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Survivor Song
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A riveting novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.
In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. But unlike rabies, the disease has a terrifyingly short incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven to bite and infect as many others as they can before they inevitably succumb. Hospitals are inundated with the sick and dying, and hysteria has taken hold.
To try to limit its spread, the commonwealth is under quarantine and curfew. But society is breaking down, and the government's emergency protocols are faltering. Dr. Ramola 'Rams' Sherman, a soft-spoken paediatrician in her mid-30s, receives a frantic phone call from Natalie, a friend who is eight months pregnant. Natalie's husband has been killed - viciously attacked by an infected neighbour - and in a failed attempt to save him, Natalie, too, was bitten. Natalie's only chance of survival is to get to a hospital as quickly as possible to receive a rabies vaccine. The clock is ticking for her and for her unborn child.
Natalie's fight for life becomes a desperate odyssey as she and Rams make their way through a hostile landscape filled with dangers beyond their worst nightmares - terrifying, strange and sometimes deadly challenges that push them to the brink.
Paul Tremblay once again demonstrates his mastery in this chilling and all-too-plausible novel that will leave listeners racing to the end...and shake them to their core.
Critic Reviews
"Intensely gripping, shocking, and raw, Survivor Song is a visceral ride through a couple of hours of a deadly disease outbreak. Tremblay pulls no punches, but you wouldn't want him to - his characters are real people, and it's the brutal honesty that helps this terrifying song soar." (Tim Lebbon, author of Eden)
"Brutality spreads in this novel as swiftly as the wild epidemic Tremblay has invented. A daring, terrifying work packed with horror, but also with larger questions about what meaningful survival might be." (Idra Novey, author of Those Who Knew)
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- Eric
- 24-08-2020
Intense
I could definitely tell it was written in quarantine. Vicious and well acted, but a little too on the nose in regards to current world events.
If you want an intense and quick horror, then give it a try.
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- Summer King
- 19-08-2020
recommended
A very interesting book especially considering the current climate with Covid-19.
I recommend this book though the prelude is a little in your face and you are like now where is this story going to go but it is well written and an enjoyable story to listen too.
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- Rob Beckett
- 05-06-2024
Unique
A different spin on the old formula. Well executed and entertaining from start to finish. Can see this being picked up by Netflix.
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- A. J. Brownhill
- 23-08-2020
This was a tough one
I really wanted to like this book, I thought the subject matter was in the very least intriguing, maybe with the current climate as it is (COVID-19 etc.) this was exacerbated, plus I heard through a podcast that the book was gripping and terrifying. I thought it neither.
The lady reading the book did reasonably good job with the material at hand but it seemed so poorly written and convoluted at times, it was hard to follow; especially during conversations between characters.
One thing that stuck out to me, was just what a long slog it was to get through it, even though the events pretty much span a 24 hour period and the total listen time was under 9 hours, I even finished it within 3 days (long drives) but it seemed like it just went on and on and I was just willing it to end already,
What a shame, I was really looking forward to it too.
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- Hayden
- 14-05-2022
It was so…
Hard to finish the book, in fact I abandoned the audiobook with an hour to go, just lost interest in it and started to drift in politics(woke)
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- Nathan
- 31-12-2022
Unconvincing.
The characters in this novel are lame and unconvincing. The premise is kind of interesting, but that’s just not enough. It feels unedited.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-2020
simple
Wordy and boring, msin character geys bit, goes ti hospital, tries to go to another hospital, merts two boys, dies getting a c-section, very, interesting..
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