Patient 3

De: Chris Chau

Narrado por: Coy Dugger

In the near future, a mysterious neurological disorder infects one in 50,000 people and spreads when the host is conscious and active. Cerebral nervorum quickly leads to the degradation of the individual’s motor functions and memory, until an inevitable death finds them days later.

Unable to afford gene editing therapy to tame this disease, Michael elects to take the route of being placed into a medically induced coma with the support of his fiancée Eve. This is the common treatment option for the lower and middle class of society to cope, until a cure is developed and viable for the general population.

Several years later, Michael and five other patients awaken to a world, where an alien force has nearly wiped out the inhabitants of Earth and flattened its cities. The group faces a deadly game of cat and mouse from these beings and, simultaneously, a race against the clock from the fatal disease eating away at their minds and bodies.

Michael and the patients learn there is an underground sanctuary where survivors are gathering a few miles away. What keeps Michael going is an audio journal Eve left for him during his hospital stay. It allows him to hear his love’s voice and gives glimpses of the past and events leading up to the invasion as he traverses the wasteland of the city in search of the human encampment.

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Great story!

The story is fun and will keep you listening through an okay narration. The suspense and Final Twist are awesome!

The MCs background and story are interesting, a good portion of the story develops the character and world, then the Post apoc story begins with a big twist at the end. Some of it felt like it could flow better with a slower narration, but overall it doesnt detract from the story. Good Scifi Novel!

Wow! Did not expect this!

Michael was diagnosed with a disease in which there was no known cure let alone what caused it. To live until a cure was found meant being placed into a deep coma. Everything he loved, everything he knew when he went to sleep was alive and well. Then seven years later he awakes to find everything he knew and loved was different; everything except for his roommates who were being woken up from their comatose state as well. Now the race is on to get to a safe place, find his family and the cure. Out there, in his world where nothing he knew remained and where beings from his wildest dreams hunt him, Michael takes off with voice recordings from his wife, food, a map and little else.

Chris Chau takes a terrifying story and adds a few twists that leave the listener thinking “Oh yeah, I knew he was going there” only to be left instead with one’s mouth hanging open declaring “I never saw that coming!” The characters are appropriately developed – some more than others in order of importance to the story. Barely longer than 6 hours, this story had the potential to be much longer, and actually, I hated hearing it end.

Coy Dugger was the narrator who performed the story with a smooth pace and a natural tone. He helped add to the suspense and never gave anything away through tone inflection or voice. I have not had the pleasure of hearing him perform before but I hope to again.

There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook.

I would highly recommend this book if you want something unique and different!

Truly enjoyed!

Interesting take on a version on a post apocalyptic world. I like the relationship between the MC and his fiancée. The twist threw me for a loop, and I loved it!

The narrator was great, and I didn’t find his reading too fast as some have mentioned.

Great read

I enjoyed this story. There is a twist that I would have never guessed. Few little hints here and there that make someone guess and wonder whats going on.

Plot Twist.....

I did not see that plot twist coming! It made for an interesting story. Liked it.

Great Story! Emotions, suspense, twists, turns

The audiobook progressed the story quickly. I was always wanting to see what happened next! Just when you thought the story was over, you're gifted with a side story. Don't stop after the main story. The side story is totally worth completing!

Great plot with lots of twists

In the near future, the main character is put into a coma-like state to wait for a cure for a mysterious disease. He wakes after seven years to an alien-destroyed world and a quest to survive. There are lots of surprises waiting, both for him and for you.

The story was fun and the characters likable, but this is a plot that has more twists than a slinky. Don’t assume anything, be sure to suspend your disbelief, and you’ll make it out alive.

Coy Dugger’s narration was fine, although it was a straight read without accents or inflections. That made it a little difficult to know who was speaking at times. There were also places where no pauses between sentences kept the pace irregular; that might have been the editor’s fault, but it was annoying.

Apocalyptic themes, some violence, no sex, and no foul language.