Dead of Night

A Zombie Novel

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he can be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang… but a bite.

©2011 Jonathan Maberry (P)2011 Macmillan Audio

Zombie plague beginning!

A great way to start off the zombie apocalypse! This audio book was great! It offers exactly what you'd expect from a zombie apocalypse book! I can't wait to listen to the rest of the series!

Narrator almost made book unlistenable.

I usually like William Dufris, but he is just so over the top here, it nearly ruined the book.

Incredible

I am a Joe Ledger fan but also a fan of horror , Sci Fi and thrillers . I really didn't expect this . It is so different from the Joe Ledger Story line and it is completely different from my favorite zombie series DEAD . Even if you have a favorite Zombie Book or collection this will amaze you and it is a story line unlike any other . Honestly I've only listened to this book so far but I am definitely going to be listening to the rest of this story . It's not DEAD or THE WALKING DEAD ... this is a unique story line completely different from any I can think of in this genre .

Awkward

I loved the story, but I find it so awkward when men try to depict women's voices. Nothing against the guy as a narrator, I just wish the producers would get 2 narrators involved when crossing over genders. BUT this was a great story.

Very Mayberry!

I really enjoyed this book. If you're a Mayberry fan, you will, too. Hoping there will be a follow up.

Small Town Deputy Meets National Guard

What did you love best about Dead of Night?

The main character is a female sheriffs deputy who with her partner takes on the dead and the National Guard to save members of her community.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was typical in that it abruptly drops off with no clear conclusions.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I think the narrator could have defined the many characters voices with different tones, accent, etc. I feel it tended to run together and at times I lost interest while listening.

Any additional comments?

Perhaps I should have stopped listening to this book and read it.

bad government bad program people die same old sto

same old story bad government bad black bag project people get bitten people die. some good heroics as usual, world comes to an end. same old same old.

Zombies!

I love a good Zombie book, and this is a good one.
great story, great characters, great plot.

Good except...

The book itself was pretty good. Des Fox is a kind of annoying character in my opinion, but others may not think so (I’m not into the whole “badass, rough, raw feminist” types of characters but that’s just me). The narrator though just got to me. I assume there are other books in this series because of the way it ended but I’m not sure I can listen to them just because of him. I kept thinking of that episode of spongebob where squidward is telling the story of the hash-slinging slasher (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, go YouTube it haha). It just sounded like an overly dramatic horror story with his inflection in a lot of it.

Don't listen to the would be zombie novelist who commented

Don't listen to the angry would be writers comment. It almost convinced me not to buy this book by misleading me on the idea that this is another "smart zombie" book it's not. It's a terrify story of a mad carrier and people trapped in their own bodies watching themselves devour their children and force the pain of living death onto everyone who loved them too much to put them down without hesitation. Give this book a chance it's truly a chilling novel.