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VIRAL - Vector 1: Raw Feed
"More herbs and spices than it’s got feet
Only Bug Burger has got real meat…"
We interrupt your regular broadcast to bring you this GMO exclusive:
It’s been two years since the Western Sector of New Manau was sealed behind the wall and for some of us it might feel like the outbreak never happened. We’ve all seen the aerial photo’s and heard stories about the creatures that haunt the graveyard of the old city, shamblers and stalkers and now even monstrous dumplings, but what’s really happening in the there, right in our midst?
GMO is offering you the chance to follow Vivian Liu as she joins Doctor Brooker’s group for her exclusive coverage of the first expedition beyond the wall since the Western sector was abandoned. Will the doctor’s humanitarian mission be a success? Can we bring a cure to the thousands still caught in a living nightmare? What does a dumpling look like close up? What of those who maintain that the good doctor is not all his followers claim?
Find out now!
200 square km
9 million infected
No Chance
We now return you to your regular programming.
"So there you have it kids, grab yourself a queen-bee sized box of Pop-roaches™ from your local Bug Burger and enjoy the show – Sponsored by Omni-Chem."
Only Bug Burger has got real meat…"
We interrupt your regular broadcast to bring you this GMO exclusive:
It’s been two years since the Western Sector of New Manau was sealed behind the wall and for some of us it might feel like the outbreak never happened. We’ve all seen the aerial photo’s and heard stories about the creatures that haunt the graveyard of the old city, shamblers and stalkers and now even monstrous dumplings, but what’s really happening in the there, right in our midst?
GMO is offering you the chance to follow Vivian Liu as she joins Doctor Brooker’s group for her exclusive coverage of the first expedition beyond the wall since the Western sector was abandoned. Will the doctor’s humanitarian mission be a success? Can we bring a cure to the thousands still caught in a living nightmare? What does a dumpling look like close up? What of those who maintain that the good doctor is not all his followers claim?
Find out now!
200 square km
9 million infected
No Chance
We now return you to your regular programming.
"So there you have it kids, grab yourself a queen-bee sized box of Pop-roaches™ from your local Bug Burger and enjoy the show – Sponsored by Omni-Chem."
140 pages, Unknown Binding
First published October 1, 2015
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About the author
Benjamin Knox
35 books8 followersA Scottish Ex-Pat, Benjamin writes mind-melting Horror, creepy dark-fairytales and fun pulpy genre fiction. One day he will have that island fortress and army of genetically engineered super-eels he has always dreamed of. For now he could be anywhere, perhaps somewhere near you...
For further strangeness visit
www.benjaminknox.net
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www.benjaminknox.net
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September 28, 2015
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Toby Bennett was born in 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a degree in philosophy from the University of Cape Town. To date he has written eight novels and appeared in various collections of short stories. Benjamin Knox writes fun pulpy genre-fiction, horror, a little sci-fi and anything gleefully maniacal.
Viral - Vector 1: Raw Feed is another twist on the traditional Zombie tale. Here the outbreak has been quarantined to an area known as the Western Sector. There are four types of the Undead. Stalkers. Shamblers. Scraps, and (New!) Dumplings.
"At first it had seemed a simple progression--the infected became stalkers, stalkers degenerated into shamblers and those to far gone to even qualify as either became scraps. The dumplings were what had everyone panicked. No one had imagined, until a few months ago, that the contagion had the capacity to gather those scraps together and turn then into a single organism."
It's now been two years since the outbreak. Armed with a potential cure, a group of military and civilian volunteers enter the Western Sector, believing their lead tank and Armored Personnel Carriers will offer sufficient protection. Problem is, no one expected the zombies would be that smart.
Viral - Vector 1: Raw Feed was OK. One thing I found to be particularly annoying was the use of channel surfing to bring the reader up to speed on what was happening. Not a bad technique, but with every click the next story would start at the beginning. I don't know about you, but when I channel surf I never have that kind of luck.
As a rule, I don't mind novellas, but it seems to me this story may have been better served as a novel. Given its $2.99 price tag, this puts the overall cost of the tale at $11.96. That's a bit high for an e-book.
Viral - Vector 1: Raw Feed will be available as an e-book on October 1st, 2015 with the rest of the series available on consecutive Thursdays. Published by Macabre Ink, a digital imprint of Crossroad Press.
Toby Bennett was born in 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a degree in philosophy from the University of Cape Town. To date he has written eight novels and appeared in various collections of short stories. Benjamin Knox writes fun pulpy genre-fiction, horror, a little sci-fi and anything gleefully maniacal.
Viral - Vector 1: Raw Feed is another twist on the traditional Zombie tale. Here the outbreak has been quarantined to an area known as the Western Sector. There are four types of the Undead. Stalkers. Shamblers. Scraps, and (New!) Dumplings.
"At first it had seemed a simple progression--the infected became stalkers, stalkers degenerated into shamblers and those to far gone to even qualify as either became scraps. The dumplings were what had everyone panicked. No one had imagined, until a few months ago, that the contagion had the capacity to gather those scraps together and turn then into a single organism."
It's now been two years since the outbreak. Armed with a potential cure, a group of military and civilian volunteers enter the Western Sector, believing their lead tank and Armored Personnel Carriers will offer sufficient protection. Problem is, no one expected the zombies would be that smart.
Viral - Vector 1: Raw Feed was OK. One thing I found to be particularly annoying was the use of channel surfing to bring the reader up to speed on what was happening. Not a bad technique, but with every click the next story would start at the beginning. I don't know about you, but when I channel surf I never have that kind of luck.
As a rule, I don't mind novellas, but it seems to me this story may have been better served as a novel. Given its $2.99 price tag, this puts the overall cost of the tale at $11.96. That's a bit high for an e-book.
Viral - Vector 1: Raw Feed will be available as an e-book on October 1st, 2015 with the rest of the series available on consecutive Thursdays. Published by Macabre Ink, a digital imprint of Crossroad Press.
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