About this title: The world's most successful podcasting author leaps from Internet sensation to superstar novelist with this no-holds-barred thriller about a bioengineered parasite infecting humanity.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307406101ISBN:0307406105
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: Advanced Reading Copy.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY), New York
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307406101ISBN:0307406105
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. ARC/SLIGHT RUBBING ON COVER. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 342 p. Audience: General/trade. NEW ADVANCED READING COPY/NEW-NEVER READ. Author's novels have a large internet following. A parasite is turning people all over America into murderers. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
Date Published: 2008
Description: Good with no dust jacket. 030740630X. 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 Inches; 400 pages; Trade Size Soft Cover Paperback, No Dust Jacket, Book Shows Wear; Rubbed. ISBN is printed as 978-1-60751-149-6. [in correct? ] read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
Date Published: 2008-10-14
ISBN-13:9780307406309ISBN:030740630X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780307406309. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Pub
Date Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN-13:9780307406101ISBN:0307406105
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780307406101. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307406101ISBN:0307406105
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Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author First edition, first printing. SIGNED and dated by the author in silver ink opposite the title page. Fine in Fine DJ. Review copy with publisher notes laid in. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307406101ISBN:0307406105
Description: Fine in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 1st printing. (Full numberline). 8vo. 342 pgs. Dark blue end papers. Black 1/4 cloth binding with black paper boards. Blue lettering pressed to spine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Small bump on front corner all others sharp. Binding is strong. Text block is square and tight. Pages are clean and bright, with no writing or markings. Book and DJ are close to flawless. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307406101ISBN:0307406105
Description: As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 1st printing. (Full numberline). 8vo. 342 pgs. Blue end papers. Black 1/4 cloth binding with black paper boards. Blue lettering pressed to spine. SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Corners are sharp. Binding is strong. Text block is square and tight. Pages are clean and bright, with no writing or markings. Book and DJ are flawless. read more
Seeds are buried in the skin of several people. The seeds cause a terrible itching, then progress to more severe symptoms, including causing a paranoia so intense it causes the victims to kill everyone around them and then themselves. The seeds are actually blueprints for creatures and humans are the incubators. As the seeds mature, eventually forming triangles to form on the skin, they start to communicate with the host. One of the main characters is a victim of the seeds and the horror comes from knowing he has parasites in side him that will likely kill him when they hatch.
Meanwhile, a small (two person) team of epidemiologists have to figure out if the seeds are part of a bioterrorist attack, and if so, who has technology advanced enough to carry it out."
"I've listened to this book by Scott Sigler and if you hadn't heard it you don't know what you're missing. I'm sure the book is still a good read as a text, but hearing Scott's voices for the characters are so stereotypical and often funny. He reads the story with such emotion that it draws you in, really conveys the mood of the story. He's the only author that I can honestly say listening to the audio versions are better than reading the written versions.
This story really surprised me becasue I am not one to listen to sci-fi but this had my attention and I am looking forward to catching up with the rest of the story in his next book (audio version, of course) Contagious.
Warning: This is not a story for the squeamish. Totally worth checking out."
"Good book, very interesting and a great page turner.
People are turning into psychotic killing machines with an odd rash...and talking about the Triangles. Black op government agents are trying to track this down and find out who (or what) is causing it, and a retired college football player is fighting it on a much more personal level.
The author's descriptive skills are amazing. He describes every bit of Perry's infestation and his battle for his own body, sanity, and very life with excruciating detail.
This book is not for the weak stomached, though. It's got to be in the top 5 of the Grossest Books I've Ever Read list, if not number one. And if you have a tendency to internalize this sort of story (ie, get the flu after reading The Stand by Stephen King or develop severe itch fests after Dust by Pellagrino) I'd suggest skipping it."
"Combines ideas from Parasite Rex, delusional parasitosis (and Morgellons), Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Cronenberg's old body horror flicks, and I guess a medical thriller? I was giggling and cringing throughout half of this book, and that's the half I liked; the medical thriller half felt more generic, and since the chapters alternate between the two storylines, I spent too much of the time reading impatiently in the hopes that we'd get back to Perry's ongoing battle with his body. Definitely NOT for the squeamish, although it's quite an experience to read if you're a hypochondriac or you get really freaked out by parasites.
Oh, it's also the only book I've read where being severely beaten as a child by your drunken, abusive father is a *good* thing, as far as increasing your chances for survival.
I was less interested in the ending, partly because it went sci-fi in a way that made me feel the sequel (Contagion) wouldn't be as focused on body horror."
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