Positive, David Wellington
Positive, David Wellington
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Positive
A Novel

Author: David Wellington

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 15 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/21/2015


Synopsis

In the bestselling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel—an entertaining page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic.Anyone can be positive . . . The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an incident, he'll be cleared.Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed—a dark and dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may be his fellow humans.Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has it all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time.

About David Wellington

David Wellington lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of the Monster Island trilogy of zombie novels; the Thirteen Bullets vampire series; the epic post-apocalyptic novel Positive; and the Jim Chapel missions, including the digital shorts “Minotaur” and “Myrmidon,” and the novels Chimera and The Hydra Protocol.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Trudi

Carol! I am so glad I didn't make you suffer through this with me. I took one for the team! Oh my bleeding eyeballs, but I am very disheartened to report that very little in this book's almost 500 pages did anything for me. Despite the zombies, despite the post-apocalyptic landscape, despite the grap......more

This is an outstanding, character driven zombie novel that gripped me from start to finish. It's not the usual guts and gore you'd expect in the genre, but it's still very much action packed. Its focus mainly lies on the characters and their struggle to make it in a world still ravaged by a deadly v......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I read this book in early January and it is still one of my favorite books of the year. Thought I'd add my review here to share my love. This is one of those books that you don't want it to end. Not a zombie fan? Me neither. I enjoy Walking Dead, (not to the same degree as my teenage son), but then......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars ‘It grows in the dark part of your head like a fungus. All the while eating holes in your brain until it’s a sponge full of virus […] That was what had happened to my mom. For twenty years, ever since the crisis, she’d been dying inside. A little more every day. And maybe......more