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The Immune #1-5
The Immune Box Set: Books 1-3
On a warm summer night in New York City, the end of the world begins.
Within days, the lethal Medusa virus is spreading across the globe like a wildfire, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction.
In Virginia, Dr. Adam Fisher struggles to save his patients while he remains inexplicably immune.
In the Bronx, Army Captain Sarah Wells is ordered to maintain a military quarantine at all costs.
In Georgia, ex-football star Freddie Briggs watches helplessly as his wife and daughters fall ill with the virus.
And in the silent wake of the viral apocalypse, these three survivors discover a flicker of hope that will send them on a quest through a ruined American landscape.
As they join other survivors on their westward trek, they will fight to eke out a new life with hope, friendship and love - but before any can find peace, they must come face to face with the shocking truth about the plague that destroyed civilization and the dark secret that may decide the fate of humanity.Author's Note - This Kindle eBook contains both complete series novels - The Immune and The Living. If you purchase or download this, you do not need any of the other Immune titles
Within days, the lethal Medusa virus is spreading across the globe like a wildfire, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction.
In Virginia, Dr. Adam Fisher struggles to save his patients while he remains inexplicably immune.
In the Bronx, Army Captain Sarah Wells is ordered to maintain a military quarantine at all costs.
In Georgia, ex-football star Freddie Briggs watches helplessly as his wife and daughters fall ill with the virus.
And in the silent wake of the viral apocalypse, these three survivors discover a flicker of hope that will send them on a quest through a ruined American landscape.
As they join other survivors on their westward trek, they will fight to eke out a new life with hope, friendship and love - but before any can find peace, they must come face to face with the shocking truth about the plague that destroyed civilization and the dark secret that may decide the fate of humanity.Author's Note - This Kindle eBook contains both complete series novels - The Immune and The Living. If you purchase or download this, you do not need any of the other Immune titles
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Published May 14, 2019
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December 26, 2019
Interesting reading
I enjoyed this series very much. There seem to be surprises around every corner. This was my first time with this author but it will not be my last. Thank you sir for the entertainment.
I enjoyed this series very much. There seem to be surprises around every corner. This was my first time with this author but it will not be my last. Thank you sir for the entertainment.
January 24, 2020
I changed my review to a one star because the more I think about, the more depressing and awful this series was. It started out promising enough, but as it drug on it just became awful. There is no hope throughout the series and even at the end, the hope is so infinitesimal that I couldn't even enjoy that. It felt like it was the end of human beings on earth. I think this is the last of the dystopian, end of the world books that I can handle...at least the others offered hope.
October 14, 2019
Great Read
This’s. A very engaging series. A realistic premise on a possible terroristic pandemic. Scary as. Hell. Couldn’t put it down throughout the entire series
This’s. A very engaging series. A realistic premise on a possible terroristic pandemic. Scary as. Hell. Couldn’t put it down throughout the entire series
August 9, 2019
The premise is frighteningly possible. A billionaire, multi conglomerate owner, hires a group of scientists to develop a super virus. He wants to kill off most humans and give the earth a chance to heal itself of all the damage caused by civilization. Of course, there is a secret vaccine for his chosen few who will live to make a better world.
The virus is extremely contagious and kills within 24-48 hours. Unraveling follows the life of some of the few, immune to the virus, who watch helplessly as all their loved ones sicken and die and the world descends into chaos around them.
Very well written with compelling characters and realistic action, especially in the first two books. Kazzie expertly shows the mental and physical anguish experienced by Adam, a successful doctor, Sarah, a career soldier, and Freddie, a professional football player. He makes you care about these people.
I never stopped reading, or caring, but the story seemed less plausible after the action moved to the Midwest, mostly to Nebraska. Adam and his group take over a huge warehouse complex, a food distribution center, where they count canned food, ration out just enough to keep people from starving, and fight to the death to protect the cans (their only food supply) from roving "bandits".
This scenario might work in an east coast city, but in the Midwest, most people know their food doesn't just appear magically on grocery store shelves. Right now, Nebraska has 6,800,000 head of cattle. Plus almost two billion bushels of corn, and even more soybeans and wheat.
