One of Us

Name: One of Us
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Craig DiLouie
ISBN: 9781549194405

Author: Craig DiLouie

Narrator: Maxwell Hamilton

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Run For It

Published: 07/17/2018

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary, Horror, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Known as "the plague generation" a group of teenagers begin to discover their hidden powers in this shocking post-apocalyptic coming of age story set in 1984.

"This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But it's a powerful book, and it will change you." -- Seaman McGuire
They've called him a monster from the day he was born.

Abandoned by his family, Enoch Bryant now lives in a rundown orphanage with other teenagers just like him. He loves his friends, even if the teachers are terrified of them. They're members of the rising plague generation. Each bearing their own extreme genetic mutation.

The people in the nearby town hate Enoch, but he doesn't know why. He's never harmed anyone. Works hard and doesn't make trouble. He believes one day he'll be a respected man.

But hatred dies hard. The tension between Enoch's world and those of the "normal" townspeople is ready to burst. And when a body is found, it may be the spark that ignites a horrifying revolution.

About Craig Dilouie

Craig DiLouie is the author of the highly successful zombie novels The Killing Floor, The Infection, and Tooth and Nail, as well as The Great Planet Robbery, a science fiction novel, and Paranoia, a psychological thriller. He lives with his family in Calgary, Canada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on May 11, 2022

Around 14-15 years ago humanity was struck with a sexually transmitted virus that resulted in the birth of babies with extreme and often horrific looking genetic mutations; the vast majority of these children were rejected by their parents and now over a million of them reside in specially set up Ho......more

Goodreads review by karen on September 16, 2018

this book opens with a line from oingo boingo’s song No Spill Blood: We walk on two legs not on four. To walk on four legs breaks the law. a song which is itself referencing The Island of Dr. Moreau. you want to get my attention, open your book with an oingo boingo line. i was "supposed" to read The Ove......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on July 15, 2018

Wow, this is a truly hard-hitting read so hard-hitting that at times it makes for rather uncomfortable reading. I also found it a really emotional experience and I must admit I cried at certain points as it was easy to draw parallels with real life. The world building was excellent and the character......more

Goodreads review by Esme on January 21, 2019

This is a book I’m going to remember for a very long time. I was hanging on the edge through the entire last half of this book and I read it one sitting because I couldn’t put it down once it got its hooks into me. This is unlike any other urban fantasy I’ve read. Although on the shorter side, this i......more

Goodreads review by Justine on September 22, 2018

An intelligently written, hard hitting, and thought provoking novel featuring an array of shades of grey characters. While many of the characters are young adults--children, really--this is not a YA novel but an adult one about horrific social imbalance and violent systemic prejudice applied to the......more

Quotes

"A powerful and heartbreaking tale about hate, fear, and truth. Author Craig DiLouie is fearless as he explores the dark territory of the human heart."—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author

"This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But it's a powerful book, and it will change you."—Seanan McGuire, author of Every Heart a Doorway

"Disturbing, beautiful . . . . A powerhouse of a novel. DiLouie continues to be the master of writing the human heart and all the terrors it contains."—Peter Clines, author of Paradox Bound and The Fold

"DiLouie has crafted something special, with sympathetic characters, tragedy, hope and humor all expertly woven together. One of Us is a stunning achievement in speculative fiction."—Shelf Awareness

"One of Us is a horror mash-up of Wild Cards and kid-capers like The Goonies, but its portrayal of hatred feels all too real - and will stay with you long after the book is done."—The Washington Post

"An amazing tour-de-force . . . One of Us rattled me to the core. An engrossing, emotionally-charged book and a work of terrible beauty. To Kill a Mockingbird-with monsters."—John Dixon, Bram Stoker Award-winning author

"The Girl with all the Gifts meets To Kill a Mockingbird."—Claire North, author of 84K

"A character-driven and sometimes heartbreaking story about what happens to those of us who are different, and who the monsters truly are. DiLouie keeps the reader turning pages."—Megan Hart, New York Times bestselling author of All the Lies We Tell

"You shouldn't believe there aren't any truly original stories out there anymore, because One of Us is one of a kind." —Nicholas Sansbury Smith, author of The Extinction Cycle

"Frightening in its familiarity, One of Us is a tale of human monsters and monstrous humans - authentic, brutal, and inevitable."—David Walton, internationally bestselling author of The Genius Plague