DRYP: The Final Pandemic

The DRYP Trilogy, Book 1

De: R.A. Scheuring

Narrado por: Johnny Heller

An old world killer is back. The race is on to stop a catastrophic pandemic.

After an exchange student with bubonic plague turns up in a Reno hospital, a contractor with identical symptoms dies in Los Angeles.

The government‘s official stance is that the cases are isolated and the outbreak is under control. But George Mack, a 30-year public health veteran, quickly realizes this is no ordinary plague. The death toll is too high, and the spread pattern make no sense. As Reno’s hospitals fill with plague victims, Mack begins to believe that there is more to the epidemic than the CDC is letting on - and that he must take drastic steps if he hopes to save his city.

Medical resident Dr. Susan Barry just wants to finish her training and get a real job. But when plague patients start showing up in her Los Angeles hospital, her plans for the future suddenly go off the rails. Faced with a growing crisis, Susan teams up with an old research mentor to determine the unthinkable: Is the rapidly spreading plague an act of bioterrorism? Racing against the clock, Susan must also confront another disturbing possibility. She may be one of the plague’s few survivors.

In eastern Oregon, John Harr makes a pact with his fellow ranchers to keep the “California” plague out of the high desert where they live. Using roadblocks and quarantine, Harr and his neighbors think they’ve secured their home - until a mysterious and heavily armed convoy comes to town, and Harr must use training from his past life in the military to protect the people he loves.

©2021 R.A. Scheuring (P)2021 Podium Audio

Pretty Good

Started off a little slow and there were too many characters at the beginning but picked up midway.

Is it the best PA book ever? No.
Is it in the top 10? No....I'll give it a place in my top 40 though.
Worth a listen though and I am going to get the second book when it comes out.

The reason I took off a star for both the story and overall categories was because the author decided to give the respiratory type disease in this book the nickname "Drips" (or "Dripps" maybe, not sure since I listened to it and didn't see the text.

If it was meant as a shout out to The Stand's "Captain Trips", I didn't read it that way but found it unoriginal and was a little annoyed at it. But the Stand is one of my favorite post apocalyptic books ever, so it could have just been me being too critical.

Overall, good book and I do recommend it if you're into the genre.

Excellent story

Well written and easy to follow the storyline. The narrator did a great job. Looking forward to the next book!

Great addition to the gerne

I am a huge fan of end of the work fiction. This is close to the 100th book in the genre I have read. It's a refreshing change of pace from the typical prepared kill everyone style that is usually adopted. It gives the perspective of front line workers from the initial outbreak. The characters are well developed and written. There are a few loose ends in the book but I feel they will be covered in further books. The narration is great and level. Can't wait for the next book.

Very well written

The story is eerily familiar. Bummed that Book 2 isn’t out yet. How long will we have to wait? The characters are starting to make sense now. Looking forward to the next book.

Realistic Pandemic Trip

Great book, a little slow in the beginning but an absolute page turner before you know it. Plot was spot on, and so realistic. Character development was a tad lacking, but only because there were several "main characters". I tend to prefer books with the focus on one or two so there is a Loved thesoothing narration, nice performance. Overall, this was a Yes please give me more!