Infected - A book review

I just finished reading Scott Sigler's Infected.

I have to say. I normally don't read horror, and Sigler is known for horror. This one was, in my opinion, more sci-fi thriller, with a bit of gore thrown in. Yes, it was really graphic, and yes, I winced and protected myself from time to time. I even had to put the book down a few times because it was that graphic. But I always picked it back up an hour or a day later (time permitting).

I bought the book through a link from podiobooks.com a site through which I have downloaded many novels for my iPod. I am linking through them, in the link above, because they earn money for each book sold through their link, and I want to support them. I am also linking through their site because the audio book is available there. Listening to the audio book for free was an option. In fact, I was able to download the pdf of the book thanks to one of Siglar's promotions on other podcasts like EscapePod. I bought the book because I wanted to support the author.

In a nutshell, the story alternates between the stories of CIA operative Dew Phillips, a former NCAA football player Perry Dawsey, and the CDC team led by epidemiologist Margaret Montoya. Montoya is trying to figure out what the disease is. Is it a terrorist agent? Is it something ancient that has been unearthed? Dew Phillips is trying to apprehend someone who is infected, while keeping the body count down. The infection makes people paranoid and homicidal. The infected individuals kill family and friends, often violently. Perry Dawsey.... is infected. He's dealing with the symptoms of the disease. Including it's thoughts.