Click the arrow below to listen to the first episode of this free audio book:

Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families.

Working under the government's shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all have one thing in common - they've been contaminated by a bioengineered parasite, shaped by a complexity far beyond the limits of known science.

Meanwhile Perry Dawsey - a hulking former football star now resigned to life as a cubicle-bound desk jockey - awakens one morning to find several mysterious welts growing on his body. Soon Perry finds himself acting and thinking strangely, hearing voices . . . he is infected.

The fate of the human race may well depend on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body, because the parasites want something from him, something that goes beyond mere murder.

Infected is the first major print release from Internet phenom Scott Sigler, whose podcast-only audiobooks have drawn an immense cult following, with more than three million individual episodes downloaded. Now Sigler storms the bookstore shelves with this cinematic, relentlessly paced novel that mixes and matches genres, combining horror, technothriller, and suspense in a heady mix that is equal parts Chuck Palahniuk, Michael Crichton, and Stephen King.

Infected will crawl beneath your skin and leave fresh blood on every page.

QUOTES:
"Part Stephen King, part Chuck Palahniuk, Infected blends science fiction and horror into a pulpy masterpiece of action, terror, and suspense. Three recommendations: don't read it at night, or just after you've eaten a full meal, or if you're weak of heart. You've been warned!"
--James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain and Black Order

"Sigler is masterful at grabbing the reader by the throat and refusing to let go. Just when I thought I knew what abyss he was leading me across, he knocked the bridge out from under... I think I screamed the whole way down... Infected is a marvel of gonzo, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute terror."
--Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm and Death Match

"Sigler is the Richard Matheson of the 21st Century...smart and creepy, Infected is a flawless thinking-person's thriller. Bravo to a bold new talent!"
--Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bad Moon Rising and Ghost Road Blues

"Horror mavens rejoice! Infected is a revelation -- a novel that lives up to its hype. From page one, the story of a mysterious smart-virus that turns its hosts into deadly drooling drones creeps up on a reader like the ratchet of a roller coaster climbing toward its inevitable crest. Sigler brings the folksy character detail of Stephen King, the conceptual panache of Clive Barker, and the oozing, shuddery pathologies of a David Cronenberg movie. Zombies, spies, conspiracies, and gallons of goo make this the fastest read in the west! Highest recommendation!"
-- Jay Bonansinga, national bestselling author of Shattered, Twisted, Frozen, and The Sinking of the Eastland

"Sigler has a unique talent for keeping readers on the edge of their seats; I absolutely had to know what was going to happen next. Infected is full of mayhem, action, and gore--and you won't be able to put it down."
-- Dave Wellington, author of 13 Bullets and the Monster Island trilogy

"Scott Sigler's Infected is a bucking pulp pony that throws you this way and that, and just when you think you've got your balance, that ole pony bucks the other way. All in all, one hell of an exhilarating ride, and highly recommended."
--Joe R. Lansdale, World Horror Convention Grand Master and six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bubba Ho-Tep and Lost Echoes

"Infected is as unnerving as a scream in a morgue...a breakout novel that gets under your skin. If the voice in your head is Sigler's, you're locked in for a very scary night."
--E.E. Knight

This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works- 3.0 United States License.

Audio Quality: Out of 17 ratings

Narration Quality: Out of 17 ratings

Writing Quality: Out of 17 ratings

Overall Rating: Out of 17 ratings

By: Rob
almost a month since the last post. What happened?

By: Lobster
I read this when it was offered as a free e-book, then downloaded an episode and listened to it to get a feel for the narration. Sorry if I come off as a book snob, but I am totally baffled by the good press and stellar reviews this book is getting. The premise is absurd and explained at the last moment with a twist that is so ridiculous you only won't see if coming if you already thought of it and decided it was too stupid to be what was going on. The voice is inconsistent to a point where the first time you really hear a character come through in the narration it's shockingly offensive. The characters are all ludicrous stereotypes, particularly Margaret; Mat wonders if Sigler ever met a real Hispanic woman, I wonder if he ever met ANY woman. You've got all the usual suspects here; the grizzled detective avenging his partner, the witty gay man, the perfect star athlete, the hyper-capable (and hyper-sexual) woman, the gruff military man, the wise-cracking best friend... you'll know everything you'll need to about every character within a page of their introduction. What's left is a non-sensical story with shallow characters. Basically, a summer movie in text form. For the most part the writing is solid even if the content is not, though there are occasional slip-ups that make me wonder if the book was proof-read. For instance, the exact same metaphor, phrased exactly the same way, can be found three times in one short paragraph. Like a fly stuck between the window and the screen, OK, I got it the first time. Sigler notes that he's been trying to get published for years and has had hundreds of rejections. To the casual reader this is an admirable trait. His perseverance and determination paid off and he refused to give up his dream. But the fact of the matter is, it's really not all that hard to get published and the fact that it's taken him so long is as much a testament to his mediocre writing as his moxie. If you're looking for a popcorn book to listen to during your commute or while you wait for a plane you could do a lot worse than Infected but if you're looking for a good horror story this won't scratch that itch.

By: andersonglk
This book is fantastic! It reads like a young Stephen King, an episode of CSI, and some kind of gory, sci-fi Twilight Zone all rolled into one. The pacing is great, speeding along relentlessly with plenty of action and drama to keep you interested. I will definitely buy honest to god old school paper books by this author in the future.

Discuss this book!