Kazzie tries to get around this by mentioning catastrophic crop failures caused by a nuclear explosions in Russia and China. We get brief glimpses of dried up fields. But at the same time the highways are taken over by weeds, grass, and brush. And little towns are disappearing under mountains of green vines.
You can't have it both ways. If green stuff is growing on the highway, it's also growing in the fields and the cattle would be breaking through fences, eating and multiplying the way animals do. American grasslands are growing enough beef to feed all of the United States and much of the rest of the world. With only a tiny population, there should be steak for anybody with a gun and a knife. And it seems like every single person in Kazzie's world had a gun and a knife.
The virus is extremely contagious and kills within 24-48 hours. Unraveling follows the life of some of the few, immune to the virus, who watch helplessly as all their loved ones sicken and die and the world descends into chaos around them.
Very well written with compelling characters and realistic action, especially in the first two books. Kazzie expertly shows the mental and physical anguish experienced by Adam, a successful doctor, Sarah, a career soldier, and Freddie, a professional football player. He makes you care about these people.
I never stopped reading, or caring, but the story seemed less plausible after the action moved to the Midwest, mostly to Nebraska. Adam and his group take over a huge warehouse complex, a food distribution center, where they count canned food, ration out just enough to keep people from starving, and fight to the death to protect the cans (their only food supply) from roving "bandits".
This scenario might work in an east coast city, but in the Midwest, most people know their food doesn't just appear magically on grocery store shelves. Right now, Nebraska has 6,800,000 head of cattle. Plus almost two billion bushels of corn, and even more soybeans and wheat.
Kazzie tries to get around this by mentioning catastrophic crop failures caused by a nuclear explosions in Russia and China. We get brief glimpses of dried up fields. But at the same time the highways are taken over by weeds, grass, and brush. And little towns are disappearing under mountains of green vines.
You can't have it both ways. If green stuff is growing on the highway, it's also growing in the fields and the cattle would be breaking through fences, eating and multiplying the way animals do. American grasslands are growing enough beef to feed all of the United States and much of the rest of the world. With only a tiny population, there should be steak for anybody with a gun and a knife. And it seems like every single person in Kazzie's world had a gun and a knife.
March 23, 2024
The first and the final chapters of the first book were super exciting. I had to force myself to read everything in between, but at least I did not quit. I found it slightly insulting that in the midst of shft, the only skill that women apparently have are on their backs and the way that it was brought up so many times in such a black and white manner, it causes me to wonder if it is a personal struggle for the author.
The final chapter, while exciting, seemed super rushed, similar to when a television show just got cancelled and they need to work in the next several seasons into two episodes. I would have preferred the final chapter to have been looking into the future when Will and the other children are young adults with children of their own, working together building a new society, even if only agrarian, and perhaps telling the story of his mother to his little ones, if she is no longer there. If she is there, what happened with her?
Having known several people in my life to have survived head wounds, it is implausible to me that the one character who had suffered several head wounds would have been as functional as they were. I find delusional the cause du jour of super petite women being able to take out large grown men and the only person stronger than her is yet another super petite woman. This type of fantasy ruins all kinds of stories for me.
The final chapter, while exciting, seemed super rushed, similar to when a television show just got cancelled and they need to work in the next several seasons into two episodes. I would have preferred the final chapter to have been looking into the future when Will and the other children are young adults with children of their own, working together building a new society, even if only agrarian, and perhaps telling the story of his mother to his little ones, if she is no longer there. If she is there, what happened with her?
Having known several people in my life to have survived head wounds, it is implausible to me that the one character who had suffered several head wounds would have been as functional as they were. I find delusional the cause du jour of super petite women being able to take out large grown men and the only person stronger than her is yet another super petite woman. This type of fantasy ruins all kinds of stories for me.
