Virus

Virus #1

by Ifedayo Adigwe Akintomide

In a sleepy town called Oraromi, peace and tranquility reign supreme. It is the sort of town where nothing ever happens. That is until a young student who makes a habit of mocking a mad man who wanders around the town is bitten by the man after one such mocking episode. This marks the beginning of a strange illness that sweeps across the town killing many whose bodies simply vanish hours after death.
A district police officer and his men investigate this strange phenomenon. Their investigations reveal a deadly secret, vile and evil, that is centuries old which could have grave consequences for Oraromi and the world

Genres: Zombies

173 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2014

About the author

I am thirty Three years old. Been writing for so long i can't really remember when i started.
My inspiration is the lord God almighty and my goal is to be the best and most successful writer the world has ever seen.

Reviews

[Chrystal Roe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

This is a very exciting story. It has zombies, evil spirits, a deer, and a mad man. It also has some brave people who must risk everything to stop the evil that had come to their town. I really enjoyed this story.

[Anthony Yvonnica · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring, poorly written, poorly edited book. There was so much untapped potential in this story but it never developed. And it read very slowly.

[Morgan Dhu · Rating 1 out of 5]

I decided to read this because I thought it might be interesting to see the perspective of a Nigerian author on the whole zombie novel genre. After all, the zombie we can't get enough of is based on traditions associated with Haitian vodoun, which itself has roots in West African voudon.

The book was a curious mix of abysmally amateurish writing combined with decent characterisation and a fast-paced and at times even exciting story. The prose was awkward and filled with cliches - sighs and groans repeatedly burst from people's lips as they tore in this and that direction, for example. Much of the dialogue was stilted. The editing was non-existent - grammatical and punctuation errors littered the pages, footnotes, often unnecessary, were incorporated into the body of the text.... I could go on, but you probably get the idea. Despite this, the main characters were believable and clearly differentiated, and the plot was tight and interesting.

The differences between this and western versions of the classic zombie horror story were subtle, but there was, to the eyes of this western reader, more of a sense that zombies are the servants of ancient evil embedded in the land - in fact, some of the elements of this African-based zombie tale were reminiscent of the European vampire tradition.

The quality of the writing is such that I can't recommend the novel, but.... If you're a zombie fanatic and also the sort of person who can wade through really bad fanfic because it features your One True Pairing, then you might want to give it a chance.

[Jessica Kong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Virus by Ifedayo Adigwe Akintomide was a good read. I enjoyed the characters and the story line. Ifedayo definitely created a unique twist to his Zombies that I have not come across before, and it works. What I did not like was the amount of times the word 'sigh' was used. It was an overkill that wasn't necessary. The book also needs several rounds of editing. Still, I kept on reading because the plot was very interesting. I look forward to reading book two. I just hope Ifedayo does a better job in the editing process.