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Zombie Fever #2
Malaysia Outbreak
Overview
A young woman is cast in a reality TV show.
Zombies are running rampant.
The contestants race cars deep in the Zombie Quarantine Zone.
Who will become infected with zombie fever?
Who gets eaten by the zombie horde?
And most importantly, who wins the million dollar prize?
A young woman is cast in a reality TV show.
Zombies are running rampant.
The contestants race cars deep in the Zombie Quarantine Zone.
Who will become infected with zombie fever?
Who gets eaten by the zombie horde?
And most importantly, who wins the million dollar prize?
283 pages, ebook
First published February 11, 2012
4 people are currently reading
145 people want to read
About the author
B.M. Hodges
8 books6 followersB.M. Hodges was born in Utah, U.S.A., in 1973.
He studied in the United States and Singapore where he was
awarded a Master's Degree in Literary Studies.
He began his writing career in 2008 with Buddy the Rat.
He recently published the horror novel, Zombie Fever: Malaysia Outbreak
and the short story prequel Zombie Fever: Origins. He is currently living in
South East Asia and working on the third installment of the Zombie Fever series.
He studied in the United States and Singapore where he was
awarded a Master's Degree in Literary Studies.
He began his writing career in 2008 with Buddy the Rat.
He recently published the horror novel, Zombie Fever: Malaysia Outbreak
and the short story prequel Zombie Fever: Origins. He is currently living in
South East Asia and working on the third installment of the Zombie Fever series.
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March 15, 2013
One of the best I have read in a long time..just all in all great characters,an addictive story that never loses pace...excellent gooey twist on the zombie infection..I didn't really enjoy book one ,thought it a bit short and abrupt so book two was a happy surprise....really really recommend this for fans of apocalyptic,infection,horror or good old fashioned zombie fiction...also suitable for critics and fans of reality TV...in fact it was that good I have actually paid for book 3 and started it straight away!!!!
June 30, 2012
Abigail Tan is a twenty year old who is a proud Singaporean whose parents are Chinese with many Indonesian ancestors. Abigail and her best friend Jamie enter and are chosen as one of the 6 teams on a reality tv show called Cera’s Amazing Rally Showdown, CARS for short. A reality tv show where they race across the Malaysian Peninsula. They have competitions, checkpoints and eliminations. The grand prize is a million dollars. If they win their plan or Abi's plan is to use the money to buy a condo that they can share. The plan is for them to travel and meet different guys in all the places that they visit.
They will be racing through The Zombie Zone. Malaysia has been over run by zombies. Maylaysian called the zombie's 'Berjalan penyakit' in English it means the 'walking infection'. Everyone in the Zombie Zone has been evacuated or has succumbed to the fever. The zombies in Zombie Fever are a little different than the zombies in The Walking Dead or movies that you see on tv. These zombies are a lot faster and they seem to have retained some of their intelligences if you can call it that.
I didn't think that I would enjoy Zombie Fever as much as I did when I saw that it was about a reality show and racing at that. But it was a very exicting, adrenline rushing read that I enjoyed very much. I was rooting for Abi and Jamie in all the compititions. It was like I was on the side line yelling go Abi, go Jamie. You wanted to help them out telling them where to go to find what they were looking for.
I received a copy of ZOMBIE FEVER: MALAYSIA OUTBREAK by B.M. Hodges from LibraryThing for review.
They will be racing through The Zombie Zone. Malaysia has been over run by zombies. Maylaysian called the zombie's 'Berjalan penyakit' in English it means the 'walking infection'. Everyone in the Zombie Zone has been evacuated or has succumbed to the fever. The zombies in Zombie Fever are a little different than the zombies in The Walking Dead or movies that you see on tv. These zombies are a lot faster and they seem to have retained some of their intelligences if you can call it that.
I didn't think that I would enjoy Zombie Fever as much as I did when I saw that it was about a reality show and racing at that. But it was a very exicting, adrenline rushing read that I enjoyed very much. I was rooting for Abi and Jamie in all the compititions. It was like I was on the side line yelling go Abi, go Jamie. You wanted to help them out telling them where to go to find what they were looking for.
I received a copy of ZOMBIE FEVER: MALAYSIA OUTBREAK by B.M. Hodges from LibraryThing for review.
March 24, 2019
I haven't been throwing out 5-star reviews for zombie books that clock in at over 200 pages, but this one really was all that and a bag of chips. From Malaysia, no less!
A thoughtful zombie outbreak plot is laid out behind a zany reality show car race, set against the exotic backdrop of Singapore and Malaysia. Our narrator heroine is Abigail Tan, a proud Singaporean who enters a reality show with her childhood bestie, Jaime, for the million dollar cash prize. All they have to do is drive a rally car across the Malaysia peninsula, under threat of imminent quarantine from a deadly viral infection, and beat the other five teams.
The zombie plot carries over from the first book in the series, Origins, but those ties aren't revealed until much later in the story. And, blessedly, you don't need to have read the first book to do well here. The descriptions of the zombies as infected, rather than undead, is done well. So too are the descriptions of the geography and culture of this area - I felt as if I were being taken on a crazy cultural tour of the most eff'ed up spots on the peninsula, while trying to avoid the infected and win a race with two young girls.
