As eager voyagers boarded the Titanic on that fateful day, no one realized something else had boarded with them.When she received the contract from White Star Lines, Nora Ryan couldn’t believe her luck. She was going to be paid to travel on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. She didn’t mind taking care of a few common illnesses along the way if it meant experiencing a cross-Atlantic journey in style.… in style.
But when the passengers become ill, one after the other, Nora was flustered. The disease is unlike anything she had ever witnessed. The speed at which it makes its victim’s deteriorate, sends chills down her spine. When the first passenger dies, Nora believes death would bring peace to his suffering, instead the suffering has only begun.
Help is miles across the ocean and Nora has no cure for this mystery virus. She seeks the help of a stowaway, Gill, to help her try and contain the virus. But even as they try to protect the uninfected, they realize it’s only a matter of time before they’ll need to fight for survival. Especially when the dead begin to rise…
Icebergs, ocean currents and north-Atlantic storms are the last things they are worried about; the biggest threat has already boarded the Titanic.
A Titanic Disaster is the first book in the Infected Histories Series. Alathia Morgan writes history with an interesting twist. She’ll take you a rollercoaster of suspense even as you begin to question what you truly know.
Is history a true reflection of the past or merely palatable fiction at its best? You decide.
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Infected Waters by Alathia Paris Morgan is a mixture of zombie and historical fiction. I found the historical references to the Titanic interesting especially since I did not consider that the ship did not have bathrooms in each of the staterooms. In 1912 most people were still using outhouses and chamber pots! I enjoyed the interaction between Lillian and Gil.
If you enjoy the television show “The Walking Dead”, you will probably like this book. I am not a big fan of the show. I did enjoy the story in the book, minus the zombies!
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I really enjoyed this book. Kept me up late wanting to know what was going to happen next! Definitely worth reading!
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I enjoyed reading Infected Waters: A Titanic Disaster. I thought the story was well written and an interesting take on the Titanic sinking. I felt the characters were well developed. I recommend reading.
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I enjoyed this take on the Titanic sinking. The author took them time to let know and care about the characters. This moved the zombie part a bit slow. Once that got going, it snowballed much in the way one expects it would. I enjoyed getting to know the characters so this worked for me.
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Is this alternative historical fiction? I love it. First, I love the way this author writes. Her stories are always so well-thought-out and contain the most awesome characters. This story with Nora is no exception! I love the story. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
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The sinking of the Titanic has been fodder for creative minds since the ship met its fate in 1912. Alathia Paris Morgan has added a new premise in Infected Waters: Titanic.
A young man, chased by hideous creatures through the English dockside streets, is attacked before he escapes and manages to climb aboard the empty ship waiting in port. He hides in a second-class cabin as his deadly illness takes hold. When discovered, he’s moved to the infirmary, but manages to bite one of the crew members, and with that, the zombie plague is unleashed on the ship.
Although the nurses and crew members fight valiantly to stem the tide, the undead eventually overrun the ship, and Captain Smith realizes he can’t let the plague reach America. He records this in a letter to the captain of the rescue ship Carpathian, in which he swears his colleague to secrecy.
The story’s scattershot composition is exemplified by infrequent references to a gold coffin bearing a mummy, which reportedly curses every ship on which it travels. No one knows why it’s on board or where it’s headed, and other than serving as a poor warning of the well-known disaster to come, its inclusion in no way serves the storyline. Virtually every human in the western world knows the fate of the Titanic, and adding a zombie-infected young man to the narrative is enough of a hex without an ill-placed mummy.
While Morgan makes a good-faith effort to tweak the world’s most famous sea disaster to resemble an Edwardian version of The Walking Dead, her narrative is basically a series of horror screenshots rather than a compelling novel. Reaching the predictable end is a relief.