resembles to the black plague. He goes through hell and back to stop it and take revenge on the people who started it. One of the really great things about this book excluding the twisting plot, movie like action scenes, is that you DO NOT need to read the previous book to follow this one, even though it would help you understand the plot and setting a bit better, it is not necessary to appreciate this book.
I hope that you read the sample and in turn get hooked to the series like I did.