Reuters — Estimates say that nearly three thousand people nationwide, and fifteen thousand people worldwide have died of the H1N1 virus or Swine flu and nearly eighty thousand cases have been confirmed in hospitals and clinics across the United States and the world, the World Heath Organization reported. The influenza pandemic of 2010, while not nearly as prolific as the one that raged in 1918 … still has citizens around the world in a near state of panic.
New York Post (Headlines October 31st) — Beware! Children Carry Germs! — Halloween Canceled!
New York Times — (Headlines November 3rd) — Swine flu claims latest victim — Vice President surrounded by family and friends at the end.
Boston Globe — (Headlines November 28th) — Swine Flu Vaccinations Coming!
Boston Herald — (Headlines December 6th) — Shots in Short Supply — Lines Long!
National Enquirer — (Headlines December 7th) — The Dead Walk!
There would be no more headlines.
It started in a lab at the CDC (Center for Disease Control), virologists were so relieved to finally have an effective vaccination against the virulent swine flu. Pressure to come up with something had come from the highest office in the land. In an attempt at speed the virologists had made two mistakes, first they used a live virus and second they didn’t properly test for side effects. Within days hundreds of thousands of vaccinations shipped across the US and the world. People lined up for the shots, like they were waiting in line for concert tickets. Fights broke out in drugstores as fearful throngs tried their best to get one of the limited shots. Within days the CDC knew something was wrong. Between 4 and 7 hours of receiving the shot roughly 95% succumbed to the active H1N1 virus in the vaccination. More unfortunate than the death of the infected was the added side effect of reanimation, it would be a decade before scientists were able to ascertain how that happened. The panic that followed couldn’t be measured. Loved ones did what loved ones always do, they tried to comfort, their kids or their spouses or their siblings, but what came back was not human not even remotely. Those people that survived their first encounter with these monstrosities usually did not come through unscathed, if bitten they had fewer than 6 hours of humanity left, the clock was ticking. During the first few hysteria ridden days of The Coming as it has become known, many thought the virus was airborne, luckily that was not the case or nobody would have survived. It was a dark time in human history. One from which we may never be able to pull ourselves out of the ashes from.
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This was a great book filled with humor, action, gore, and unexpected twists. I loved it, and can’t wait to read the sequel!
An addictive series that keeps the reader turning the pages and highly entertained. Plus, sarcasm and wit for days! The complex relationships and character interactions with the Talbots are top notch. On to book 2!
I couldn’t put this book down. I re read the whole series every halloween. I even now have them in audio so I can listen to them in the car.
I used to read two or three books a week then life got really busy and reading went on the back burner. Thanks to Mark Tufo I’m now reading again. He is an awesome writer. I could hardly put his books down. Each one gets better the the last. Michael Talbot is the main character and his personality makes you wish he was real. Thanks Mark for …
Amazing! The story is completely relatable, especially the thoughts expressed. I laughed so hard out loud while listening at work during some part, that there may have been some folks who thought I was losing my mind. The main character’s thought processes were so much like mine in some instances that it could not be helped. Check it out..you …
If you’re a fan of the zombie genre but are suffering genre fatigue after all the samey, mediocre stuff that’s inundated the market, I’d say this series is totally worth checking out. If pressed for a pithy comparison, I’d say Zombie Fallout is effectively the American answer to Shaun of the Dead.
Tufo’s a prolific writer if ever there was one, …
A great action-packed ride. I really love the wit and the action in this book.
So I’m a bit late to the party with this book. It’s came out in 2012 and I’ve had it in my library for over two years now. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it and have had several people recommend it to me. I finally made time to get to it and am so pleased that I did! This is definitely one of the best zombie stories I’ve listened to. …
I absolutely enjoyed this book and look forward to all the rest of the series as I couldn’t stop listening spent many nights staying up listening and reading this book
The start of something epic, badass & funny as
I love this series . Although I am not the target demographic for these books . I am way over 50 , female and a grandma, and not my usual genre but these books are page turner’s . If you want a great lesson on how to be a prepper, survive an EMP , earthquake , flood, famine or flu pandemic , there are some great examples of what you need to stock …
Mike Talbot has a boring job and wants life to be more exciting.. Well he gets it when a flu vaccine makes people zombies.. This is the 1st book and is hysterical. There are some sad parts but mostly just good humor and truth. I definitely would recommend this author and the whole Talbot fan
Definitely a strange twist on the zombiepocolypse. It did make me laugh while at the same time grossing me out. I am going to read the next in the series, just to see what happens next.
Funny, action-packed, and awesome!
I couldn’t stop reading even if I wanted to. This is a page-turner.
This zombie book has a lot of humor because of the way the MC Mike Talbot looks at things:
“Zombies were coming through like holiday shoppers on Black Friday at a Best Buy with fifty-inch plasma televisions on sale”
There’s also a mystery …
Since I began reading books in the Zompoc genre, I kept hearing about this series. I decided it was time to see what all the fuss was about.
I have to say that I am torn in rating this book. On the one hand, I found the humor to be funny and I personally did not have a problem with the political incorrectness. I read for entertainment, …