August 14, 2019
One of the best..if not THE BEST
This was an amazing read. The premise of the story was different from other apocalyptic books I've read. I especially liked the main protagonist is a strong, flawed , believable female. I have read too many where the men are the ones being stupid to protect the "little women" none of that. When Rachel is "saved" from near death by starvation I believed the lengths she would go to , to protect her son. I do wish he would of fleshed out the young man she saves from a horrible death....and her badly sprained ankle seemed to heal itself abnormally fast. There was a bit of an unbelievable twist with the Gruber character at the chalet, kind of a whole different storyline to be explored. But it was non stop action , never boring even with the rationalizations she is making in the conversations in her own head. No amazing and unbelievable romances , just trying to survive and protect her son. I like happy endings just as much as the next person but most of the time they end up sappy or the "hero" of the story has practically supernatural abilities (that's supposed to be in a different genre of books) this ending kept me on the edge of my seat and wanting the story to continue . I wish he'd make at least a couple more time jump books. I want MORE of this story.
This was an amazing read. The premise of the story was different from other apocalyptic books I've read. I especially liked the main protagonist is a strong, flawed , believable female. I have read too many where the men are the ones being stupid to protect the "little women" none of that. When Rachel is "saved" from near death by starvation I believed the lengths she would go to , to protect her son. I do wish he would of fleshed out the young man she saves from a horrible death....and her badly sprained ankle seemed to heal itself abnormally fast. There was a bit of an unbelievable twist with the Gruber character at the chalet, kind of a whole different storyline to be explored. But it was non stop action , never boring even with the rationalizations she is making in the conversations in her own head. No amazing and unbelievable romances , just trying to survive and protect her son. I like happy endings just as much as the next person but most of the time they end up sappy or the "hero" of the story has practically supernatural abilities (that's supposed to be in a different genre of books) this ending kept me on the edge of my seat and wanting the story to continue . I wish he'd make at least a couple more time jump books. I want MORE of this story.
April 26, 2023
This story is a two-hour set....
I got both at the same time. The Immune is the first and it is a very good mostly standard post-apocalyptic story. TBH, I was tickled first because it was so well-written and engaging.
The second volume, The Living, is a different thing. Oh, it is still well written. However, it is a far darker story, set thirteen years after the Plague. I didn't understand the author's choice of some of the plot points but they lead to an unrelenting, bleak reality that his characters lived in -- or tried to. There was very little happiness or success. I don't want to put others off but I simply didn't enjoy it as much.
Sincerely,
I got both at the same time. The Immune is the first and it is a very good mostly standard post-apocalyptic story. TBH, I was tickled first because it was so well-written and engaging.
The second volume, The Living, is a different thing. Oh, it is still well written. However, it is a far darker story, set thirteen years after the Plague. I didn't understand the author's choice of some of the plot points but they lead to an unrelenting, bleak reality that his characters lived in -- or tried to. There was very little happiness or success. I don't want to put others off but I simply didn't enjoy it as much.
Sincerely,
April 27, 2020
Excellent writing but
If Mr. Kazzie talks in front of his kids like he does in the book, I feel sorry for them. Every page, nearly every character, swears constantly, using GD often. He has a right to his dirty mouth but I wish he wouldn’t impose it on us. The storyline is deep, not weeks or months long but over a decade long. Filled with more melancholy than happiness, more sadness than joy.
He is an excellent story teller but this series was just too down and depressing for me.
If Mr. Kazzie talks in front of his kids like he does in the book, I feel sorry for them. Every page, nearly every character, swears constantly, using GD often. He has a right to his dirty mouth but I wish he wouldn’t impose it on us. The storyline is deep, not weeks or months long but over a decade long. Filled with more melancholy than happiness, more sadness than joy.
He is an excellent story teller but this series was just too down and depressing for me.
February 2, 2020
An epic adventure set in a world almost emptied of people.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series of books, great story lines and characters.
Hard to put down once you start the series.
The Medusa virus was only the beginning of mankind's downfall. 99% of all people died horrifically, leaving the stunned survivors to wander through the empty cities searching for food, water and the few other survivors. A great read that will make you lose sleep.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series of books, great story lines and characters.
Hard to put down once you start the series.
The Medusa virus was only the beginning of mankind's downfall. 99% of all people died horrifically, leaving the stunned survivors to wander through the empty cities searching for food, water and the few other survivors. A great read that will make you lose sleep.
January 28, 2024
What a ride!
I’ve read many end of the world as we know it stories. I must say this one ranks right up there with the best of them.
