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Unleashed
It was the apocalypse, just not the one anybody expected…
US army captain, Ed Crowley has a very tragic reason for not liking dogs.
He’s about to have 115 million more.
A mutated rabies virus is sweeping through the world’s dog population, and no one is safe. With over 90 million domestic and tens of millions more wild and feral dogs in the United States, Rabies 2.0 is about to unleash hell.
The infected animals aren’t just rabid, they have mutated into ugly, insatiable, and very large killing machines and Captain Crowley is about to lead a team into an overrun town to rescue a group of civilians trapped in a school.
To him it’s just another day at the office, after all, as with any other enemy he’d faced, bullets win the argument, and these ones couldn’t shoot back. What he doesn’t know is that he’s about to face a foe more cunning and ruthless than any on two legs that he’d ever faced.
Don’t miss Rabid States 1 - UNLEASHED by Scott Medbury, author of the haunting post-apocalyptic series AMERICA FALLS.
US army captain, Ed Crowley has a very tragic reason for not liking dogs.
He’s about to have 115 million more.
A mutated rabies virus is sweeping through the world’s dog population, and no one is safe. With over 90 million domestic and tens of millions more wild and feral dogs in the United States, Rabies 2.0 is about to unleash hell.
The infected animals aren’t just rabid, they have mutated into ugly, insatiable, and very large killing machines and Captain Crowley is about to lead a team into an overrun town to rescue a group of civilians trapped in a school.
To him it’s just another day at the office, after all, as with any other enemy he’d faced, bullets win the argument, and these ones couldn’t shoot back. What he doesn’t know is that he’s about to face a foe more cunning and ruthless than any on two legs that he’d ever faced.
Don’t miss Rabid States 1 - UNLEASHED by Scott Medbury, author of the haunting post-apocalyptic series AMERICA FALLS.
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Published October 31, 2021
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June 23, 2024
First off, I love Beastly Freak horror. We lovers of the subgenre don't get nearly enough Beastly Freak horror. The giant monster movies of the 1950s were super because they showed us the possibilities of the Atomic Age. Jaws gave us ocean monsters, and Alien gave us imaginative variations on the Beastly Freak. Unleashed by Scott Medbury demonstrates another possible way to go along with when considering virological advancements(?) to the apocalypse in a post-Covid world.
Here, the infected are man's best friend, none other than good Ole Yeller. Wait, why is he looking at me funny and growling. He's never done that before. And here comes Cujo. Not even Lassie is safe. All of our wonderful pets are misbehaving in the most horrific ways.
The survivors are trapped in a school, but luckily an army unit is coming to rescue them. The problem lies in the fact that the survivors eventually have to leave the school premises and make their way to a bus that is driving them to safety. I don't know why the bus (which is mobile) doesn't get closer to the school. Some of the survivors are very young children or very old adults. What could go wrong?
Innovative, action-oriented, with graphic, gory violence. There's a lot to love here, but I think the pacing is a little skewed toward rapidity with insufficient exposition. How did the situation become as dire as it evidently appears to be? Still, 4 stars is exceptional to me.
Here, the infected are man's best friend, none other than good Ole Yeller. Wait, why is he looking at me funny and growling. He's never done that before. And here comes Cujo. Not even Lassie is safe. All of our wonderful pets are misbehaving in the most horrific ways.
The survivors are trapped in a school, but luckily an army unit is coming to rescue them. The problem lies in the fact that the survivors eventually have to leave the school premises and make their way to a bus that is driving them to safety. I don't know why the bus (which is mobile) doesn't get closer to the school. Some of the survivors are very young children or very old adults. What could go wrong?
Innovative, action-oriented, with graphic, gory violence. There's a lot to love here, but I think the pacing is a little skewed toward rapidity with insufficient exposition. How did the situation become as dire as it evidently appears to be? Still, 4 stars is exceptional to me.
July 5, 2023
3.5
*audiobook*
any book that has lines like "here, have a snickers. You're not yourself when you're hungry." And "it's only a flesh wound" gets at least a 3 from me.
*audiobook*
any book that has lines like "here, have a snickers. You're not yourself when you're hungry." And "it's only a flesh wound" gets at least a 3 from me.
January 1, 2025
A fun, fast read with a decent cliffhanger. I will have to read number two to see how this ends.
December 2, 2021
a new virus is mutating dogs making them turn in deformed, violent ways. it leaves the humans fighting for their lifes. the dogs are ruthless with only killing on their mind. it dosent matter if the person is a beloved owner or a protected child any and everyone id fair game. when a group of military personal lose contact with they command post they have to travel to a secure place on their own. on their way they run in to a group of people held up in a school. they decide to take them to a safe place but its gonna be hard. with every dog turned killer , limited ammo and a large group of civilians things aren't looking good.
April 6, 2022
What would you do, If dogs tried to take over the world?
Like in Planet of the Apes, humans are being challenged by animals. This time it's dogs not apes. Dogs are mutating into bigger, violent, and more intelligent animals.
Like in Planet of the Apes, humans are being challenged by animals. This time it's dogs not apes. Dogs are mutating into bigger, violent, and more intelligent animals.
October 23, 2024
I picked this book up because I thought the book had a cool concept, a twist on the usual zombie apocalypse. This book is not really about a dog apocalypse, it is more of a backdrop to a romance. It reads like one of those romance books with the cartoon covers because the two main characters were trying to have sex after every life or death occurrence, which fine, if that was what is supposed to be I wouldn't have given it such a low rating. The real problem I have with this book is how it used sexual assault or a potential rape to make the male love interest look better and the already established bad character irredeemable.
The sexual assault happens so out of the blue and so far towards the end of the book that it has nothing to do with the plot of the book, it could have been taken out, it should have been taken out or written better.
The female characters would have been TERRIFIED of a man flipping from calm to violent like that, really anyone would be terrified. You would not, go to a room alone and after witnessing and stopping a sexual assault go have sex with a man who got extremely almost uncontrollably violent and has a gun.
I would have continued the series, despite it not really being what I had expected because I wanted to know what happened with the dogs and why they were facing certain problems they do, but because of the ending I can't continue because using sexual assault as a way to make a male love interest seem like a savoir is the pinnacle of lazy and cheap writing with no regard to the effects an event like that has in real life.
The sexual assault happens so out of the blue and so far towards the end of the book that it has nothing to do with the plot of the book, it could have been taken out, it should have been taken out or written better.
The female characters would have been TERRIFIED of a man flipping from calm to violent like that, really anyone would be terrified. You would not, go to a room alone and after witnessing and stopping a sexual assault go have sex with a man who got extremely almost uncontrollably violent and has a gun.
I would have continued the series, despite it not really being what I had expected because I wanted to know what happened with the dogs and why they were facing certain problems they do, but because of the ending I can't continue because using sexual assault as a way to make a male love interest seem like a savoir is the pinnacle of lazy and cheap writing with no regard to the effects an event like that has in real life.
January 24, 2022
Wow
Made me look at my toy poodle in a different light. Can't do a lengthy review as I want to get started on book 2. This was an amazing book
Made me look at my toy poodle in a different light. Can't do a lengthy review as I want to get started on book 2. This was an amazing book
September 21, 2022
I tried it and I still didn't like it. I guess I'm not one for action after the big collapse.
July 29, 2023
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was good
was good
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