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Hissers #2
Death March
When a plane crashed in the quaint town of Castor, it unleashed a virus that turned everyone into hissing, blood-thirsty, undead monsters. Monsters that could transmit their plague in seconds, that could run as fast as dogs, and that could fuse themselves together to create massive mutated beasts. Four teens—Connor, Seth, Amanita, and Nicole—fought for their lives to secure vital data from the plane wreckage, some of them making the ultimate sacrifice.
Now they need to get to San Diego with their secret, but the plague is spreading too fast. They have no friends or family, nowhere to hide, and death lurks behind every corner. Worse, the hissers are evolving, and it may be impossible to stop them at all.
Hissers II: Death March is the exciting sequel to Hissers (Permuted Press, 2010), written by the author of The Summer I Died and Salticidae.
Now they need to get to San Diego with their secret, but the plague is spreading too fast. They have no friends or family, nowhere to hide, and death lurks behind every corner. Worse, the hissers are evolving, and it may be impossible to stop them at all.
Hissers II: Death March is the exciting sequel to Hissers (Permuted Press, 2010), written by the author of The Summer I Died and Salticidae.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 10, 2014
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Ryan C. Thomas
55 books407 followersI am the author of the novels The Summer I Died, Ratings Game, Born to Bleed, Salticidae, Undead World of Oz, Hissers and more. I hope to learn a lot from the readers on this site, and get some good book recs in the process. Thanks!
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November 27, 2021
A very great sequel. Action packed and with new characters added in that you grow to love. This was basically a traveling mission between two sets of groups to get to San Diego. It’s a perfect in between book from the first novel and what’s to come in the final book. Can’t wait to order and read “hissers 3”!
June 8, 2021
Hissers was one of the first novels I listed to on Audible and it got me hooked. Hissers II is a fantastic action packed, high speed, undead mutant zombie adventure follow up. In this sequel Thomas picks up almost exactly where the first book ends. The characters are still running, as hard as they can, from the creatures which are not really zombies but the victims of human genome experiments gone mad. The characters have little time to contemplate the difference however as they dodge their way across the country hoping to get the research (found in book one) that created the things to a genetics lab and a group of top scientists that they hope will still be there when they arrive. The story is still told from the perspective of the kids, although more adults are present this time, which keeps things focused and prevents overthinking the situation. Shawn Zuzek provides the narration and does an excellent job with the voices.
January 23, 2023
Rating: B
Hissers 2: Death March is a decent middle book. Connor and Amarita have survived the mess in their small town, destroyed by the zombie plague started by . With the formula USB, Connor has to get to Amondyne labs to see if they can decipher it because Nicole's dad worked there and that's the only lead he has. Separated from Connor, travelling with her parents, Amarita thinks about rejoining Connor and knows only where he planned to go, but she believes that nothing would stop him from getting there.
As far as zombie books go, it was alright. Really graphic, violent and supremely disgusting. And in terms of uniqueness, the zombies were really unique and more like the flood in Halo - an overwhelming force (except fire doesn't work). I enjoyed the addition of the side characters and though they were more interesting than the protagonist's themselves.
The book really leads into what exciting things could happen in book 3 (like the infected trilogy by Scott Sigler). Fingers crossed.
Hissers 2: Death March is a decent middle book. Connor and Amarita have survived the mess in their small town, destroyed by the zombie plague started by . With the formula USB, Connor has to get to Amondyne labs to see if they can decipher it because Nicole's dad worked there and that's the only lead he has. Separated from Connor, travelling with her parents, Amarita thinks about rejoining Connor and knows only where he planned to go, but she believes that nothing would stop him from getting there.
As far as zombie books go, it was alright. Really graphic, violent and supremely disgusting. And in terms of uniqueness, the zombies were really unique and more like the flood in Halo - an overwhelming force (except fire doesn't work). I enjoyed the addition of the side characters and though they were more interesting than the protagonist's themselves.
The book really leads into what exciting things could happen in book 3 (like the infected trilogy by Scott Sigler). Fingers crossed.
July 31, 2023
I struggled a bit with this second book. I think I wasn’t as into it as I was with his other series. Lots of action, good character development…..and of course chemically created undead spider things!