One man, thinking he knows what is best for the world, with the means to have his idea of utopia carried out.
We follow one family, three generations, as they try to cope, try to survive, try to find the last of their family in the remnants of the world.
I heartily recommend reading this one!
I’ve read many end of the world as we know it stories. I must say this one ranks right up there with the best of them.
One man, thinking he knows what is best for the world, with the means to have his idea of utopia carried out.
We follow one family, three generations, as they try to cope, try to survive, try to find the last of their family in the remnants of the world.
I heartily recommend reading this one!
August 28, 2019
TEOTWAWKI
I was fortunate to be able these books straight through. What an adventure. I was some what disappointed in the ending. There should have been a prologue after all that. They did not have to live happily ever after, but it would have been nice to know that they headed in the right direction and start over.
I was fortunate to be able these books straight through. What an adventure. I was some what disappointed in the ending. There should have been a prologue after all that. They did not have to live happily ever after, but it would have been nice to know that they headed in the right direction and start over.
April 18, 2020
Probably not the best time to read this series but very entertaining and engaging
Kept me engaged through all five books. I disliked several "wrap ups" of character lines but enjoyed his way of weaving the stories together. Particularly enjoyed Rachel in the last book. Strong relentless character.
Kept me engaged through all five books. I disliked several "wrap ups" of character lines but enjoyed his way of weaving the stories together. Particularly enjoyed Rachel in the last book. Strong relentless character.
May 2, 2020
Very engrossing
This was a great book. The characters are well fleshed out so I became engaged with their struggles. There were a few editing errors but not enough to distract from the stories. The subject was pretty believable. The very end was too predictable. But still ok
This was a great book. The characters are well fleshed out so I became engaged with their struggles. There were a few editing errors but not enough to distract from the stories. The subject was pretty believable. The very end was too predictable. But still ok
June 2, 2020
Humanity in the brink of extinctiin
Really good story line. A virus takes out almost all of mankind. Those left face near insurmountable odds of survival. So many villans. A very engrossing story.
Only thing that annoyed me is the author constantly had an 11 year old boy " toddling". 11 is not a toddler, he knew how to walk. Choose another word.
Really good story line. A virus takes out almost all of mankind. Those left face near insurmountable odds of survival. So many villans. A very engrossing story.
Only thing that annoyed me is the author constantly had an 11 year old boy " toddling". 11 is not a toddler, he knew how to walk. Choose another word.
May 17, 2023
This epic was worth a second reading
Humanity is just about to be extinct by mad scientists. Murder, betrayal, trial by fire. Good people and evil ones battle for the right to exist. You will cry for some you come to like and other you may want to end if you could. This would make great mini series I'd watch.😁
Humanity is just about to be extinct by mad scientists. Murder, betrayal, trial by fire. Good people and evil ones battle for the right to exist. You will cry for some you come to like and other you may want to end if you could. This would make great mini series I'd watch.😁
August 28, 2023
My one regret is that this was really drawn out and too long; yet I continued to read. It was hard not to be brought into the drama and yes, it was frightfully depressing; yet I continued to read. I'm glad I stayed to the end. I know I read this book before but can't remember finishing it the first time. I'm glad I reread it.
January 2, 2024
loved it
If this isn’t made into a movie or a series, then will boycott tv and movies.. Wow, never have been so pulled into a story about the end of just about every thing.Im a Virginia girl, borned in the mountains just past Richmond and I salute this writer.. I laughed and I cried a lot while reading this. So thank you my new found friend…..
If this isn’t made into a movie or a series, then will boycott tv and movies.. Wow, never have been so pulled into a story about the end of just about every thing.Im a Virginia girl, borned in the mountains just past Richmond and I salute this writer.. I laughed and I cried a lot while reading this. So thank you my new found friend…..
July 21, 2024
The Immune
I found this book on Amazon ,,I've read may post apocalyptic books ,,this one is fantastic .
It draws you in from the beginning then takes you through turns and twists that keep you riveted,
If you only read one book about the apocalypse make sure it's this one you won't be disappointed
I found this book on Amazon ,,I've read may post apocalyptic books ,,this one is fantastic .
