Extinction

by H.V. Purvis

Try to imagine a future where almost all your family and friends become infected with a virus that made them stronger and more agile, grow fur, develop claws, lose the ability to reason or be able to speak and become murderously violent toward anyone not infected. Now imagine this rage being so consuming that they continue to attack until either they or you are dead.

This is the world in which our heroes find themselves. What must they do to survive? Are there other survivors out there?

248 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2013

About the author

H.V. Purvis was born in 1952 and reared in rural North Carolina near Siler City. He was raised in the country where he was exposed to farming, raising animals, hunting and fishing. While a youngster, he learned to handle guns, shoot, ride horses and spent many hours daily riding the trails around his home.
His talents in music lead to an Associate in Arts degree in music from Sandhills Community College, a Bachelor in Arts in music education from Pfeiffer University and a Masters in music from Appalachian State University. After college, he worked as a church music director and taught high school chorus and theatre. In 1992, he left teaching and started Purvis Appraisals, a real estate appraisal business.
He has three children from his first marriage. He considers them to be three of his best friends.
He and Ally, his current wife, live on a small ranch in Scotland County adjoining forty-three thousand acres of State wildlife preserve. They have eleven horses, a faithful dog, an affectionate cat, some Guinea hens and a few chickens. They ride regularly on the wildlife preserve, at the beach, and in the mountains.
Purvis is an avid reader. Several years ago, he and his active imagination developed a story idea. He wrote it out and began to develop it as a book. That story and the encouragement he received from his friends and family led to an obsession for writing.

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Without giving any spoilers, it was a page turner, hard to put it down from the first action filled page to the emotional final page, it kept my interest.
The characters were believable and fully developed. I found myself really caring for these people.
There was a lot of action and some of it was harsh. It was life and death situations and had me wondering what I would do in the character's place.
I highly recommend this book.

[Rbjumbob · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were some very good concepts that made this a very worthwhile read. I would recommend reading it especially if you're tired of the usual zombie story. I had to subtract one star for what I felt were pretty unrealistic actions. if you are running low or have a limited or rather small supply of ammunition I would think anyone especially one of the lead characters with military training which can serve ammo. Also issues of leadership along although it was a good read with good concepts in the realm of science fiction dystopian.

[Pammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book by the author as a gift. The story was very suspenseful...I couldn't put it down. The characters were interesting and well developed. Thanks for a great read H.V. Purvis!!! Keep up the good work.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very good. Very good development of characters. Does the story continue to another book?