Pandemia

Pandemia #1

by Ken Marvin Ortega (undercoverwerewolf), Anj Javier (Illlustrator)

Sa taong 2030, isang virus ang tumama sa buong mundo, kasama na ang Pilipinas. Ilang kabataan ang nakulong sa loob ng St. Padre Pio Research Institute and Medical Hospital, isang makabago at adelantadong pasilidad, matapos ang isang quarantine lockdown. Lingid sa kanilang kaalaman, may itinatagong lihim ang bawat sulok ng puting pader ng naturang pasilidad.

Kaliwa't kanan ay may mga panganib na kailangang harapin. Mga infected na tao na kung kanilang tawagin ay "carrier" at mga taong handang ipahamak ang iba para sa pansariling kapakanan. Sino ang mabubuhay? Sino ang mamamatay? Sino ang makakaalam ng lihim sa likod ng pandemya?

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 28, 2015

About the author

Ken Marvin Ortega is a graduate of BS Biology at Polytechnic University of the Philippines and a werewolf hiding behind the persona of a writer.

He's into writing stories under vast genres, including Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, and Romance.

When not writing, he's either reading books or planning to invade the whole world one step at a time.

Reviews

[Ken (undercoverwerewolf) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my first published book. It has its flaws and setbacks, but I'm proud of the science fiction world I built. Sana magustuhan ito ng readers ko.

[Walter Adrian Wines · Rating 3 out of 5]

first time ko magbasa ng ganitong genre ng book. ang masaasabi ko lang is bitin siya.... huhuhu

[Rogeeann Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This.Book.Is.Awesome. Kudos to the author of this amazing book!

[Mash]

Not new, but also not bad. Looking forward for the next book!

Major flaw: Multiple pov, one wouldnt be able to tell who's who anymore.

[Alyssa Acula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its major weakness is the use of multiple perspectives-- that's my main problem with this book, actually. The number of characters-- there are a lot-- wouldn't have mattered if the point of view was only limited to three or even five main ones, shifting every now and then. But the fact that almost all of the characters have one or two chapters told in their own perspectives, which sometimes has no distinguishing "voice" from the other characters, greatly affected my enjoyment of the story as I kept zoning out a couple of times and getting confused in the middle of a narration that I thought was being told be a different character. It would've helped if they also have a solid and unique characterization that clearly distinguishes each of them from the others. It isn't any fun reading a book with a lot, if not all, of the females resorting to crying and a bit of or sometimes all-out hysteria. I think giving the characters a more 'human' personality will help in setting them apart from each other. In real life, there are people who won't shed any tears at all for the death of someone they've only just met, you know. I did enjoy the worldbuilding, though. This is not a bad book; it's just not my cup of tea.

**should've used third person perspective

[Micon Hugo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pandemia is a suspense thriller story...ito ung story na domoble ang tibok ng puso ko while reading.... a must read novel ang ganda ng story if u happen na mahilig mgbasa ng mga katatakutan and solving mystery ito ang para sa inyo....mga carriers or zombie ay hitech na rin may isip at mabibilis ng tumakbo, kung bakit?it' s for u to find out kaya bili na ng Pandemia!
to the author undercover werewolf congrats and a job well done!