Unique plot. Unique setting. Unique voice. A+ from me.
A thoughtful zombie outbreak plot is laid out behind a zany reality show car race, set against the exotic backdrop of Singapore and Malaysia. Our narrator heroine is Abigail Tan, a proud Singaporean who enters a reality show with her childhood bestie, Jaime, for the million dollar cash prize. All they have to do is drive a rally car across the Malaysia peninsula, under threat of imminent quarantine from a deadly viral infection, and beat the other five teams.
The zombie plot carries over from the first book in the series, Origins, but those ties aren't revealed until much later in the story. And, blessedly, you don't need to have read the first book to do well here. The descriptions of the zombies as infected, rather than undead, is done well. So too are the descriptions of the geography and culture of this area - I felt as if I were being taken on a crazy cultural tour of the most eff'ed up spots on the peninsula, while trying to avoid the infected and win a race with two young girls.
Unique plot. Unique setting. Unique voice. A+ from me.
November 9, 2012
I really enjoyed the narrator, Abigail, and she was what kept me reading. Abigail is a very charming and intelligent character, and she mentally runs circles around the other competitors.
The book moved very slowly to me due to the author's efforts to add real Malay/Singaporean language and cultural references that bogged it down. For me it almost ruined the book because it made a light, fun adventure into a scholastic effort. This is the wrong genre to share a culture!
The author's love of the region and culture is apparent; he should write a travel memoir or historic novel. Some of the cultural references and language were appropriate and even interesting here, but I would have enjoyed it better if a much lighter hand was used for this. I really just wanted to find out what happened.
I enjoyed ZF:1 better, and will be reading ZF:3 next. I did enjoy this one, but it took too long to get through all the educational passages that weren't germane to the story. The story would move along, then stall, move along, then stall, just like the Singapore traffic.
The book moved very slowly to me due to the author's efforts to add real Malay/Singaporean language and cultural references that bogged it down. For me it almost ruined the book because it made a light, fun adventure into a scholastic effort. This is the wrong genre to share a culture!
The author's love of the region and culture is apparent; he should write a travel memoir or historic novel. Some of the cultural references and language were appropriate and even interesting here, but I would have enjoyed it better if a much lighter hand was used for this. I really just wanted to find out what happened.
I enjoyed ZF:1 better, and will be reading ZF:3 next. I did enjoy this one, but it took too long to get through all the educational passages that weren't germane to the story. The story would move along, then stall, move along, then stall, just like the Singapore traffic.
June 9, 2012
I recently received Zombie Fever: Malaysia Outbreak as one of Library Thing's member giveaways.
The story has an interesting premise. A media network in Singapore decides to exploit a viral outbreak in Malaysia by sending in 6 teams to compete in a reality TV competition, much like Amazing Race. The teams must compete against each other and fight to stay alive for a chance to win one million dollars.
This was a fun read. It had an original plot and it really makes you think about how far you might be willing to go for one million dollars.
It will be interesting to see how the story continues in the sequel.
The story has an interesting premise. A media network in Singapore decides to exploit a viral outbreak in Malaysia by sending in 6 teams to compete in a reality TV competition, much like Amazing Race. The teams must compete against each other and fight to stay alive for a chance to win one million dollars.
This was a fun read. It had an original plot and it really makes you think about how far you might be willing to go for one million dollars.
It will be interesting to see how the story continues in the sequel.
March 18, 2012
If you enjoy zombies, this book is a must read! It is wonderfully written in the style of an action film, I could picture every scene like the story board of a movie. At first, I thought the reality television angle would be uninteresting, but I found Hodges’ prose to be so spell-binding that I was actually quite disappointed when I turned the last page as I didn’t want it to end! But I’ve heard there’s a sequel in the works. I can’t wait!
May 23, 2012
I thin this is a very good zombie story. I read amanda Hocking's zombie stories and loved them, but this is also very good! Great imagery, and descriptions of the East and enjoyed the characters and lots of action. Told in first person and you can feel his struggles...
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May 25, 2012
I won this book through a Library Thing's giveaway.
This book was a fast paced and attention grabbing. There was some spelling errors but nothing that took away from the story line. At first I thought that Abi was a weak character but as the story progressed I realized she was stronger than I thought. I look forward to the next in the series
This book was a fast paced and attention grabbing. There was some spelling errors but nothing that took away from the story line. At first I thought that Abi was a weak character but as the story progressed I realized she was stronger than I thought. I look forward to the next in the series
March 15, 2012
A superb story with memorable geographic details about Malaysia and Singapore. More suspenseful than gory, fast paced, easy to digest and with a storyline that sticks to you. Especially the part where they found Gemma’s forearm gnawed off exposing some of her star tattoos, gets me every time!
August 17, 2012
As the author, I can tell you that I'm a big fan of zombie fiction. Trust me, this novel has a great story, great characters and it really moves along at a great pace.
March 13, 2012
Awesome book! I never got bored reading it. Loved the reality show taping scenes almost as much as I enjoyed the nail-biting zombie scenes. It seemed so realistic it's scary!
March 18, 2013
This was a good book. The action flowed well. The characters are well defined with both racers you root for and against. A couple of plot twists that were a bit hard to believe but still a fun read.
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