The Immune

A Post Apocalyptic Survival Thriller

By: David Kazzie

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

This is the way the world ends.

On a warm summer night in New York City, the apocalypse begins. Within days, the deadly Medusa virus is sweeping the globe like a wildfire, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. As civilization crumbles around him, survivor Adam Fisher will discover a flicker of hope that will send him on a quest through a ruined American landscape.

He joins forces with Sarah Wells, a soldier harboring a tragic secret and Freddie Briggs, an aging football star grieving the loss of his family.

To survive in their frightening post-plague world, the group must face challenges unlike any they have ever known, including the rise of a dangerous new enemy that will threaten the survivors' fragile existence.

©2015 David Kazzie (P)2020 David Kazzie

Horrible narration

The story is interesting, but the narration is the worst I’ve ever heard in an audiobook. The sample doesn’t provide the range of just how bad the narration is.

A great story

I loved the story. Kept me interested all the way. Narrator was great also. Felt like he was reading the book just for me.

Good Experience

This was a pleasant book. I enjoyed it. Have I read similar things? Yes. But still enjoyable. I'm not sure why people are complaining about the narrator, he did a perfectly acceptable job. I did not find him distracting at all but I've been listening to audio books for a decade so maybe I'm used to it.

Poorly conceived & predictable

The protagonist is oddly a horrible dad, loner facing medical board problems who suddenly becomes a leader without cause. Few characters are developed and none well. Only black character is a homicidal maniac. Brutal depiction of everyone being either godless, spiritually naive or rejection of previous faith with “FY to God” used several times. Authors less than subtle atheism continues oddly with numerous “GD” and sarcastic references to Christianity or belief in general. Descriptions are glossed over for larger pictures but the books overflow with painfully laborious metaphors. Just about every scene is predictable based on author somehow seeing himself in the protagonist. The book actually would have been better had the idiot doctor stayed true to his character... man of weak character who is not heroic and a relational failure. And amazingly protagonist goes from being totally unable to hold a gun to magically (we are not told otherwise) quick draw & outshooting two different men with gun experience. Hmmmm. This genre deserves much better.

White knuckle stuff!

This story kept me on the edge from start to finish! Strong story development. Strong cast of characters. Characters you absolutely abhor and want to see taken down in the most painful of ways possible. And then characters you cheer for and cry for.

The frightening suspense that this author doles out is on par with some of the big timers out there. At times I kept expecting zombies to leap out around a corner though I knew full well that was not what this book was about. This story was to be taken a bit more seriously then your typical ZA novel, but the essence is just as if not more terrifying in its reality because this stuff can really happen… and it almost has on several occasions.

Good story

Good story not enough action for my liking. Good charter building with a few more words

Good story, Average narration.

I just recently started listening to post apocalyptic books. I thought this was an interesting take on the genre. There's no mystery to how the plague start or what the cause is. I liked that aspect of the story, I found the characters interesting and pretty well developed.

The narration was pretty average. It wasn't bad, I'm just used to narrators putting a little more effort into different character voices. It felt like he was reading the book not performing it.

All-in-all I'd say The Immune is worth a listen.

The narrator is painful

It’s like he can’t read more then 3 words without stopping. It’s so jerky I couldn’t finish the book

Great Book

awesome book. definitely will listen to more of this writers book and books narrated bythis guy.

Super cool book

I loved it! The plot is great. The characters are outstanding. The writing is good. And the narration is fantastic.
I was absorbed with this book from the beginning and began to really love the characters, flaws and all. Adam, a doctor. is the man character and is my favorite. Adam is one of the relatively few survivors of a super virus developed and released on the world by a group that wants to wipe out the population and then start over with what they believe will be a better world. Adam meets up with Sarah, a police woman who was previously a soldier. They begin a trek across the US in search of Adam's daughter, Rachael,. Adam believes Rachael also survived the virus, which is a long shot since only about 2 per cent of the population turned out to be naturally immune. Adam and Sarah meet up with Max (a teenaged boy), Freddy (a pro football player) and Carolne (a pregnant woman). They head from the east coast toward the west coast in search of Rachael. Along the way, they encounter other survivors , including the group of evil idiots who released the virus. It is a riveting story and I listened almost non stop. Good thing I am retired! The narrator is wonderful. He reads the book with an excellent pace and the perfect level of emotions. He does not overact, and does not get in the way of a good story. I highly recommend this book.