It draws you in from the beginning then takes you through turns and twists that keep you riveted,
If you only read one book about the apocalypse make sure it's this one you won't be disappointed
September 12, 2019
Brilliant
This is the first post-apocalyptic book i have read since Stephen Kong's The Stand. David kazzie had me hooked from page 1. Had a few late nights staying up just one more page lol. Oh and zero housework got done this week. A real page turner
This is the first post-apocalyptic book i have read since Stephen Kong's The Stand. David kazzie had me hooked from page 1. Had a few late nights staying up just one more page lol. Oh and zero housework got done this week. A real page turner
September 13, 2019
Worth reading
Unravels a bit in the last book, hence the 4* rating. It leaves an opening for the world with much longer lived humans. The gruber storyline/betrayal is not clear, but 5 books is a lot of plot line to manage.
Unravels a bit in the last book, hence the 4* rating. It leaves an opening for the world with much longer lived humans. The gruber storyline/betrayal is not clear, but 5 books is a lot of plot line to manage.
April 8, 2020
Goo read until the end
I enjoyed the series however the last ten chapters of the final book dragged on so much and jumped the shark so many times I became frustrated with this ending.
I enjoyed the series however the last ten chapters of the final book dragged on so much and jumped the shark so many times I became frustrated with this ending.
July 19, 2020
Gripping!
Excellent story which I would thoroughly recommended. Well written and exciting enough to keep you up reading until way too late. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.
Excellent story which I would thoroughly recommended. Well written and exciting enough to keep you up reading until way too late. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.
February 10, 2021
Loved this series!
This author was new to me and didn't disappoint! I have read a lot of apocalyptic fiction but this was not your typical apocalyptic series. Lots of twists and turns. Very entertaining.
This author was new to me and didn't disappoint! I have read a lot of apocalyptic fiction but this was not your typical apocalyptic series. Lots of twists and turns. Very entertaining.
March 30, 2021
Immune was so good that I did nothing but read
The plot was amazing. Deep and rich. The characters were people that I cared about. I couldn't wait to get to the end, when I did I was sad it was done.
The plot was amazing. Deep and rich. The characters were people that I cared about. I couldn't wait to get to the end, when I did I was sad it was done.
May 23, 2021
This was a bit difficult to get through considering the times. But it was a great read, from the beginning of book one to the end of book five. The characters came alive, the story flowed. I couldn't wait to see how it ended.
June 7, 2022
great read
This series was absolutely amazing. It was action packed from the beginning to the end. It also made me think about how easy this could happen right now with everything that is going on in the world today. It’s definitely a great read.
This series was absolutely amazing. It was action packed from the beginning to the end. It also made me think about how easy this could happen right now with everything that is going on in the world today. It’s definitely a great read.
December 25, 2023
Excellent Series
Very well written series. Couldn’t put it down. I will say that the last book ended with a lot of unanswered questions. There were some plot holes that I think should be filled. Maybe those will be addressed in future books?
Very well written series. Couldn’t put it down. I will say that the last book ended with a lot of unanswered questions. There were some plot holes that I think should be filled. Maybe those will be addressed in future books?
May 18, 2024
Found myself struggling to finish
This is an interesting plot with many flawed human beings. I just never found a character that I loved making it hard to read. I understand the whole series is based on how flawed we are, but I still want a character to like and pull for.
This is an interesting plot with many flawed human beings. I just never found a character that I loved making it hard to read. I understand the whole series is based on how flawed we are, but I still want a character to like and pull for.
October 11, 2024
Pandemic
This book was good because it had nonstop action and adventure. It was not boring at any time. And it hits close to home a little but. I'm glad the actual pandemic was not this bad.
This book was good because it had nonstop action and adventure. It was not boring at any time. And it hits close to home a little but. I'm glad the actual pandemic was not this bad.
January 23, 2025
The best apocalypse series ever
Apocalypse books are quite the thing these days, and I have read quite a few. But this one was different. A very brutal and realistic look at what a post-apocalypse world would really be like.
Apocalypse books are quite the thing these days, and I have read quite a few. But this one was different. A very brutal and realistic look at what a post-apocalypse world would really be like.
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