Contagion Theory

The Zombie Theories, Book 4

By: Rich Restucci

Narrated by: Jon Waters

Immunity. It means a lot to those without it.

Sanctuary does too . . .

Traveling across the country, an arrogant, rude, and ironically immune man's group runs from a government hell bent on stealing his immunity. With millions dead and some of the infected getting smarter, it's all-out war.

When Alcatraz, one of the last bastions of civilization in the United States, comes under attack, some will emerge victorious, and some will emerge infected. Both sets of survivors of the worst plague in history must come together to fend off hordes of the undead and those not dead but no longer human.

©2022 Rich Restucci (P)2023 Tantor

great book

can't wait for the next book in the series this book definitely tied up some loose ends

Delivery is Everything

Like everyone else has already said the narration is just off. It’s not the narrators voice or the fact it’s different than Michael Kraamers, it’s how he delivers the witty lines, moments of sorrow, anger, female voices, and pretty much everything else. I just couldn’t get into the story and I loved the first 3 books. It’s not a ground breaking amazing zombie series but it was fun to listen to and pretty accurate as far as firearms, gas going bad, and other general things that would happen if society and manufacturing got turned off. One minor firearm issue is them having to replace suppressors so often. Unless the author envisioned them using wipes instead of modern baffle construction then a pistol or submachine gun suppressor will last thousands of rounds before it even must be cleaned let alone discarded. I can see burning though rifle suppressors if they are being made from regular old stainless or alloy steel and not the cobalt, inconel, and other super alloys being used nowadays. But unless you’re running full auto mag after mag they’ll last a thousand rnds before melting. Ok gun nerd rant done.

Miss Michael Kramer

It’s hard to have a narrator change after several books. While Mr. Waters was a good narrator, I don’t feel he had the same snark and depth of emotion portrayed in the previous books and it really affected the flow of the story. Also, the story was a bit hard to follow as it jumped around quite a bit and nothing much was accomplished. Though enjoyable, it kind of seemed like a placeholder book; however, I still look forward to the next in the series.

Excellent series, great stories!

Love Rich Restucci’s books!
(big mistake in the choice of narrator - didn’t even pronounce some words correctly…)

I recommend these audiobooks for a great action saga with fun parts and great writing!

Worth a listen

Tough listen to the new narrator. The story was good, but seemed circular. A few cliffhangers and a few twists make it worth while to check out.