May 7, 2021
Lots of action and a wild, monster-filled apocalypse make this a fun ride. But a lack of stakes and the real sense of danger the first book had hold it back. It doesn’t help that the plot is pretty heavily contrived, to the point that it lampshades it as a joke (but still). Zombie sharks, though...
I did like the characters though. It was cool how teens were paired with older misfits of the opposite gender, giving the book fodder for the 14 year olds to come to terms with themselves and their ability to trust others in a scary world. Olive and Doug are good characters and an interesting way for Connor and Amanita to discover themselves. There’s something about realizing not all adults suck and people have their own problems that speaks to teen maturity in a way I really like. Doug is a good tarnished white knight and Olive is a potential sex object turned complicated older sister.
It’s still a good series, if maybe a little too goofy here. Looking forward to that rousing conclusion.
I did like the characters though. It was cool how teens were paired with older misfits of the opposite gender, giving the book fodder for the 14 year olds to come to terms with themselves and their ability to trust others in a scary world. Olive and Doug are good characters and an interesting way for Connor and Amanita to discover themselves. There’s something about realizing not all adults suck and people have their own problems that speaks to teen maturity in a way I really like. Doug is a good tarnished white knight and Olive is a potential sex object turned complicated older sister.
It’s still a good series, if maybe a little too goofy here. Looking forward to that rousing conclusion.
April 8, 2014
"Hissers II" by Ryan C. Thomas is a great new take on the whole Zombie trope, with a lot of action, heart-stopping terror and just-in-the-nick-of-time escapades.
The story picks up where the original "Hissers" leaves off, but I had no problem reading "Hissers II" first. Although there are numerous references to events from book 1, they are described in such a way that the reader readily can understand what happened without first reading book 1. However, reading them in order is no doubt preferred.
In "Hissers II" we join 14-year-old Connor as he hides and runs in an attempt to avoid the hideous spider monsters. Soon thereafter we meet Olive, who kills the monster that is about to devour Connor. Thus begins a journey across hundreds of miles of infected territory to take a critical flash drive to a lab in San Diego.
The monsters in this book are quite a unique foe. I feel confident in saying such beings never before have been featured in any book outside the "Hissers" series. By their description, these creatures are grotesque and very frightful looking, with each one being distinct from the others in spite of a common genesis.
I definitely recommend "Hissers II" to all fans of horror, monster stories, apocalyptic adventures, or similar fiction topics. I am now reading the original "Hissers", and anxiously await publication of "Hissers III". I encourage you to join me in reading this fun series.
The story picks up where the original "Hissers" leaves off, but I had no problem reading "Hissers II" first. Although there are numerous references to events from book 1, they are described in such a way that the reader readily can understand what happened without first reading book 1. However, reading them in order is no doubt preferred.
In "Hissers II" we join 14-year-old Connor as he hides and runs in an attempt to avoid the hideous spider monsters. Soon thereafter we meet Olive, who kills the monster that is about to devour Connor. Thus begins a journey across hundreds of miles of infected territory to take a critical flash drive to a lab in San Diego.
The monsters in this book are quite a unique foe. I feel confident in saying such beings never before have been featured in any book outside the "Hissers" series. By their description, these creatures are grotesque and very frightful looking, with each one being distinct from the others in spite of a common genesis.
I definitely recommend "Hissers II" to all fans of horror, monster stories, apocalyptic adventures, or similar fiction topics. I am now reading the original "Hissers", and anxiously await publication of "Hissers III". I encourage you to join me in reading this fun series.
April 3, 2016
Man. Like the first, I devoured this book but I simply cannot rate it higher than three stars.
It's abundantly clear that not only does this author lack an editor, but he failed to proofread his work before sending it to print.
Words are misspelled, sentences mixed up, words are repeated repeated . their, there and they're are repeatedly misused . And it goes on like this throughout the entire book. If you're lucky, there will only be one mistake on a page, but some pages have 7 or 8 mistakes. Wow. Kills the suspension of disbelief and slaughters the dialogue, ripping you from the story.
It's abundantly clear that not only does this author lack an editor, but he failed to proofread his work before sending it to print.
Words are misspelled, sentences mixed up, words are repeated repeated . their, there and they're are repeatedly misused . And it goes on like this throughout the entire book. If you're lucky, there will only be one mistake on a page, but some pages have 7 or 8 mistakes. Wow. Kills the suspension of disbelief and slaughters the dialogue, ripping you from the story.
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