Devoured

The Hunger, Book 1

By: Jason Brant

Narrated by: Wayne June

Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

*Day One:* A series of terrorist attacks spread a cloud of noxious gas over highly populated areas.

*Day Two:* Higher brain function erodes in those exposed to the gas. Their bodies begin to distort, faces distending, skin sallowing, teeth elongating.

*Day Three:* The infected disappear into the shadows, fleeing the harsh daylight which has begun to sear their flesh.

*Day Four:* The world is DEVOURED.

Life isn’t kind to Lance York. A full-time job has eluded him for years, his wife loathes the sight of him, his bank accounts are empty, and his wealthy father-in-law revels in his failures.

After he lunges in front of a car to save a sick and disoriented woman, Lance awakens in a quarantined hospital. A devastating plague is spreading worldwide, driving those infected with it insane. Their bodies begin to mutate into horrors that have haunted mankind’s nightmares for centuries.

The world descends into chaos as the infected flee to the shadows, emerging at night to devour the remnants of civilization.

With the help of an unlikely ally, Lance must navigate through the collapsing city of Pittsburgh, striving to escape the madness of the apocalypse that unfolds around them.

©2013 Jason Brant (P)2014 Jason Brant

Major upheaval with monsters and soldiers

I can't wait to read the next book that this author has written. This was very different from the many zombie books I have read, but it is still about survival.

Lovers it.

Good post apocalyptic story, great characters, nice mix of action and building the story. looking forward to the next book.

Not really a zombie story

Devoured: The Hunger, Book 1 starts of kind of slow. Before the end of society, we meet Lance who is very down and out. A man that has been jobless for an extended period, who is in the midst of a divorce from a cheating wife. Everything soon changes when he takes a chance to save a woman from being hit by a car and knocking himself unconscious. Waking up to find that the hospital he is in has been quarantined by the CDC. The first of many adventures is his escape from the hospital so he can hide in his home. Soon the news channels stop broadcasting and then starts the real horror. Everyone that has been infected have risen into zombie like creatures that shy away from the sun and ravage at night. My thought was “Zombie vampires?”, but it gets worse. This is my favorite part of Jason Brant’s brainchild, the creatures and how the infected go from flu like symptoms, to fearsome zombie like creatures, to something that lives only in nightmares. Brant was able to create a very unique and refreshing take on a very heavily populated genre. Full of interesting characters, humor, survival, the systematic collapse of society. I will be back for more, I can’t wait to find out what Brant has in store for us.

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great book

Started out at a good pace and only got faster.
Narrator was good too. I will definitely listen to more of his books.

I like this story

Interesting spin on the Walking Dead/Vampire stories. So far I like this story. I will be ordering the next 2 books.

Short but sweet

very good fast action and just enough gore. Good place for a pause too with a core group together.. Looking forward to the next book.

Apocalypse.... zombies, vampires, werewolves, mutant monstrosities? What is it?

The book was great! The main character is amazingly fleshed out and I really felt as the character, his despairs, his panic, his anger, and his excitement. I was hooked into listening to more. I didn’t like the idea of an apocalypse book but this nocks the concept out of the park. Wayne June’s reading was excellent. He keeps up with the pacing of the story and delivers nice voices that adds a distinct personality to the characters. I am (hopefully) going to love this series.

great addition to my zombie library

Any additional comments?

devoured is a really good initial outbreak story. although it's not a pure zombie novel, zombie enthusiasts will definitely like it!

this story reminded me of 3 of my favorite zombie stories: infection: alaskan undead apocalypse (book 1 only), the remaining, and we're alive.

i thought of infection b/c devoured starts out in a hospital. i thought infection had the best hospital outbreak scenario, but devoured's is better. brant does a really good job building the tension as lance, his wife, liz, and his friend, don, learn the hospital they're in gets quarantined. brant also does a good job racheting up the fear and hysteria as more and more people in and around the hospital become infected and the military shooting starts.

i thought of the remaining and we're alive b/c the infected aren't zombies but something worse, much worse if you can imagine that! as michael aptly puts it, "zombies are only the cocoon stage!" brant adds his own horrifying twists on the infected, giving them a creepy and unique feel.

this is a well-balanced story. there's a lot of action and good character development. i'm not one of those people who talks during movies, but when i'm alone, listening to a good book, i do tend to talk aloud sometimes when i'm riveted by something that's happening. while listening to this story, there were a few times when i found myself talking / yelling / swearing at a character. so you can say i was affected by parts of this story and its characters.

wayne june does a pretty good job narrating. he is able to conjure and portray the different range of emotions and their tones, and he knows when to speed up and slow down.

overall, a very enjoyable story! i highly recommend it to all those who love a good zombie / end of the world story.

Ear Candy

What made the experience of listening to Devoured the most enjoyable?

Great characters, witty dialog, superb narration

Which scene was your favorite?

in the meth lab, right after he is rescued, won't say more to avoid being a spoiler

Any additional comments?

can't wait to start second book, hope there are more to this series

Love the series..

Main character is Joe average that does not so smart things...but has luck in his favor...though fleeting. Good sarcasm and humor in the face of utter destruction. Ive enjoyed the first three while on long road trips... Makes time pass due to good story and reading by narrator.