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

One of the best so far

Excellent! The e narrator, characters, plot all were great. Look forward to the next one

finally a real answer to an outbreak!

loved the explanation of how it happened as oppose to no one knowing. characters were very likable

Good book, narrators was ok

I liked the book, and at times the narrator was good, and other times incredibly annoying

Terrible Narration

The narration of this book is terrible and distracting. Instead of just reading, the narrator over-acts each sentence like a little kid telling a ghost story with flashlight under his face, doing his best imitation of Vincent Price. It was tiresome. The content of the book seems like it has potential, but I couldn't get past the narration.

The world doesn't end with a blast, but a bite!!!

I love zombie books, but this has got to be one of the best, if not the best zombie book that I have read thus far. It is not the same old "must have brains" zombie book where they walk around senseless and has not real story line. This book had a great story line, great characters, and I did not want it to end. It is a rare find to come across a zombie book that brings humanity into it and not just zombies zombies zombies. I love this and recommend this listen for anyone who appreciates a good zombie tale. A zombie tale that explains how the zombies population got started (which was very unique and a new one for me). The characters are easy to relate to and the narrator, William Dufris did an excellent job of bringing this book to life. It's not often you find a zombie tale that brings you the gore that all zombie fans love, the horror that we all crave, and even a tear or 2 to your eyes in a couple of places. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be listening to it again at least once. Two thumbs and two toes up for this book. lol Enjoy!!!

amazing origin story

I loved this book from the moment I started it. lots of action, characters that feel like old friends. It's scary, exciting, builds anticipation, everything a great book does.

performer makes the whole thing sound cheap

the performer ruined a good story with terrible over acting. he sounds like a cheap 50s horror movie narrator.

Great zombie novel! Okay performance

Jonathan Mayberry stole a spot in my favorite artists with the joe ledger series, and his work creating another deep story with Dead of Night is fantastic. However, if you have listened to any of the joe ledger audiobooks, you’ll key into a specific tone Mayberry goes best with as far as a narrator, and Mr. Dufris didn’t quite hit it for me. Overall, I would recommend anyone wanting to reach the last joe ledger novel to enjoy this novel and the next one because it will make far more sense.

William Durfis must've had a head cold

If it wasn't for the fact I like the author I would have shut this off in the first 5 minutes. It was like having someone with a head cold whisper in your ear for 12 or so hours. Couldn't ignore it and it took me out of the story.

One of my favorite Mayberry books!

I've listened to all of the Joe Ledger books and loved them. Loved this book from start to finish! immediately downloaded book 2!